The 2016 Olympic Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.

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Athletes from 206 nations and a refugee team are in Brazil to compete in 28 sports and be watched by a global audience of billions.
The build-up has been dominated by a Russian doping scandal, the Zika virus and issues with the city's security, infrastructure and venues.
But it is time for the sporting action to take centre stage.
These are the Games of the 31st Olympiad but are the 28th to be held as those in 1916, 1940 and 1944 did not take place because of war.
The Games - held in South America for the first time - officially take place between 5 and 21 August, but they have actually already started.
The opening ceremony is at midnight BST on Friday night but the action kicked off two days ago with the women's football.
Defending Olympic men's tennis champion Andy Murray will be Great Britain's flag bearer inside Rio's Maracana stadium on Friday.
An estimated three billion people will watch the ceremony, which has taken five years to produce and includes 300 dancers, 5,000 volunteers and 12,000 costumes.
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and Briton Dame Judi Dench are confirmed to have roles in the production before the 207 competing teams take part in the Parade of Nations.
You can watch the opening ceremony on BBC One and online, with further coverage on BBC Radio 5 live, from 23:40 BST on Friday.
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There will be 10,500 athletes from a record 207 teams competing in Rio, including the Refugee Olympic Team, while it will be the first time Kosovo and South Sudan have taken part in the Games.
The Refugee Olympic Team will compete under the Olympic flag and has 10 members - five from South Sudan, two from Syria, two from DR Congo and one from Ethiopia.
With 554 athletes, the United States has the largest Olympic team, but 100m runner Etimoni Timuani is the only athlete from the South Pacific nation of Tuvalu.
The Rio Games will be the first to feature Olympians born since the year 2000 - and the youngest is 13-year-old Nepalese swimmer Gaurika Singh.
The build-up to Rio has been overshadowed by events in Russia, after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into state-sponsored doping in the country.
It seemed at one stage that no Russian athletes would be at the Games after Wada recommended a blanket ban.
But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said individual sporting federations must rule on whether Russians can compete.
Their decisions were then ratified by a three-person IOC panel.
On Thursday, the IOC cleared 271 Russian athletes from the country's original entry list of 389, though 67 of its 68 track and field athletes have been barred by the sport's governing body.
Plenty.
Brazil is in a deep recession and political crisis, while protests marred the arrival of the Olympic torch in Rio on Wednesday.
A New Zealand jiu-jitsu athlete claims he was kidnapped in Rio, while Chinese state media criticised security after women fencers were robbed and shooting team members found "unauthorised payments" on their credit cards.
Brazil has drafted in 85,000 security personnel from 55 countries who will be stationed at the sport venues, Olympic Village, airports and main roads - almost twice as many as were at the 2012 London Olympics. There is also 200km of security fencing being used.
More than 500,000 tourists are expected to come to the Games and organisers say more than one million of the 7.5 million tickets remain unsold.
There have also been issues with the Olympic Village and the sailing venue.
Australia initially refused to move into the village, in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood, citing electrical problems, gas and water leaks among other issues in their building.
When they did eventually move in, the team were evacuated for a small fire and returned to their rooms to find essential equipment had been stolen.
At the sailing venue in Guanabara Bay, a taskforce removed 25.4 tonnes of floating rubbish during last year's Olympic test event.
But Rio officials admit they have failed to keep up promises to clean the water and the Associated Press says swallowing just three teaspoons of water from the bay is likely to lead to illness.
This is not the first time a host city has been criticised for its preparations, but the IOC says Rio is now "ready to welcome the world".
Brazil is at the centre of an outbreak of Zika virus, that is spread by mosquitoes and can lead to birth defects.
It is so serious the World Health Organisation has recommended pregnant women avoid travelling to the Games - but mosquitoes are rare in August and in June it recommended the Games not be moved or cancelled.
That advice has not stopped a number of the world's top golfers and tennis players withdrawing, citing Zika fears.
Competitions will take place across 32 venues in Rio, with football matches also scheduled for the cities of Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Salvador and Sao Paulo.
There are 306 events in 28 Olympic sports but none are bigger than the 100m sprint final and the world's fastest man Usain Bolt.
The Jamaican is aiming for an unprecedented triple triple, as he tries to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles for the third time - and his battle with American sprinter Justin Gatlin is likely to be a highlight of the Games.
USA swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, will be looking to add to his 18 gold medals.
American tennis player Serena Williams could win her fifth Olympic medal, while Team USA's star-studded basketball team will be aiming for their third consecutive gold.
Brazil's Barcelona striker Neymar will once again carry the hopes of the home nation as they go for gold in the men's football.
Among those who miss out are top tennis players Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, NBA stars Stephen Curry and LeBron James and a number of golfers.
Rio marks the return of golf and rugby to the Olympics.
Golf is returning after a 112-year absence but without more than 20 of its top players.
The top four male golfers Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson have all withdrawn because of Zika fears.
In fact, only four of the top 10 will be in Rio - and McIlroy said he probably will not even watch television coverage of golf at the Games, preferring "track and field, swimming, diving, the stuff that matters".
Rugby sevens will be making its debut at the Olympics, although rugby union featured regularly at the Games until 1924.
Great Britain's athletes have been set a minimum target of winning 48 medals, which would make Rio their most successful overseas Olympics.
Sport statistics company Infostrada is forecasting Team GB will finish fourth in the Rio 2016 medal table with 51 - 18 gold, 16 silver and 17 bronze.
World champion Mo Farah will be attempting to defend his 5,000m and 10,000m titles.
Fellow defending Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will be up against team-mate Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the women's heptathlon.
Nicola Adams, who became the first British woman to win Olympic boxing gold in London, will be out to defend her title, while cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins could become Britain's most decorated Olympian with gold in the men's team pursuit.
Swimmer Adam Peaty, taekwondo's Bianca Walkden, cyclist Laura Trott, sailor Giles Scott and shooter Amber Hill are among Britain's gold medal prospects in Rio.
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Rio is four hours behind the UK and most of the gold medal events will be late evening/early morning so be prepared to become a night owl or an early riser.
Britain's first gold medal could go to Chris Froome or Lizzie Armitstead as they go in the men's and women's road race on Saturday and Sunday.
Swimming dominates the early part of the Games with the track and field events starting on Friday, 12 August.
The highlight of the action inside the Olympic Stadium is the men's 100m final at 02:25 BST on Monday, 15 August, so set your alarm clocks.
Saturday, 13 August sees a potential London 2012 'Super Saturday' repeat, with Ennis-Hill in the heptathlon, Farah in the 10,000m and Greg Rutherford in the long jump.
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Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit has poured scorn on suggestions that the current UK lettuce shortage  constitutes a "crisis".

He said it showed "a lack of understanding" of English.
He made his remark after Labour's Baroness Jones of Whitchurch used the expression in the House of Lords to describe "empty vegetable shelves".
The government offered reassurance that, among lettuces, only the iceberg variety was in short supply.
Retailers have blamed poor weather in Spain and Italy for limiting stocks of some vegetables, including courgettes and spinach.
In the House of Lords, Baroness Jones said of environment minister Lord Gardiner of Kimble: "He will have seen the news reports of vegetable shelves in supermarkets, with the crisis expected to last until the spring.
"And, meanwhile, prices have trebled in part because it costs more to fly vegetables from the USA and Egypt than it does to bring them overland from Spain."
In his critique of Baroness Jones's comments, Lord Tebbit, a former chairman of the Conservative Party, narrowed his focus to a particular vegetable.
He asked peers: "Might any rational man or woman think that to describe a shortage of lettuces in a supermarket as a 'crisis' shows a lack of understanding of the meaning of the word in the English language?"
In response, Lord Gardiner said: "I was seeking to be courteous to the baroness, but it's certainly not a crisis. The only shortage will be of iceberg lettuces, which we think will be for about a few months - and there's a wonderful variety called cos, which is even better."
He added: "I was pleased only this morning to hear that cauliflowers from Cornwall are coming on to the market, so we have a great opportunity to buy some British vegetables."
During the winter, Spain's south-eastern Murcia region supplies 80% of Europe's fresh produce. But after suffering its heaviest rainfall in 30 years, only 30% of its growing fields were deemed useable.
This has coincided with a cold snap in Italy, which normally exports vegetables but instead had to start importing them.
Lord Gardiner said his officials had spoken to workers at London's New Covent Garden, the UK's largest wholesale fruit, vegetable, and flower market, who had reported an "improving" supply situation.


Imposing fines of up to £500,000 on the companies behind cold calls and nuisance text messages is to become easier under changes to the law being made by the government.

The move follows tens of thousands of complaints about cold calling.
Currently, firms can only be punished if the Information Commissioner can prove a call caused "substantial damage or substantial distress".
But from 6 April, that legal requirement is to be removed.
More than 175,000 complaints were made to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) last year about nuisance calls and text messages.
The government says the number of complaints has risen in the past decade and the issue is particularly acute for the elderly and housebound as such calls can cause distress and anxiety.
In a speech earlier this month, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham described the current law as "a licence for spammers and scammers" and appealed for more powers.
Source: BBC Skillswise
The ICO can take action against companies who flout rules on direct marketing, and says it has issued penalties totalling £815,000 to nine firms since January 2012.
But it has been powerless to target other firms behind a large number of unsolicited calls or texts.
It had tried to argue that companies which make a large number of calls could breach the regulations because of the "cumulative effect" of their actions.
But a tribunal upheld an appeal against a £300,000 fine imposed on Manchester-based Tetrus Telecoms after ruling its high volume of text messages about PPI and accident claims did not meet the legal threshold of causing "substantial damage or substantial distress".
Following a six-week public consultation, that threshold is to be removed, according to digital economy minister Ed Vaizey.
He told BBC Breakfast: "At the moment if the Information Commissioner goes after a company, he's got to show the company has caused you - the consumer at home - serious distress, serious harm.
"It's a very high test to pass which is why there have only been nine prosecutions, which is why we want to lower that test."
He said it was "important to recognise" the UK has a "legitimate direct marketing industry... where businesses calling consumers can sometimes bring some benefit" and the ICO "wants after the cowboys".
It will now be up to the ICO to assess when a serious contravention has taken place.
Martin Shelley, a retired civil servant, said he started receiving cold calls when he moved to his home in the Scottish town of Tillicoultry in 2006.
But it was after he registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) – a list of people who have indicated they do not wish to receive sales and marketing calls – that the number of unwanted calls increased.
Mr Shelley, 63, said: "I'm of a generation that when the phone rang it was an important matter. That's something I have baked into my DNA and it's very hard not to have that kind of reaction.
"These calls are a complete intrusion."
But he said he felt compelled to answer because he had numerous friends and family he often receives calls from.
He gets between three and four cold calls each day, including on weekends.
"I'm in contact with people all the time. The phone is basically a friend but now, most of the time, it's not a friend but someone intruding in my life for no reason.
"I've already stated my preference. I would never in a million years buy something over the phone.
"If these companies make an excessive number of unsolicited calls they should be fined."
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said it was "committed" to dealing with the problem of nuisance calls, and it was looking to introduce mandatory caller line identification so that all marketing callers would have to display their telephone numbers.
It also confirmed that it will look at introducing measures to hold board level executives responsible for nuisance calls and texts.
This follows a report last December from a task force looking at the problem, which called for a review of the rules in order to act as a stronger deterrent to rogue companies.
Shadow minister Chris Bryant said Labour had been calling on the government to act for "years" and welcomed its "belated acceptance of our calls for stronger powers to tackle cold-calling".
The executive director of the consumer organisation Which?, Richard Lloyd, who chaired the task force, welcomed the announcement, saying the calls were "an everyday menace blighting the lives of millions".
But he told BBC's Radio 4 Today programme that telecoms companies also need to "do more to cut off these calls at source".
Organisations make automated calls to generate "leads", which they then sell on to firms who offer the service provided in the message.
In the case of personal injury claims, the leads would essentially be a list of people interested in claiming compensation for a personal injury.
This list is then sold on to a firm which manages personal injury claims. It will contact the people on the list and offer them its services in dealing with possible claims.
Companies or organisations making automated marketing calls are legally meant to have the permission of the person they are calling before they call.
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Mr Lloyd said: "Eight out of 10 people have told us they have had an unwanted call or text over the last month, a third of people have said they have been caused distress and they have been feeling intimidated by these calls, so this is a massive problem and we have to get a grip on it.
"If we get the regulators, the government and the telecoms companies working together on this we think we could start seeing a rapid decline in calls but that's going to take a while."
But the Fair Telecoms Campaign, which contributed to the consultation, said the announcement was only a "tiny step in the right direction".
David Hickson, from the campaign, said "using the limited capacities of the ICO and Ofcom can never succeed now that the problem has been allowed to grow to its present scale".


A court has heard that manipulating Libor rates was so commonplace an offer of a Mars bar could get it changed.

Tom Hayes, who worked for UBS and Citigroup, told a fellow trader: "Just give the cash desk a Mars bar and they'll set wherever you want."
Mr Hayes is the first person to face a jury trial for manipulating the key interest rate, used to set trillions of pounds of investments.
He denies eight counts of conspiracy to defraud between 2006 and 2010.
Throughout Wednesday's session, the court was shown dozens of pages of transcripts of exchanges between traders using UBS's internal messaging system.
The conversations - matey in tone - all related to moving Libor rates, said Mr Hayes, to assist the traders' and banks' commercial interests, something he said he found it hard to see as wrong.
In one chat, Mr Hayes suggests the market is rife with dealers attempting to influence rates: "Very, very hard to price stuff with the fixes so manipulated and inconsistent."
His correspondent replies: "The fixes are manipulated?"
"Yes, of course they are," says Mr Hayes. "Just give the cash desk a Mars bar and they'll set wherever you want."
Another chat session described Libor as "literally a joke".
He has alleged throughout his trial that rate-rigging was rife and said on Tuesday that senior managers, even the chief executive of the bank, knew all about it.
My Hayes told the court on Wednesday that only once had anyone expressed any concern about the matter.
He said he was "shocked" when his manager phoned him asking him not to mention Libor rate-setting in any emails, saying that to be contacted by phone was highly unusual.
The phone call had come in 2009, towards the end of Mr Hayes's time at UBS.
He told the court: "I was shocked by the call. I thought, 'What was that all about?'" he said.
"It wasn't the usual way of communication at UBS."
He added that the manager had later explained he had overreacted because of the intense focus on Libor rate-setting at the time.
The court was also shown an email exchange between senior management appearing to show they had reservations about Mr Hayes.
One describes him as "an immature, explosive person, who regularly loses his temper".
"He speaks to the brokers who are usually asked by the others where to set Libor. Big deal. He does know some of the traders at other banks from his London days, but personally I find it embarrassing when he calls up his mates to ask for favours on high/low fixings. It makes UBS appear to manipulate others to suit our position. What's the legal risk to UBS asking others to manipulate rates?"
The Libor scandal has seen a number of the world's leading banks fined for manipulating rates - traditionally to price loans between themselves.
It used to be set by a number of banks simply telling each other what rate they were prepared to use. Since then, the method has been changed to make it less open to rigging.
The trial continues.


Warrington winger Gene Ormsby has joined Super League rivals Huddersfield Giants with immediate effect.

Ormsby had already agreed to join Giants for the 2017 season, having made two appearances during a one-month loan spell with the club in April.
The 23-year-old scored 29 tries in 42 games for Warrington, but played in only five games this season.
"I wanted to get game time, so it's good for my career to be here," he told Huddersfield's club website.


Hungary has been gripped by an intense public debate on the role of the country during World War Two.

A government proposal for a monument commemorating the German occupation of March 1944, has prompted critics to accuse it of trying to rewrite history, and deflect attention from Hungary's role as an ally of Germany up until that point, and its role in the Holocaust.
The proposal was announced just a day after an election was called for 6 April - leading some to accuse the governing conservative Fidesz party of stoking nationalism in order to see off the challenge from the far-right Jobbik party.
After the proposed design for the monument - which shows an angel representing Hungary being attacked by an eagle representing the Third Reich - was unveiled last weekend, opposition figures and Jewish community leaders objected that it completely failed to acknowledge official Hungarian complicity in the wholesale slaughter of a large part of the country's Jewish population.
Rabbi Slomo Koves, the leader of Hungary's Orthodox Jewish community, said in an interview with Info Radio that such a monument risked implying that the Hungarian state bore no responsibility for the fate of the Jews.
Hungary under Miklos Horthy - who ruled the country from 1920 until 1944 - enacted a whole series of anti-Semitic laws from 1920 onwards, and the authorities willingly organised deportations of Jews well before 1944.
Mazsihisz, the organisation that represents Hungary's non-Orthodox religious communities, warned that it was considering withdrawing its cooperation in events marking the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust because of the lack of consultation over the statue and profound reservations over various other matters relating to the interpretation of Hungarian history.
"The leadership of Mazsihisz calls on all politicians to refrain from using the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust as an element in the electoral campaign and asks all concerned to refrain from rewriting our past," a statement said.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban replied to the message from the Mazsihisz leadership with a letter - which was quoted extensively in the Hungarian media - in which he said that the fate of all victims of Nazism should not go unacknowledged, and that this was "a question of humanity and not political views or party affiliation".
At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Fidesz-led council of the Budapest district in which the memorial will be erected voted in favour of the plan. The council leader, Antal Rogan, said that it had his approval because it was not just about the occupation, but because "we are erecting a monument to all the victims, including hundreds of thousands of Holocaust victims - those who were deported, abused and murdered".
But a leading member of the Socialist Party, Csaba Horvath, said that the government's plans risked "dividing society and creating a fresh scandal by falsifying history".
Szabolcs Kerek-Barczy, a member of the leadership of the left-wing Democratic Coalition, said that by erecting the monument, Fidesz would be sending "a symbolic gesture to the current Hungarian far-right and to neo-Nazis".
Critics say the government is focusing on the last year or so of the war, when Hungary was occupied by German troops after its leadership attempted to make peace with the Allies, and so airbrushing the previous years of collaboration with the Nazis.
In an interview with the independent Hungarian TV channel ATV, Mr Kerek-Barczy also said that the plan was a deliberate attempt on the part of the government "to gain far-right votes - the votes of neo-Nazis are valuable to them too".
Jobbik is currently the third largest party in the Hungarian parliament, and many analysts see Fidesz's efforts to woo nationalist voters as part of a campaign to prevent a large part of its natural support base from ebbing away to Jobbik in the next election.
A group of 26 leading Hungarian historians has issued an open letter - published on the Galamus news and opinion website - in which they protested against the plan, saying that: "The memorial falsifies an important period of our history, and relativises the Holocaust in Hungary."
One of the signatories to the petition is the historian Krisztian Ungvary, an expert on World War Two who earlier in the week published an article on the news website hvg.hu in which he lambasted those who he said were "wasting public funds" in an effort to "whitewash" Hungary's war-time history.
Jobbik, on the other hand, has welcomed the memorial plan, but insists that it does not go far enough and that it is now time to remove a monument to the 1945 Soviet liberation of Hungary from the square on which the new monument will be erected.
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The Labrador Retriever has been crowned America's favourite dog for the 25th year in a row.

23 February 2016 Last updated at 09:28 GMT
The American Kennel Club say the breed is so popular because it's got a good temperament, gets along great with families and is super smart.
Other dogs voted amongst America's favourites are German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Bulldog and Beagle.
In the past 100 years, only four breeds have held the top spot for most popular dog. They are the Labrador, Poodle, Beagle and Cocker Spaniel.


Leicester Tigers assistant coach Geordan Murphy says victory in Sunday's Anglo-Welsh Cup final against Exeter would be a big boost for their Premiership play-off aspirations.

Tigers are fifth after a season of struggle which has seen them sack director of rugby Richard Cockerill.
They are in danger of missing out on a top-four finish in the league for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
"There's a lot more to come from this team," Murphy told BBC Leicester Sport.
"Hopefully the Anglo-Welsh Cup can be the catalyst to kick on in the Premiership. There is a long way to go in the season.
"I am confident we can make the top four and challenge when everyone is looking around and saying 'what are you doing here?' We can answer that emphatically."
Tigers are a point behind fourth-placed Bath with five games remaining, but 11 adrift of Saracens who are third.
They have lost seven of their 17 matches, but welcome respite has come in the Anglo-Welsh Cup where they beat Saracens 32-10 in Saturday's semi-final.
Murphy, who is part of Aaron Mauger's backroom set-up and has been on the coaching team since retiring in 2013 after 16 seasons as a Tigers player, has taken on a leading role in this season's competition.
The 38-year-old said the players fully deserved their place in the final at Twickenham Stoop.
"A lot of people have been saying, 'Hold on a second. How did you guys get here? That wasn't in the script'," he said.
"We have been really good so far in the competition. We have picked some young guys, some inexperienced guys and some players who haven't had a lot of field time.
"We have developed a hell of a lot. We have had different styles of wins. Our opening win against Bath was really tenacious; we had to dig in and fight for everything and we won by a point.
"We had a good win against Newport at home where we put some scores on and played more attractive rugby. And we had a tight win against Saints.
"We went away to Saracens in the pool stages and lost, but the most impressive thing for me was that we learned the lessons from that game. We went back down there at the weekend and executed a game plan and got into the final. Our forwards had a great game.
"The consistent thing from the players who have taken the field is they have been really passionate and have worked hard for each other.
"One of the things we have asked of them is to be able look at each other at the end of the game and know they have given it absolutely everything. So far that has been the case."


What does the aftermath of last week's lynching of a 50-year-old Muslim man by a Hindu mob over rumours that his family had been consuming beef say about political imagination in India?

Mohammad Akhlaq, an ironsmith, was killed in his village in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, barely 50km (31 miles) from the Indian capital. His 22-year-old son Danish was seriously injured in the attack. Another son, Mohammad Sartaj, who works as a technician with the Indian Air Force, survived the attack because he does not live in the village.
A week into the horrific incident in his backyard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, usually so active on social media, has maintained a studied silence.
He has expressed his "gratitude to American people" for their hospitality during his recent trip to the US,  greeted a cabinet colleague and a governor on their birthdays and the people of China on its National Day, offered his condolences on the death of a singer's son and congratulated a billiards champion on his prolific twitter feed. Not a word on Mr Akhlaq. Mr Modi's soundlessness on Dadri, according to historian, Shiv Visvanathan, is the "silence of indifference which becomes obscene, because it denies dignity to the victim".
His BJP party, which rules India with a whopping majority, has done worse. Tarun Vijay, a senior party MP, wrote in a newspaper that "lynching a person merely on suspicion is absolutely wrong, the antithesis of all that India stands for and all that Hinduism preaches", almost implying that lynching a person when you are sure that he has consumed beef could possibly be condoned. "Vijay has accomplished the astonishing feat of even making apology look almost homicidal," wrote outraged columnist Pratap Bhanu Mehta, adding that the "blame for this has to fall entirely on Modi".
The poverty of political imagination did not end with Mr Modi's silence and Mr Vijay's article.
Mahesh Sharma, federal culture minister and local MP, visited the dead man's family, and said that the "murder took place as a reaction to that incident", alluding to rumours of cow slaughter in the area. Mr Sharma reminded reporters that there was a teenage girl - Mr Akhlaq's daughter - in the home, and nobody had touched her, as if India's women should be eternally grateful for such small mercies. And, on Sunday, party lawmaker Sangeet Som, visited the victim's village and stoked religious tensions by saying Hindus were capable of giving a "befitting reply" if innocent members of the community were "framed" for the murder.
The opposition parties have done no better.
Rahul Gandhi, the heir-apparent of the enfeebled 129-year-old Congress party, visited Mr Akhlaq's family nearly a week after the incident. He put out half-a-dozen anodyne tweets, saying "touched by the desire of the villagers to maintain harmony" and that this "spirit will help the country through tough times".
It was almost if this "politics of naivetÃ© and adolescence", as Dr Visvanathan calls Mr Gandhi's politics, had abdicated from its responsibility of shoring up bipartisan secular support against the poison of communalism, and left it to the people to fend for themselves. This is all India's Grand Old Party could manage.
Observers say the less said about the Samajwadi Party, the powerful regional party which rules Uttar Pradesh, the better. The state appears to have withered away under its rule; and incidents of religious clashes and crime are on the rise.
The government, run by Akhilesh Yadav, appeared to buy peace on the cheap. Mr Yadav flew out Mr Akhlaq's family to the state capital, Lucknow, upped compensation for the family for the third time since the incident and assured them justice and security. The Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal's foray into the village, again nearly a week after the incident, accused the police of trying to stop him from entering the village and then, and attacked other parties for "indulging in vote bank politics". Been there, heard that.
All is not lost though.
Indian air force chief Arup Raha was quick to react, saying that they were looking at a way of moving Mr Akhlaq's family to an air force neighbourhood. "We are with him, and our people are there to assist his family," he said about Mohammed Sartaj.
And on a Sunday night talk show, a grief-stricken Sartaj invoked Sare Jahan se Acha, Hindustan hamara (Our India is the best country in the world), Iqbal's patriotic ode to India with a dignity which eludes most politicians in India. "Why should I blame the majority [of Hindus] for the faults of a few," he said.
The fact that Mr Akhlaq's last call for help was to a Hindu friend before the mob descended on his house, and that a number of Hindu families in the village moved many of their Muslim neighbours to safety  also offer hope.
This proves that India's armed forces remain resolutely secular and most of its people - despite the fact that many in Mr Akhlaq's village showed no remorse after the incident - remain plural.
"The reaction to Dadri indeed points to a larger failure of India's political imagination," says political psychologist Ashis Nandy.  India's democracy - a gift which has kept the diverse country together - appears to be all about winning elections alone. "Every party sees every issue as a political opportunity. There is this obsession with electoral politics alone. Electoral democracy has actually become anti-democracy. Electoral politics has become obscene in India," says Vishvanathan.
India, clearly, needs to fix its dysfunctional democracy. On the one hand it needs more democracy, but the idea of democracy cannot begin and end with elections alone. Until that happens, lives like Mohammad Akhlaq's will continue to be lost because of, say, the politics of food. Will India's parties please stand up?


Shares in China fell after a number of economic figures for the world's second largest economy came in weaker than expected.

Factory output rose 5.9% in April from a year ago - below expectations - while fixed asset investment and retail sales also fell below forecasts.
The Shanghai Composite fell 0.6% to 4,375.76, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 0.6% at 27,249.28.
Concerns over new share listings also dented investor confidence.
Next week, a spate of initial public offerings (IPOs) could lock up some 3tn yuan ($483bn; Â£308bn) worth of subscription capital, according to analysts.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 ended up 0.7% at 19,764.72.
Data showed Japan's current account surplus hit a seven-year high in March, rising to 2.795tn yen ($23.3bn; Â£14.9bn).
Australian shares headed higher after the government delivered its budget on Tuesday, with promises to help small businesses among the measures to try to boost the economy.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index finished up 0.7% at 5,715.1 in Sydney.
South Korea's Kospi index closed up 0.8% to 2,114.16 after data showed the country's unemployment rate declined in April, with more jobs created in the manufacturing and service sectors.
The jobless rate stood at 3.9%, down from 4% in March and 4.6% in February, according to Statistics Korea.


League Two side Luton Town have appointed Brighton & Hove Albion first-team coach Nathan Jones as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Welshman Jones, 42, in his first permanent managerial role, succeeds John Still, who was sacked last month.
Luton, on a run of one win from their last nine games, sit 15th in the table.
"We believe we have found the best man to lead the club's footballing aspirations forward," chief executive Gary Sweet told the club website.
"Nathan is a professional, disciplined, strong and open-minded character who is going to install a hard-working team ethic and, importantly, the prospect of fast-flowing football to Kenilworth Road.
"The board believe Nathan will modernise our club's football culture, blending the elements of our footballing heritage with a modern, forward-thinking philosophy.
"As a club we realise a change of thinking will not happen overnight, but we are already excited at the prospect of Nathan's ideas and vision for Luton Town."
Jones returns to the club where he signed his first professional forms, having moved to Kenilworth Road from Merthyr Tydfil in 1995, but he failed to make a first-team appearance before moving to Spain.
He also featured for Brighton, Scarborough and Southend on his return to England, finishing his playing career in 2012 following a spell with Yeovil Town.
Jones then took charge of Charlton's Under-21 side before moving back to the Seagulls as a coach in 2013.
He has also served as interim manager during his time at the Amex Stadium.
Brighton chairman Tony Bloom said the club "understand that this is an opportunity he feels he must take to progress his career".
Former England goalkeeper David James had been reported to be in the running for the job.
The 45-year-old was a boyhood Luton fan and had been coaching with the club under previous boss Still.


Lancashire have agreed new contracts with seam bowlers Kyle Jarvis, Tom Bailey and Gavin Griffiths.

Former Zimbabwe international Jarvis, 26, took 62 wickets in the County Championship to help the Red Rose to promotion from Division Two.
Bailey, 24, established himself this season with 35 wickets, including 5-12 against Leicestershire in May.
Griffiths, 21, made his debut at T20 Finals Day as Lancashire secured the title against Northants.
"It is imperative that we have a group of strong and talented seam bowlers and all three have had an impressive season," said cricket director and head coach Ashley Giles.


A floating vessel that is longer than the Empire State Building is high has taken to the water for the first time.

The hull of Shell's Prelude was floated in South Korea.
When fully built, Prelude will be the largest floating facility ever created, weighing more than 600,000 tonnes.
It would be used to help in the production of natural gas from 2017, Shell said, and would operate for 25 years off Australia's north-west coast.
The area has a yearly cyclone season from November to April, but Prelude has been designed to withstand such conditions. It is hoped the facility will be able to produce enough gas to power a city the size of Hong Kong.
Despite appearances, Prelude cannot strictly be described as a ship as it needs to be towed to its destination rather than travelling under its own power.
Shell has not disclosed how much the vessel will cost, but industry analysts told Reuters that it would be likely to command a price of between $10.8bn and $12.6bn (Â£6.6bn - Â£7.7bn).
Not content with Prelude's record-breaking size, Shell said it had already started work on an even bigger facility.


Police in San Francisco have caught two inmates who had been on the run from jail for more than a week.

Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Hossein Nayeri, 37, had fled from the Men's Central Jail in Santa Ana on 22 January.
The men cut through several layers of metal to break free from their dormitory and used a rope made of bed sheets to climb down from the roof.
Another escapee, Bac Duong, 43, surrendered to police in Santa Ana on Friday.
Reports said he told officers the two other men had travelled north. They were eventually found some some 410 miles (660km) further north from Santa Ana.
Police said a passer-by recognised the van which had been stolen after they escaped.
Nayeri was held after a brief chase, and when police returned to the van, they found Tieu inside. Ammunition was found, but no weapons.
Before his escape, Duong was being held on charges including attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
Tieu had been charged with murder and attempted murder while Nayeri is accused of kidnapping, torture, aggravated mayhem and burglary.
On Thursday, authorities arrested a female English teacher who they say helped the inmates escape.


The Indian government has said it plans to ban surrogate services for foreigners wanting babies in a move which will hit a thriving industry.

It says surrogacy would be available "only for Indian couples".
India is called the "surrogacy hub" of the world, where infertile couples, including many from overseas, hire the wombs of local women to carry their embryos through to birth.
But there have been growing concerns over what is an unregulated business.
This had prompted a petition in the Supreme Court, which last month ordered the government to spell out plans for regulating the industry.
"The government does not support commercial surrogacy and also the scope of surrogacy is limited to Indian married infertile couples only and not to the foreigners," the government said in an affidavit to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Existing rules say foreign couples seeking to enter into a surrogacy arrangement in India must be a "man and woman [who] are duly married and the marriage should be sustained at least two years".
The government said it would require some time to introduce the law.
"[It is] in the process of bringing a comprehensive legal framework for not only protecting the rights of surrogate mother but also for prohibiting and penalising commercial surrogacy," the affidavit presented to the court by Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said.
Commercial surrogacy is estimated to be worth more than $1bn (Â£65m) a year in India.
Correspondents say good medical technology, low cost and a lack of regulation have made the country a hub of surrogacy services.
India has one-third of the world's poorest people and critics argue that poverty is a major factor in the women's decision to become a surrogate.


Liverpool will play Villarreal in the Europa League semi-finals.

The Reds' reward for Thursday's dramatic victory over Borussia Dortmund is a trip to Spain for the first leg on 28 April, with the return at Anfield on 5 May.
In the other semi-final, Spanish side Sevilla, who are looking to win the competition for the third successive year, face Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk.
The final takes place in Basel, Switzerland, on 18 May.
Liverpool staged one of the most sensational comebacks Anfield has seen to overcome their German opponents in Thursday's quarter-final second leg.
They were twice left needing three goals to go through, with Dejan Lovren's injury-time header from James Milner's cross sealing a 5-4 aggregate victory on a night packed with drama and emotion.
Villarreal, nicknamed the Yellow Submarine, are fourth in the La Liga table behind Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
The draw means that four Spanish clubs could contest both the Champions League and Europa League finals after Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were kept apart in Europe's elite competition.
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A maths teacher's "highly-inappropriate" texts to a 14-year-old pupil amounted to unacceptable professional conduct, a tribunal has found.

Matthew Nichols, 29, worked at Ysgol Bryn Alyn, in Wrexham.
An Education Workforce Council panel found some of his actions were sexually motivated.
Mr Nichols, who was cleared of sending inappropriate texts to a 16-year-old, will be sanctioned at a later date.
The fitness to practise panel heard he was previously questioned by police who found Mr Nicholas had exchanged 425 texts with a girl which he claimed they were "innocent".
He was never charged with any criminal offence and there was no physical sexual contact.
The probe was sparked by two concerned pupils approaching a learning support assistant over texts their 14-year-old friend received from him in September 2015.
Nichols, who has a fiancee, admitted inappropriate communication with two pupils but said an "innocent" exchange with another had been "misconstrued".
The panel felt some of the messages went "far beyond" what was appropriate.
The exchanges included references to "hugs in the woods" and "kissing under the mistletoe".
Panel chairman Richard Parry Jones said: "The timing, volume and frequency of communication was highly inappropriate.
"Communications were sent by Mr Nichols very late at night."
Mr Parry Jones added the panel were "particularly concerned" with the "covert nature of the communications" and noted Mr Nichols asked the girl to "delete the messages".
A final decision on what sanction Mr Nichols will face was adjourned to a later date.


Jordanian security forces say they have killed four gunmen after flushing them out of a historic hilltop castle in the city of Karak.

The gunmen had fled to the castle after a shooting spree that left 10 people dead including a tourist from Canada and at least four police officers.
Police said suicide belts and weapons had been seized at a hideout used by the "terrorist outlaws".
However, it was not clear if the men belonged to any militant group.
Earlier, the gunmen had opened fire on two police patrols before fleeing to the castle and attacking a police station there, officials said. Several tourists were trapped in the castle but were freed as security forces moved in.
At least 27 people have been wounded, some seriously.
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Jordanian officials said events began earlier in the day with a shoot-out between police and armed men at a house near Karak. The gunmen then fled by car into the city.
The security directorate said gunmen had also shot at a security patrol before they reached the castle. Once inside they opened fire on a police station.
It is not clear if all the fatalities took place at the castle.
Footage on social media purportedly from the scene show armed police moving into the sprawling castle complex and helping tourists when shots ring out and they are forced to retreat.
US tourist Avinash Cavale told the BBC he and his wife were arriving by car at the castle when gunfire broke out.
"We were about 20m (60ft) from the castle gate when we started hearing gun fire. There were a lot of different types of firing coming from different directions," he said.
"We were still in the vehicle and just about to get out, so we closed the doors and local folks were yelling at us to get out. The street was very narrow but we reversed down."
Jordan is a close ally of the US and a member of the US-led coalition fighting the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq.
US forces have trained a small group of Syrian rebels in Jordan as well as Iraqi and Palestinian security forces.
IS has previously threatened to "break down" Jordan's borders.
In June the group said it was behind a suicide truck-bomb attack that killed six security personnel on the border with Syria.


A solicitor has said rules on UK marriage visas need to be more flexible after a couple who both work have been forced to live apart.

Sarah Mason Smith from Derbyshire does not earn enough to meet the £18,600 threshold to allow her American husband to live in the UK.
Brent Smith's income alone more than meets the threshold and, they say, he could work remotely in the UK.
The BBC asked the Home Office for a comment but it has not responded.
The government brought in new rules in July 2012 which meant only British citizens who earn an £18,600-a-year salary for six months can sponsor their non-European spouse's visa.
The couple, both 28, married in August but Mr Smith returned to Kansas on Sunday before his marriage visitor visa expired.
Ms Mason Smith, a graduate who works as a support worker for an autism charity, said she may have to find a new career so her husband can live with her in Idridgehay.
"I feel like may hands are tied. I'm doing a job that benefits society. I feel like I'm doing my bit but my husband can't be here living with me."
She said they planned the wedding before they knew the technicalities of the law and had planned to live in the UK afterwards.
Mr Smith said: "Even if she found a new job tomorrow it would be eight or nine months before we could be together, apart from a holiday."
The couple's immigration solicitor Rachel Harvey said Mr Smith could do his £20,000-a-year job as a social media manager remotely in the UK.
"There's nothing to stop the government being more flexible," she said.
"The specified evidence requirement is so rigid that you cannot take anyone else's finances into account from overseas.
"I've had extremely high-earning individuals of foreign nationality who can do their jobs from here and they cannot count their salaries. That's the hardest thing to explain to clients."
The Home Office was asked for a comment but did not respond.


The new US defence secretary has told Nato members that Washington will "moderate its commitment" to the alliance if they do not increase their spending on defence.

James Mattis's comments repeat President Donald Trump's demand that members raise their spending to meet a target of 2% of their GDP.
Only five of the 27 countries do so.
Earlier, Mr Mattis had hailed Nato as the "fundamental bedrock" of trans-Atlantic co-operation.
According to a text of his remarks, Mr Mattis said at the Nato headquarters in Brussels: "No longer can the American taxpayer carry a disproportionate share of the defence of Western values.
"Americans cannot care more for your children's future security than you do," he added.
Commentators said this was some of the strongest criticism in years to allies who have not hit their spending goals. Mr Mattis said members must show progress this year and adopt a plan to increase their contributions, even if slowly.
Only the US, UK, Estonia, Greece and Poland currently meet the target, but others are on course to reach that level.
"America will meet its responsibilities, but if your nations do not want to see America moderate its commitment to this alliance, each of your capitals needs to show support for our common defence," Mr Mattis said.
The US defence chief added that investing in common defence was vital, and cited the threats that have emerged since 2014, such as the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the rise of so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, on the southern border of member Turkey.
General James Mattis, the former Nato insider, has delivered a thunderbolt aimed at the complacency of many of Washington's European allies.
He has put them on notice. No longer will the US taxpayer bear a disproportionate share of the defence burden. If the Europeans do not dig more deeply into their pockets then the Trump administration "will moderate its  commitment" to Nato.
Quite what this means is unclear. Surely the US would not weaken the alliance by limiting its own contributions? Well that's a proposition presumably that Gen Mattis believes will not be tested. He must hope that his warning, and a warning it was - however eloquent and hedged around with words of reassurance  - will force Nato allies to pay more.
This debate matters now more than ever because there is a new species of US president with few of the predictable reflexes of previous occupants of the White House. There is also a resurgent Russian threat and a diverse array of worrying challenges on Nato's southern flank.
The US has deployed thousands of troops and hundreds of vehicles to the alliance's eastern borders to reassure its allies. Now they are going to have to foot more of the bill.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said alliance members were already increasing their contributions.
And UK Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, said he had urged countries to increase their spending, even if they could not meet the 2% target.
"An annual increase that we're asking them to commit to would at least demonstrate good faith."
The meeting was held amid concern over the new administration's ties with Russia and the resignation of Michael Flynn as US national security adviser.
Mr Trump's comments, during his campaign, that the US might not defend allies who do not contribute their "fair share" to Nato, had worried many European nations, particularly those near Russia's border.
He was critical of the Western military alliance, describing it as "obsolete".
But Mr Mattis showed strong support for the alliance, hailing its ability to respond to security challenges. "The alliance remains a fundamental bedrock for the United States and the trans-Atlantic community, bonded as we are together," he said.


Icelandic singer Bjork and Italian film composer Ennio Morricone have won the 2010 Polar Music prize.

The Swedish honour is typically shared between a pop performer and a classical artist.
The pair will be invited to accept the award - worth 1 million kronor (Â£88,800) - in Stockholm in August.
The Polar Prize - founded in 1989 to honour exceptional achievements that transcend music genres - is awarded annually.
It is described in Sweden as the "Nobel prize of music" and was established by the late Stikkan Anderson, whose record company released the songs of Swedish supergroup Abba.
Bjork and Morricone will both be presented with their awards by King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 31 August.
Bjork, 44, hit the big time with her solo album Debut in 1993 but had previously had success as the lead singer of The Sugarcubes.
She also starred in Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark in 1999, which went on to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, with Bjork winning the best actress award.
"BjÃ¶rk is an untameable force of nature, an artist who marches to nobody's tune but her own," said the prize committee.
Morricone, 82, has composed more than 400 film scores, including The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso and The Mission.
The committee said Morricone's "congenial compositions and arrangements lift our existence to another plain".
Previous winners of the Polar Prize include Pink Floyd, Sir Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Pierre Boulez and Ravi Shankar.


A Missouri lawmaker is being investigated by the US Secret Service for saying she hopes President Donald Trump will be assassinated.

Democratic state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal posted the comment on Facebook but later deleted it.
The Secret Service has confirmed they are "looking into the comments" and say "all threats against the President" will be investigated.
The senator says she was wrong to write the post but that she will not resign.
She had written "No. I will. I hope Trump is assassinated!" in response to a comment on Facebook.
She told the St Louis Post-Dispatch: "I didn't mean what I put up. Absolutely not.
"I have deleted it, and it should have been deleted.
"I am not resigning. What I said was wrong, but I am not going to stop talking about what led to that, which is the frustration and anger that many people across America are feeling right now."
Members of her own party were quick to condemn the comment with some calling for her resignation.
The leader of the Democratic Caucus in the Missouri senate, Gina Walsh, said her colleague "should be ashamed of herself for adding her voice to this toxic environment."
US Senator Claire McCaskill, also a Missouri Democrat, said: "I condemn it. It's outrageous. And she should resign."
The Republican Governor of Missouri Eric Greitens added his voice to calls for her to step down.
He said: "We can have differences in our country, but no one should encourage political violence. The senator should resign."
However, Ms Chappelle-Nadal insists she was exercising her right to free speech.
"I refuse to resign for exercising my First Amendment rights, even though what I said was wrong," she said.


Four further arrests have been made after a footballer's brother was shot outside a barbers in Leeds.

Raheem Wilks, the 19-year-old brother of Leeds United's Mallik Wilks, was attacked near Too Sharps on Gathorne Terrace, Harehills, on 26 January.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, while two men aged 28 and one aged 30 are being held on suspicion of assisting an offender.ã€€
All four remain in custody for questioning.
Jaydn Manners, 23, of Louis Street, Chapeltown, and Keal Richards, 21, of Francis Street, Chapeltown, have both been remanded in custody charged with murder.
A 31-year-old woman arrested in Castleford on suspicion of conspiracy to murder has been released on bail.
Police were called to the street at 13:20 GMT and found Mr Wilks seriously injured. He was taken to hospital but was later confirmed dead.
A post-mortem examination revealed Mr Wilks died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the chest.


Hibernian goalkeeper Mark Oxley has signed a two-year contract at League One Southend United.

The 25-year-old joins the Shrimpers after two seasons with the Scottish Championship side.
Oxley, who started his career at Rotherham, will compete with Ted Smith for the number one jersey at Roots Hall after Dan Bentley joined Brentford.
He still had a year to run on his deal with the Hibees but decided to take up an option to leave Easter Road.
It is the second time Oxley will work with Southend boss Phil Brown after playing under him at Hull City.
"I paid a fee for Mark when he was a kid at Rotherham and I could see the potential in him from a young age," Brown told the club website.
"I've always kept an interest in him and after having an operation about four years ago he has played over 120 competitive matches at a very good standard of football."
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The Liberal Democrats have vowed to make the Richmond Park by-election about Brexit, not Heathrow.

The poll has been triggered by the resignation of Tory MP Zac Goldsmith in protest at the government's backing for a third runway at Heathrow.
Mr Goldsmith, who will run again as an independent, has said it "must be a referendum on Heathrow expansion".
But the likely Lib Dem candidate said Mr Goldsmith's backing for Brexit would be "uppermost in voters' minds".
Sarah Olney, who has already been selected to fight the seat at the next General Election, said it was a "farce" the by-election was taking place, saying it was the result of Tory in-fighting but added that the Lib Dems were looking forward to "putting our message in front of voters".
Ms Olney, who like Mr Goldsmith is opposed to Heathrow expansion, told the BBC's Daily Politics: "We are on the same side as far as Heathrow is concerned, so for the voters to be able to choose between us, it's going to be fought on other issues - and I think Brexit is currently going to be the main issue that's uppermost in voters' minds."
A local breakdown of the EU referendum results shows almost 70% of voters in the Richmond council area, which makes up the bulk of the constituency, backed Remain.
Ms Olney is expected to be confirmed as the party's pick for the by-election after party leader Tim Farron rejected the idea of parachuting in one of its big names.
The Conservatives are not fielding a candidate against Mr Goldsmith, who held the south-west London seat in 2015 with a 23,015 majority. The Lib Dems, who held the seat until 2010, finished second.
Labour says it will field a candidate despite three of its MPs urging it to consider standing aside to maximise the chances of a Tory defeat.
The Green Party said it was also likely to put forward a candidate although it said it supported "progressives working together to beat the Conservatives".
In standing down, Mr Goldsmith - who has long campaigned against a third runway -  fulfilled a pledge to quit if the government backed the expansion.
He said: "There was no small print, no expiry date, no ambiguity. It was a simple promise. And it mattered.
"I know it mattered, because the thought of Heathrow expansion fills most of my constituents with dread."


Kirk Douglas is alive and well, despite his obituary being published online by People magazine on Sunday.

Under the headline DO NOT PUB Kirk Douglas Dies, the magazine accidentally posted a pre-written tribute to the actor, who turns 98 this month.
The post listed details about Douglas's life and career spanning six decades, including his 1956 Vincent Van Gogh biopic Lust for Life.
The obituary, which sparked reaction on Twitter, has been removed.
It is unclear whether the tribute, which had a date stamp of 29 September, had been online for two months.
It read: "Kirk Douglas, one of the few genuine box-office names to emerge just as TV was overtaking American culture in the years right after World War II, died TK TK TK. He was 97 (DOB 12/9/1916) and had been in good health despite having suffered a debilitating 1996 stroke that rendered his speech difficult."
Douglas starred in his first movie in 1946 - the classic film noir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers.
His other films include Gunfight at the OK Corral, Lonely Are the Brave and Cast a Giant Shadow.
The actor has received three Oscar nominations during his career, for Lust for Life, The Bad and the Beautiful and Champion.
Although he never won, Steven Spielberg presented him with an honorary Academy award in 1996.
It is common for media outlets to write obituaries of celebrities or important figures in advance.
In 2008, Bloomberg made a similar mistake when it reported Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had died, three years before his actual death in 2011.
People has yet to comment on its Douglas error.


League Two club Northampton Town have been issued with a winding-up petition by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

The petition relates to money outstanding following delays to a takeover, after an Indian consortium pulled out of purchasing the club.
This is separate to a £10.25m loan from the local council which the Cobblers have until Thursday to repay.
Northampton chairman David Cardoza has said he "fully expects the matter to be resolved by the end of next week".
The news comes after the London-based consortium, who have been known to be interested in the club since June, pulled out of the deal on Monday because of "a number of complications surrounding the proposed acquisition".
Cardoza said that the club have moved on to speak with other interested parties, who know of the HMRC discussions, and there would be "definite news very soon".
The BBC understands Northampton Town owes HMRC a "five-figure sum".
In a statement, a HMRC spokesperson said: "HMRC does not in general comment on the tax affairs of individual businesses, but our aim is to efficiently collect the debts due and to prevent things deteriorating further.
"We only initiate winding-up action where we believe this is the best way to protect both the interests of other taxpayers and creditors."
Meanwhile, the 21-day deadline to repay a loan from Northampton Borough Council is also on Thursday.
The original loan from the council was given to the club for the re-development of Sixfields Stadium, and was to be used to build the new East Stand, along with a hotel and conference centre - none of which have been completed.
One option the club is looking at to repay the council loan is to sell off land behind the East Stand, with at least two developers said to be interested.
"We are putting proposals to Northampton Borough Council regarding the repayment of the loan which we hope will prove satisfactory to them and that process is ongoing as we speak," said Cardoza.
"I fully appreciate that, off the pitch, there only seems to be bad news for supporters at the moment but we are working towards, and we believe we are close to, a conclusion on all matters that tidies up all of the issues surrounding the club and allows it to move forward to a much brighter future."
A Northampton Borough Council spokesman said: "Following this morning's announcement, we are contacting HMRC and are requesting an urgent meeting with them.
"Our priority now is to understand what is happening at the football club and the impact this action will have. When we have the facts on this, we will consult our legal advisors about the appropriate steps regarding our loan to the club."


An increase in prison violence at HMP Bristol has been caused by a rise in the use of synthetic drugs formerly known as legal highs, a report found.

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said growing use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and low staff levels had created a volatile environment.
The report said: "The increased availability of NPS in prison has led to some episodes of protracted rage."
The Prison Service said it had taken a number of steps to address concerns.
The report - which covers from August 2015 until July 2016 - stated staff were "overwhelmed" and "reluctant" to  assert their authority.
This created "strained relationships" between staff and inmates, leading to fights and injuries on both sides, the IMB found.
Mark Fairhurst, from the Prison Officers' Association (POA), said: "There's a lack of experience to guide them, there's no managerial presence because of the pressures our POA members face."
He added that since 2010, the service had shed 7,000 officers. Staff retention was also problematic as officers were left facing violent situations without any support, he said.
POA members went on strike earlier this month in protest over staffing level concerns and the nationwide surge in prison violence.
The Prison Service spokesman said: "HMP Bristol has taken a number of steps to address the concerns raised by the Independent Monitoring Board, including refresher courses and new training for staff.
"The prison is also working to recruit new staff and anticipates being fully staffed early next year."
It added that an extra 2,500 extra frontline prison officers were being brought in to reduce violence and tackle use of drugs, drones and mobile phones.
In May, the chief inspector of prisons, Peter Clarke, warned synthetic drugs - which were made illegal in the UK in May - were "destabilising" some prisons.
The IMB's report on HMP Bristol described how NPS usage affected inmates there.
It said: "The effects vary greatly from, at one end, unprecedented and unpredictable violence and, at the other, a reduced state of consciousness."
Because this drug use frequently required hospitalisation, it disrupted staff routines and caused high sickness rates; during one week 35 ambulances were called to the prison.


Detectives who arrested a serving royal marine in a Northern Ireland-related terrorism investigation have been given a further five days to question him.

Ciarán Maxwell, from Larne, County Antrim, was detained in Somerset on Wednesday by the Metropolitan Police Service's Counter Terrorism Command.
The 30 year old is suspected of preparing for acts of terrorism.
A warrant for further detention was granted to the Met by Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
It means that he can now be held in custody until 12:20 BST on Wednesday 31 August.
Mr Maxwell was taken to a West Country police station immediately after his arrest.
However, a Met spokesman said the royal marine was transferred to a London police station on Thursday.
His arrest is understood to be connected to the discovery of two arms dumps near Larne earlier this year.
The weapons discovered are thought to be linked to dissident republican paramilitaries.
Searches in Devon connected to the arrest are still ongoing.


Mike Ashley took the witness stand at the High Court today to give evidence in a case brought by a former employee who is suing him for £15m.

It was a chance to hear about the business practices of one of Britain's most unusual self-made men, who built Sports Direct from a single shop into a multi-billion pound business.
Jeffrey Blue, the investment banker who is suing Mr Ashley, claims that he promised to pay  a £15m bonus if the share price doubled to £8. This deal was allegedly struck during a boozy night at the Horse and Groom pub in London.
Mr Ashley cut a combative figure in the witness stand, frequently getting angry, and more than once accusing Mr Blue of being a liar.
But in addition to the hard-drinking culture described in Mr Blue's evidence, we got some fascinating insights into how Mr Ashley does business.
The Derbyshire village of Shirebrook is home to Sports Direct's vast warehouse, the scene of many allegations of exploitative working practices in the past. It's also the location of a vast office complex, arranged, Mr Blue claimed, around Mike Ashley's desk.
Mr Blue claimed that Mr Ashley had convened a "senior management meeting" in a pub, the Green Dragon, at the nearby village of Alfreton, which involved heavy drinking. It was at this pub that Mr Ashley allegedly drank twelve pints and vomited into the fireplace.
But Mr Ashley claimed that this was not a pub they usually attended.
"How many pubs was Sports Direct holding senior management meetings in?" asked Jeffrey Chapman QC, Mr Blue's lawyer. But Mr Ashley denied they were management meetings, with agendas and minutes.
"It is very boring and lonely in Shirebrook," Mr Ashley said. "You know what we do after work? We go to the pub after work."
When asked to explain why the court had not been able to get hold of copies of his text messages at the time, Mr Ashley explained that he was not good at looking after phones.
"I did not have a mobile phone in my personal possession," he said.
"What has happened to your mobile phones during that period?" Mr Blue's QC asked.
"I periodically lose my phone, destroy my phone, damage my phone... Whatever happens to phones happens to my phone." And whenever one phone is out of action, he asks Sports Direct to give him another one.
At one time he said he had a box of about 50 phones in his office, though that number is now down to about 20.
"The IPO was an unmitigated disaster," he told the court.
The 2007 stock market debut, which saw Mr Ashley raise over £900m, happened because it was the best thing for the business, he said. It wasn't necessary for him to sell shares to raise money.
"I was already fabulously wealthy. What do you think I did with the money? Went out and bought the neighbour's house? I already owned it!"
The shares fell from £3 to less than 35p following the company's stock market launch, as investors became worried about Mr Ashley's unconventional management practices - including the time he played a game of "spoof" with the investment bankers who had organised the float.
One of the many times Mr Ashley became extremely animated in court was when asked to describe the moment when he played spoof with an investment banker to settle a dispute over £750,000 of legal fees connected with Sports Direct's flotation. Spoof is a game of chance popular in City circles.
"I had the opportunity to save Sports Direct £750,000!" he said. "I either had to pay or I could spoof for it."
However, Mr Ashley lost the hand of spoof - and the fees were paid in full.
"Yes the City may laugh at me for the next 15 years, but yes - I would do it again in the morning!" he said.
In his written statement, Mr Ashley called the fateful meeting at the Horse and Groom pub a "fun night". So much fun that the party went on to another venue, which he said he was too drunk to remember.
But in his oral evidence, he seemed less enthusiastic. "I would rather have had needles in my eyes than go to that meeting," he said.
The meeting was convened to build relationships with investment bankers who were going to act for Sports Direct - and he had been invited along to impress the company's future brokers. It was "like going to a school 'do' with your kids - absolutely horrendous".
Other witnesses in the case who have worked for Mr Ashley spoke about his talents in reverential tones. But Mr Ashley himself was much more self-deprecating, about his reputation, his weight, and even his ability to write letters.
He said he discouraged staff from wheeling him out to charm people. He said they usually found it a letdown. They would say "Jesus, is that it? We thought we would be meeting a bright bloke!"
"The other side will not be as impressed as you think they will be," he said.
Many of the questions directed at Mr Ashley referred to his level of control of the company - which, given that he owns more than half the shares, is not as complete as you might think. He denied sitting at the centre of the office "stroking a white cat" in the style of a Bond villain.
"I am not Obi Wan Kenobi controlling the Death Star, let's be clear" he said. Obi Wan Kenobi has also denied controlling the Death Star - that was Darth Vader's department.
The case continues.


British Lionhearts claimed their third consecutive win in the World Series of Boxing, thrashing Mexico Guerreros 5-0 in London.

Light-flyweight Galal Yafai and heavyweight Lawrence Okolie claimed stoppage wins, while bantamweight Qais Ashfaq, light-welterweight Pat McCormack and heavyweight Antony Fowler won on points.
The victory consolidates the British team's lead at the top of Group B.
They have also beaten USA and Morocco.
The Lionhearts next face a second meeting with the USA Knockouts in London on 3 March.
The World Series of Boxing also serves as a route to Rio 2016, with British fighters who represent the Lionhearts eligible for selection for an Olympic qualifying event in May.


A company boss who fraudulently claimed £163,000 in VAT refunds has been jailed for 13 months, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said.

Stephen Wright, 50, from Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, used fabricated invoices while claiming VAT repayments through his firm, SJ Wright.
Wright was sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Wednesday after he admitted three counts of VAT fraud.
He was given 28 days to repay the proceeds of his crime.
Colin Spinks, assistant director of criminal investigation at HMRC, said: "Wright falsified invoices to reclaim VAT he wasn't entitled to, but HMRC's checks ensured that he couldn't."
A statement from HMRC said Wright was the owner of the company when he submitted incorrect invoices to support a VAT repayment claim for £57,000 in 2012.
It was connected to an office refurbishment, which purportedly took place in 2008, but an inquiry revealed it actually occurred elsewhere, outside the four-year claims deadline, in 2006.
HMRC inspectors also found Wright had wrongly claimed £106,000 in VAT repayments in 2006.


UN climate negotiations are bogged down in a dispute over who will take legal responsibility for the loss and damage caused by climate change.

Rich countries say they will strongly resist this move.
Secretary general Ban Ki-moon opened the ministerial segment of the talks in Warsaw, Poland with a warning that the world was facing the wrath of a warming planet.
Mr Ban called on delegates to respond with wisdom, urgency and resolve.
He told delegates that climate change threatens current and future generations, referring to the recent disaster in the Philippines as an example of the extreme weather the world can expect more of.
He had recently visited Iceland and was told that it may soon be a land without ice thanks to rising temperatures.
He called on the negotiators to speed up their discussions that aim to secure a new global treaty in 2015.
However talks here in Warsaw are on familiar territory, the old divide between rich and poor countries over who has responsibility for curbing warming and critically, who will pay for the damage caused by climate change.
Many developing countries are working hard to adapt to climate change often with aid from richer countries.
But campaigners say those funds alone are not enough, because weather events are becoming more extreme and often overwhelm the steps poorer countries have taken.
This was exactly what happened in the Philippines says Dr Saleemul Huq, the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development.
"The Philippines is adapted to typhoons, the people have shelters and they went to them," he said.
"In normal circumstances you would have heard nothing about it, but in this case they died in the shelters because it was a super typhoon of unprecedented magnitude.
"That's loss and damage, you can't adapt to that."
At last year's UN talks in Doha the parties agreed that by the time they met in Poland, an "international mechanism" to deal with loss and damage should be established.
It has re-opened old wounds of division between rich and poor. The wealthier countries are fighting hard to have any legal responsibility for compensation diluted or removed. But according to Harjeet Singh from Action Aid, this time they won't get away with it.
"There is a lot of pressure on the rich countries, they recognise there is a challenge, but they are keeping their eyes closed,  I don't think that will work anymore, they have to deliver," he said.
But not everyone is so sure about that. Many campaigners fear that the influx of politicians will mean a compromise deal will be done.
"I don't think we're likely to see some grand scheme materialise that addresses [loss and damage]," said Paul Bledsoe, an expert on energy and climate with the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
"I think reparations is the right word, in my view it's what's being sought, on issues like slavery or war reparations, historically they have a very difficult time occurring."
Mr Bledsoe believes the most likely outcome is that the richer nations will increase their commitments on finance in return for kicking the legal mechanism into the long grass.
The scale of the monies needed to help countries adapt to climate change was underlined here in Warsaw with a report that Africa would need $350bn annually if global warming rises to between 3.5 and 4C.
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) report says that Africa is already facing costs of between $7-$15bn a year by 2020.
But if action to cut carbon emissions is delayed, then the total costs could reach 4% of Africa's GDP by 2100.


Investigations are continuing after a man was killed and a woman injured when a car rolled down a street, trapping them underneath.

The pair, believed to be a couple in their 60s, were hit in a lane behind Finsbury Terrace, Brynmill, at around 09:20 GMT on Sunday.
The woman was flown by air ambulance to hospital and was conscious in the afternoon, police said. A neighbour said they had been unloading shopping.
Officers are investigating.
A blue Peugeot was loaded into a container and removed from the scene - an area which is home to many students in Swansea - on Sunday afternoon.
"I came out my back garden and saw two people trapped under a car," the neighbour said.
"I immediately rang 999 and told the operator they would need to get all the emergency services here. It looked very serious.
"The couple had just come back from shopping when they were run over by their own car.
"It's awful, they were a lovely couple.
"I didn't know their names but they would always say hi and were very polite."
South Wales Police said initial reports were a vehicle had rolled down the street trapping a male and female underneath the vehicle.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service added it had released two casualties from underneath the vehicle.


US Open champion Stan Wawrinka will not defend his title in New York later this month because of a knee injury.

The 32-year-old announced on Facebook he has had surgery on the problem and will return to action in 2018.
Last month, the Swiss struggled and needed ice on his knee as he was knocked out in the first round of Wimbledon by Russia's Daniil Medvedev.
"I love this sport and I will work hard to get back to my top level and play many more years," said Wawrinka.
This season, the three-time Grand Slam champion reached the final of the French Open and the semi-finals of the Australia Open.
He added: "After talking with my team and doctor I had to make a difficult decision to undergo a medical intervention on my knee. This was the only solution to make sure I will be able to compete at the top level for many more years.
"This is obviously extremely disappointing, but I am already looking ahead and planning my recovery. I love this sport and I will work hard to get back to my top level and play many more years.
"I also want to take this opportunity to thank my fans for sending plenty of messages of support during the last couple of days. I will see you all in 2018."
Former world number one Novak Djokovic will also miss the US Open because of an elbow injury.


Preparations for an archaeological dig at a site earmarked for a new railway station are due to begin.

The existing Castle Station in Northampton will be replaced by a £20m glass and steel building in 2014.
In medieval times a royal castle was situated on part of the site, and last year items from Saxon times were unearthed in an initial trench.
The dig will be done by experts from Northamptonshire Archaeology and will take about 12 weeks.
It will record any remains before the new station is built.
Councillor Jim Harker, leader of Northamptonshire County Council said: "Northampton's unique selling point over many of its neighbours is its long and important history and heritage.
"It had one of the first universities in England and its castle was the scene of many important historical events."
Last October, a 12th Century ironstone wall, pottery fragments and a Saxon brooch were unearthed during a preliminary investigation on the site.
During the next two weeks hoarding will be put around the site and it will be prepared for the dig.
The short-stay car park will be relocated to a new area alongside the station.


A string of recent deaths in New Zealand is being attributed to the rise of so-called synthetic cannabis.

A man in his 20 died on Tuesday night, bringing the number of fatalities this month linked to the illegal substance to eight.
The drug consists of dried plants sprayed with synthetic drugs - it triggers effects similar to cannabis but is more powerful and dangerous.
Synthetic cannabis has already caused huge concerns in the US and Europe.
In each of the eight deaths this month, the victim was thought to have used the drug before dying or was found with the drug on them.
The actual substance in the drug responsible for the deaths is not yet known.
All eight deaths have occurred in Auckland and authorities say there is a much higher number of non-fatal cases where people had to be taken to hospital.
Earlier this month, the Auckland City District Police issued a warning on Facebook over the drug use and the apparent link to the rising number of victims.
"This is not an issue unique to Auckland," the statement warned. "Police are also concerned at the impact of synthetic cannabis in other communities in New Zealand."
Auckland police also took the rare step of releasing CCTV footage of a man violently ill and barely able to stand after smoking synthetic cannabis.
"We have grave concerns as users don't know what poisonous chemicals they are potentially putting into their bodies when they're smoking this drug," Det Insp Lendrum said.
Cannabis-simulating substances - or synthetic cannabinoids - were developed more than 20 years ago in the US for testing on animals as part of a brain research programme.
But in the last decade or so they've become widely available to the public.
Synthetic cannabis was briefly legal in New Zealand but was banned in 2014.
In the UK, synthetic cannabis was also temporarily legal, being sold under a variety of names most prominently Spice and Black Mamba.
The drugs were banned in 2016 but continue to cause widespread problems in the country.
Synthetic cannabis has also been banned in the US but continues to be widely available as an illegal drug.
For help and support on drug use, visit the BBC Advice pages or in the UK, speak to drug advice service Frank.
If you're in New Zealand, you can find help at the Ministry of Health's support pages.


An RAF flypast has marked 100 years since a Gwynedd man won a Victoria Cross through his actions on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

On 1 July 1916, Gp Capt Lionel Rees, of the Royal Flying Corps, fought an enemy force that outnumbered him eight to one.
A Hawk Jet from RAF Valley flew over his hometown, Caernarfon, at 12:00 BST.
At 11:45, a memorial paving stone was also unveiled at his birthplace on Castle Street.
Events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme are taking place around Wales.
Mr Rees was the only Gwynedd man to win a Victoria Cross during World War One, with 628 given out in total.
The airman was on flying duties at Double Crassieurs, France, when he was attacked by German bombers.
He was able to disperse them, seriously damaging two, and despite being shot in the leg and temporarily losing control of his plane, he managed to land it safely.
Following World War One, Mr Rees sailed single-handedly from Wales to Nassau in the Bahamas, where he died in 1955, aged 71.
Air officer for Wales, Air Cmdr Dai Williams, will join Gwynedd councillors for the flypast.
Councillor Ioan Thomas said it was "extremely important" that the council paid tribute to all the Gwynedd men who fought in the war.


Dimitri Payet's spectacular late winner gave hosts France victory over Romania in the opening match of Euro 2016 amid a huge security operation at the Stade de France.

On an emotional evening at the same venue where suicide bombers struck in the November attacks that killed 130 people across the city, Payet ensured the game ended on a high note with a sensational 20-yard strike.
France, who triumphed in their last two major tournaments on home soil - Euro '84 and the 1998 World Cup - are favourites to win this time too.
But after hitting the post early on through an Antoine Griezmann header, they struggled to find any fluency against a resolute Romania side, who also created good chances.
Relive France's opening game win over Romania
Les Bleus' star-studded attack had to wait until the 58th minute to make the breakthrough, when Olivier Giroud headed home Payet's cross.
Romania responded within seven minutes, with Bogdan Stancu scoring from the spot after Patrice Evra clipped Nicolae Stanciu inside the area.
A draw looked the most likely outcome until Payet capped a brilliant individual display with his wonder goal in the 89th minute.
The West Ham star apart, the hosts' performance was unconvincing but, for the whole of the France, the result mattered far more.
A win was the perfect start to a month of football which, it is hoped, can help to bring together a fractured country that will remain under a state of emergency for the duration of the competition.
The scale of the police presence outside the Stade de France on Friday was obvious, with two separate checkpoints where fans were searched and tickets checked, but the day passed without any serious security incidents in Paris.
Inside the stadium, the mood was set by a colourful opening ceremony followed by a stirring rendition of 'La Marseillaise' before kick-off but the game itself was far less entertaining.
Paul Pogba was billed as the star of this France team but it was Payet who was the outstanding performer against Romania.
This game will be remembered for his winning goal but he was also behind almost all of France's best moments going forward.
Before setting up Giroud's goal, he put chances on a plate for the Arsenal striker and Griezmann but both missed the target.
He made no such mistake himself but was overwhelmed with emotion soon afterwards, and was substituted in tears.
"At the start of the season, a lot of people would have found it hard to believe I would be here," said Payet after the game.
"I have got here by working hard. When I saw the stadium tonight I knew I was going to have fun."
Credit must go to Romania, who showed why they had the best defensive record in qualifying, but some France players were worryingly flat.
Pogba had a volley well saved by Ciprian Tatarusanu but failed to get his foot on the ball in midfield - and his side lacked a player who could dictate play from deep.
N'Golo Kante put in the kind of all-action display we are used to seeing from him for Leicester but, one swinging crossfield ball apart, did not open Romania up.
On top of the lack of balance in midfield, France were worryingly open at the back.
Their makeshift central defensive partnership of Adil Rami and Laurent Koscielny has played only two games together before this tournament and it showed.
Hugo Lloris rescued them with a brilliant early save from Stancu but better sides than Romania will be more ruthless in front of goal.
France manager Didier Deschamps said recently that "every time he touches the ball, something happens" and the West Ham star proved him right.
He was behind all of Les Bleus' best moments and looked like the only player capable of opening up Romania.
France manager Didier Deschamps: "It was a tricky match. Romania made it complicated - for the first 20-25 minutes we had a tough time of it. The opening match of a tournament is like playing in a cup final and we were a bit timid.
"But I put four attacking players on to go for the win and I am delighted for the players that they got it."
Former France striker Thierry Henry on BBC Radio 5 live: "Dimitri Payet thought he was going to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He was involved in every qualifying game but they took that away from him.
"Tonight you saw a man who was hurt. He was saying with that performance 'you didn't take me to the World Cup and I am going to show you'. He wanted every single ball. You can't win a game by yourself. but that strike... oh my gosh.
"No one is going to take what is happening to him now away from him. He showed tremendous desire. He was the one that drove the team forward."
The other teams in Group A, Albania and Switzerland, meet in Lens on Saturday - the same day England play Russia and Wales take on Slovakia in Group B.
France are back in action when they play Albania in Marseille on Wednesday evening. Romania stay in Paris, and take on Switzerland at Parc des Princes earlier the same day.
Match ends, France 2, Romania 1.
Second Half ends, France 2, Romania 1.
Attempt missed. Moussa Sissoko (France) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi following a fast break.
Foul by Moussa Sissoko (France).
Ovidiu Hoban (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Dimitri Payet.
Goal!  France 2, Romania 1. Dimitri Payet (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Offside, France. Dimitri Payet tries a through ball, but Bacary Sagna is caught offside.
Offside, Romania. Gabriel Torje tries a through ball, but Dragos Grigore is caught offside.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (France).
Gabriel Torje (Romania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Romania. Gabriel Torje replaces Adrian Popa.
Kingsley Coman (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexandru Chipciu (Romania).
Adil Rami (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denis Alibec (Romania).
Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
Attempt missed. Ovidiu Hoban (Romania) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vlad Chiriches.
Adrian Popa (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dimitri Payet (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adrian Popa (Romania).
Substitution, France. Anthony Martial replaces Paul Pogba.
Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Chipciu replaces Nicolae Stanciu.
Corner,  Romania. Conceded by Dimitri Payet.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Mihai Pintilii (Romania) because of an injury.
Olivier Giroud (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (France).
Mihai Pintilii (Romania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Goal!  France 1, Romania 1. Bogdan Stancu (Romania) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Patrice Evra (France) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Romania. Nicolae Stanciu draws a foul in the penalty area.
Blaise Matuidi (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mihai Pintilii (Romania).
Substitution, Romania. Denis Alibec replaces Florin Andone.
Attempt missed. Florin Andone (Romania) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Nicolae Stanciu with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Romania. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Blaise Matuidi (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mihai Pintilii (Romania).


Elgin moved top of Scottish League Two after seeing off rock-bottom East Stirlingshire.

After a lifeless first 45 minutes, Elgin took control when Craig Gunn rifled a spot-kick home into the bottom-left corner.
Brian Cameron put the result beyond doubt with a late goal three minutes from time.
East Stirlingshire - who mustered just one shot on target - remain bottom and are now five points behind Berwick.


Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg has said the debate around Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton's tactics in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is "pointless".

Hamilton ignored team orders and drove deliberately slowly in an attempt to back Rosberg into rivals.
Mercedes could take action against Hamilton, but Rosberg said he "understood" the Briton's tactics.
"It's done, it's a thing of the past and it's fine," said the German, 31.
Hamilton, 31, went into the race 12 points behind Rosberg and needed to win - with the German finishing lower than third - to take the title.
Mercedes repeatedly ordered Hamilton to speed up during the race, but he ignored their commands and told his team to "let us race". Rosberg still finished second to secure his first F1 world title.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, Rosberg refused to be drawn on the subject, saying he "respected" Hamilton because they were "really good friends back in the day".


Port Vale caretaker manager Michael Brown hopes to be given the job of rebuilding the club following their relegation from League One.

Confirmation of Vale's return to League Two came when Brown's side could only draw 0-0 at Fleetwood on Sunday, when victory would have kept them up.
Vale's form dipped after 10-goal top scorer Alex Jones' loan deal expired and he joined Bradford in January.
"We've had extremely difficult circumstances," said Brown, 40.
He told BBC Radio Stoke: "To deliver a relegation in my first job, I'm still very disappointed, and I want to prove to everyone that I can build a good team.
"With the staff I have, and the contacts, we hope to get a team the Vale fans are proud of."
As a contracted Vale player since the summer of 2014, Brown has witnessed a major reconstruction at the club.
It began at the start of the season when manager Rob Page left for Northampton, and his assistant Brown became part of chairman Norman Smurthwaite's search for a new boss.
The appointment of Bruno Ribeiro and 16 mostly foreign signings was initially a success, but form was already tailing off prior to the departure of the Portuguese manager on 26 December.
Brown was initially told by Smurthwaite that he would be judged on results, and he won his first game in charge against a Chesterfield side who were to accompany them down.
But Vale have won just four times in 22 league matches in 2017 and Brown is now waiting to discover his fate.
"The chairman's the chairman," he said. "He owns the club and puts a lot of money in.
"It's going to need 16 players again. I'm planning as if I'm here and doing homework on the sort of players you'd want at the football club."
Several of Ribeiro's signings left in the January transfer window and one more departure is already known, after French midfielder Sebastien Amoros announced his intended exit on social media.


Investors dumped Foot Locker like a stinky pair of trainers after the firm reported slow quarterly sales.

The New York athletic-wear chain said sales in the February-to-April period rose 0.5% from 2016 at stores open at least a year.
The news sent shares of the company down 15% in trade on Friday morning.
Chief executive Richard Johnson said he was "not satisfied" with the results. The firm is crafting a "plan B" for the year, focused on controlling costs.
Total Foot Locker sales topped $2bn, up 0.7% year-on-year, thanks to some new stores.
But delayed tax refunds in the US depressed traffic in February, traditionally one of the firm's biggest months, Mr Johnson said.
He also said the craze for classic Adidas Superstars and Stan Smith trainers had died down, without being replaced by a comparable must-have item.
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Sales increased as the period progressed, he added, repeating observations made by other retailers.
"It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride," he said.
Foot Locker, which has a global footprint of more than 3,350 stores and brands such as Champs Sports and Runners Point, said total profits were $180m in the quarter, down more than 5%.
Deutsche Bank analyst said Paul Trussell said industry analysts did not have confidence that Foot Locker could deliver on its promised sales growth in the rest of the year.
"I don't sense a comfort level with that view," he said. "Help us get more confident on that front."
Mr Johnson said the company remained secure in its position.
"We remain very confident the consumer hasn't gone elsewhere," he said.
"We are living in a world that is casualised," he said. "Sneakers are a very important part of our consumers' wardrobe."


Former Scotland and Hibs striker Garry O'Connor has been fined £200 and ordered to pay £700 compensation to Harvey Nichols in Edinburgh after admitting stealing clothing.

O'Connor, 33, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Justice of the Peace Court to shoplifting from the store in St Andrew's Square on 25 November 2016.
His defence solicitor, Colm Dempsey, said his client was unemployed.
He told JP Hilary Cochran that O'Connor's wife supported him.
Mr Dempsey said the theft had been "unsophisticated" and dad-of-three O'Connor "bitterly regretted the incident".
His client, he added, had no outstanding cases and, although there were previous convictions, there were none for dishonesty.
O'Connor, of North Berwick, offered to pay any fine at £100 a month.
Justice Cochrane said the fine would be £200 reduced from £300 because of the early guilty plea and she also ordered him to pay Harvey Nichols £700 compensation for a stolen jacket which had not been recovered.
The money is to be paid at £100 a month starting on 14 March.
O'Connor scored 46 goals while at Hibernian and played 16 times for Scotland.
He was transferred to Lokomotiv Moscow for £1.6m in 2006 and to Birmingham City for £2.7m the following year.
Most recently he was player/manager at Lowland League side Selkirk.