Bangladesh claimed an unwanted world record as they lost to New Zealand in the first Test in Wellington.

The visitors scored 595 in the first innings but were bowled out cheaply in the second before New Zealand chased down a 217-run target to win.
It meant Bangladesh broke a 123-year record for the highest total made by a losing side in a Test.
An unbeaten century from captain Kane Williamson and 60 from Ross Taylor led New Zealand to a seven-wicket victory.
Bangladesh had earlier been bowled out for 160-9 - captain Mushfiqur Rahim was taken to hospital for checks after being struck on the head by a bouncer and retired hurt.
Mushfiqur, who hit 159 in the first innings, had scored 13 in the second innings when he was hit on the helmet by a Tim Southee delivery.
New Zealand lost both openers before Williamson and Taylor's third-wicket stand of 163 secured victory.
"To bounce back and achieve that was brilliant," Williamson said.
Mushfiqur, who confirmed  he was fine after being struck on the helmet, added: "Probably we let ourselves down in the bowling department."
Australia previously held the record for the highest first-innings total by a losing side, with 586 against England in Sydney in 1894 before being beaten by 10 runs.


Vin Diesel has named his third child after his former co-star Paul Walker.

The actor announced the news on America's Today show saying his daughter would be called Pauline.
Paul Walker died in a car crash in 2013 aged 40 while on a break from shooting the seventh instalment in the Fast and Furious franchise in LA.
"I might never have gone into a delivery room if it wasn't for Paul," Diesel told The Associated Press news agency.
The 47-year-old actor says his part in the child's birth was all because of some advice Walker gave him seven years ago before the birth of his first child, Hania.
"Paul [told] me to go into the delivery room and own it and be present and don't shy away from it and cut the umbilical cord," he said.
"I didn't even know what an umbilical cord was.
"Seven years later, going into the same delivery room, I couldn't help but to have my brain go back and reflect about the best piece of advice that anyone ever gave me.
"When I was cutting the umbilical cord and looking at Paloma, I heard his advice."
He said when it came time to write down the name, his choice had to be Pauline.
Jimenez and Diesel are also parents to a son, four-year-old Vincent.
Paul Walker died when the Porsche he was travelling in crashed into a concrete light pole and two trees in Los Angeles.
A coroner said that the car had been travelling at more than 100mph.
Walker's brothers filled in to complete scenes in Fast & Furious 7.
Furious 7 is out on 10 April and is dedicated to Paul Walker.
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Six men jailed for planning to bomb an English Defence League rally have lost their appeal against their sentences.

The Court of Appeal rejected the claim that they were handed harsher sentences than similar non-Muslim offenders.
The men are Omar Khan, Jewel Uddin, Zohaib Ahmed, Mohammed Hasseen, Anzal Hussain and Mohammed Saud
They were sentenced in June last year and jailed for between 18 and 20 years for plans related to the June 2012 rally, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Lawyers for the six men were expected to argue that the sentences they received at the Old Bailey were discriminatory by breaching Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights - which prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion - and by being contrary to common law.
They were set to claim that comparisons with prison terms given to non-Muslims found guilty of similar offences shows a persistent pattern of much lower sentences.
Five of the West Midlands men had taken a bomb, knives and sawn off shotguns to the rally but their plot was foiled because they arrived two hours after it ended.
They were caught by chance after a car used by two of them and carrying weapons was stopped by police on the M1 after the rally and found to have no insurance.
Khan, Uddin and Ahmed were sentenced to 19-and-a-half years in prison.
Hasseen, Hussain and Saud were given 18 years and nine months.
All of the men received an extra five-year extension to their terms "on licence".
These were what are known as "extended sentences", which means that the men will serve at least two thirds of their principal sentence in prison.
Once they are released, they remain on licence for the remainder of their prison sentence, and for the licence period.


Ayoze Perez scored after 60 seconds as leaders Newcastle United made light work of Ipswich Town to earn a 10th Championship win from 12 games.

The Spaniard volleyed home the fastest goal in England's second tier this season from Dwight Gayle's flick-on.
Perez hit the second from close range after the interval and Matt Ritchie curled in a third from a Perez pass.
Ex-Magpies striker Leon Best came closest for Town with a fierce strike that came back off the bar.
Best's effort came soon after Perez had put the hosts ahead, but it was a rare attack against a Newcastle side who missed plenty of chances.
Gayle, who had 11 goals in 11 games and seven in his past four prior to facing the Tractor Boys, side-footed over and Ritchie twice shot wide during a dominant first-half display.
With Jonjo Shelvey and Jack Colback in control in midfield and Ritchie, Gayle and Perez a constant threat, the goals eventually arrived in the final 20 minutes to give a more realistic feel to the scoreline.
Ipswich drop to 17th place having failed to score for a sixth league game in seven.
Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez:
"It's another good win, because it's not easy to win in this competition. We played really well in the first half.
"We had chances and could have scored more goals but we didn't do it so we had to work hard in the second half.
"It's important to keep confidence high and the only way is working hard. We know every game is difficult and we have to be ready.
"After the second goal we had more control. It was easy at the end but you could see the difficulty we had at the start of the second half."
Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy:
"We were beaten by the best team. If you see a better team than that this year I'd be surprised.
"I've just spoken to the players and there's not a lot more we could have done. We tried everything to stop them. The one pleasing thing is we kept it at 1-0 for 70 minutes.
"All three finishes were fabulous. They were better than us, they are better than us, and they will be champions in my view.
"We tried everything and nothing worked. They are a very good team and we got what we deserved. We tried to press but we didn't do that particularly well."
Match ends, Newcastle United 3, Ipswich Town 0.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 3, Ipswich Town 0.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Joshua Emmanuel.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Adam Webster tries a through ball, but Jonathan Williams is caught offside.
Foul by Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United).
Jonathan Williams (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
Paul Dummett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paul Dummett (Newcastle United).
Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Tom Lawrence.
Foul by Jack Colback (Newcastle United).
Conor Grant (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Jonathan Williams replaces Freddie Sears.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Isaac Hayden replaces Jonjo Shelvey.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Dwight Gayle.
Goal!  Newcastle United 3, Ipswich Town 0. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
Attempt saved. Jonathan Douglas (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luke Chambers with a cross.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Goal!  Newcastle United 2, Ipswich Town 0. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Attempt saved. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
Attempt saved. David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Paul Dummett with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) because of an injury.
Corner,  Ipswich Town. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Webster (Ipswich Town).
Attempt blocked. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Tom Lawrence (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
Second Half begins Newcastle United 1, Ipswich Town 0.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Joshua Emmanuel replaces Jonas Knudsen.
Substitution, Ipswich Town. David McGoldrick replaces Leon Best because of an injury.
First Half ends, Newcastle United 1, Ipswich Town 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Leon Best (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.


Vehicles regularly fail MOTs owing to faults that drivers could fix themselves at low cost, a consumer website has claimed.

An analysis of 24.5 million MOT records by website Honest John found that headlamps and tyre tread depth were the most common faults.
Problems with the registration plate lamp and windscreen wipers were also regular features on failure records.
Cars require an MOT every year, after they are three years old.
The website suggested that Hondas and Toyotas were highest on the list of first-time MOT pass rates.


Francois Zoko's header helped Yeovil beat Notts County to record a fourth successive 1-0 win in League Two.

The Glovers spurned early chances, with Marc Laird and Kevin Dawson failing to score before Zoko headed in against his former club in the second half.
The hosts looked to add a second but Harry Cornick and Dawson were denied by Magpies goalkeeper Scott Loach.
And Loach was also on hand to save Leroy Lita's late penalty, awarded for handball, as Yeovil held on.


Manchester United's 1-0 derby defeat by Manchester City left new manager Louis van Gaal presiding over the club's worst start to a season since 1986-87.

That was a sequence resulting in the end of manager Ron Atkinson's reign and ushered in the Sir Alex Ferguson era.
The season ended with United in 11th place. They currently stand in ninth position, 13 points adrift of leaders and Premier League title favourites Chelsea, having won just three times in the league.
Van Gaal admits it was "stupid" to ask observers to assess him after three months and there is no question the formidable coach who led the Netherlands to the World Cup semi-final will be given time to put his stamp on Old Trafford.
So, after 10 games and a sixth defeat in the last seven Premier League derbies, here are 10 talking points from the early months under Van Gaal.
There are few more self-assured characters in the world game than Van Gaal, his confidence and sheer force of personality a formidable ally to his undoubted coaching prowess.
If his predecessor David Moyes often seemed worn down and surprised by the sheer scale of Manchester United, Van Gaal believes this is his natural environment.
Despite a stuttering start, Van Gaal is convinced United are "close - but not close enough" to Chelsea and Manchester City after a 1-1 draw with Jose Mourinho's side and a narrow defeat at the reigning champions.
Van Gaal is a charismatic figure, brutally honest and open in his assessments.
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The Dutchman praised his side's "incredible willpower" for mounting a late threat with 10 men after Chris Smalling's red card - but also had no hesitation in condemning the defender's sending off as "stupid" and "not so smart".
He is outwardly, and no doubt inwardly, as confident as ever in his approach and his conviction that he will get it right. An uncertain start has done nothing to dent that iron-clad self-belief.
Van Gaal's attempt to restructure United's squad after last season's failures under Moyes came in the shape of a £150m investment as phase one of his rebuilding programme.
No-one can deny, however, that he has been badly hampered by injuries to those he hopes would form the bedrock of his new United team.
The sight of £16m defender Marcos Rojo being taken off on a stretcher will have been another body blow to Van Gaal.
He was already without £28m midfielder Ander Herrera after a rib injury, while left-back Luke Shaw missed the start of the season and striker Radamel Falcao was missing at Etihad Stadium.
Add to this injuries to Phil Jones and Jonny Evans, while Michael Carrick has only just returned, and it is only right that Van Gaal's start must be judged in this context.
United's squad has done nothing to dispel the feeling that it is heavily front loaded - packed with attacking intent but short on the nuts and bolts of defence that can lock games down. The comparison about putting the roof on a house before the foundations were secure has been made.
Angel Di Maria and Falcao were talents that embroidered the likes of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, but nothing has happened this season to reduce the urgency to buy a commanding centre-half and a midfield player of equal stature.
Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were put in place by Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United's defensive duo of the future, designed to slip seamlessly into the vacancies left by Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.
It would be no surprise if Van Gaal was already contemplating a future without them.
As opposed to kicking on, they have regressed to the point where it is questionable whether they have the class United require.
At Manchester City, Jones, 22, was again missing through injury, this time with shin splints.
As for Smalling, 24, the resigned smile and unflattering comments from Van Gaal when asked about his daft sending off against City probably only scratched the surface of the manager's emotions.
Van Gaal arrived at United determined to introduce a 3-5-2 system but it looked like a particularly ill-fitting suit when United's players tried it early in the season.
The 4-0 defeat in the Capital One Cup at MK Dons was a particularly bad advert for the idea and Van Gaal has reverted to a more traditional back four - but again there must be understanding for what the manager has had to deal with.
Van Gaal has had those injuries to the likes of Shaw, Evans and Jones, while Rafael was out injured on Sunday. Smalling was then sent off and Rojo injured.
It would be unfair to make a definitive judgement on how Van Gaal's preferred ideas and tactics will work until he has all the players at his disposal. Not to mention one more transfer window to bring in a high-quality central defender and, perhaps, midfield man Kevin Strootman from Roma.
One of the major plus points of the early months for Van Gaal is that he can be confident he has inherited a world-class goalkeeper in Spaniard David de Gea, who turns 24 on Friday.
Gone are the uncertainties of those early months after his £17m move from Atletico Madrid in May 2011.
Then, he looked frail, jittery and ill-at-ease with the physical demands made of goalkeepers in the Premier League. Now he is a more imposing physical presence, commanding and right at the top of his game.
At City he showed lightning reflexes to save from Jesus Navas; great courage diving at the feet of Sergio Aguero, taking a heavy knock; and safe hands to save from Stevan Jovetic.
Put the package together and he is becoming the complete keeper.
Probably not - and Van Gaal may well know it but feels this is not for public consumption.
Only a last-minute equaliser from Van Persie saved them from defeat at home to Chelsea and City were deserved winners of the derby as their dominance over United continues.
It is hardly United's lot to talk up plucky draws and narrow defeats but this is an indicator of their current standing.
Van Gaal was right, though, to praise his players for sticking to their task in trying circumstances at City. They showed the guts and spirit to even threaten an unlikely equaliser in the closing moments.
But close to Chelsea and City? No, not that close.
Van Gaal has never shied away from those and will continue to make them at Old Trafford. One of the biggest he has made is the decision to appoint Wayne Rooney as captain.
Many predicted he would go for Van Persie, his captain at international level and a player with whom he has a very close relationship.
The decision to appoint Rooney will have played out well with United's squad after his decade at Old Trafford - and also any accusations of Van Gaal playing favourites to a fellow countryman.
It is too early to say whether this has been a success. Some of the risks have shown in the early weeks, such as with Rooney's red card against West Ham United.
Van Gaal knows Rooney will lead from the front and has said he will always play - but that occasional suspect self-control was again on the edge at City.
Van Gaal clearly feels he has work to do and undoubtedly has his sights set on the top four. The bonus is he will be able to spend plenty of time on the training ground at Carrington putting his plans in place.
With no European football and the League Cup gone, United only have the Premier League and FA Cup with which to contend, giving Van Gaal plenty of preparation time.
As he beds in new players, waits for injured players to return and contemplates further additions, he may well need it.
This time last season, after an underwhelming start for the doomed Moyes, United were in eighth position with 17 points after a 3-1 win at Fulham, eight points behind leaders Arsenal. In other words, better than under Van Gaal.
Moyes had spent the comparatively small sum of £27m on Marouane Fellaini from Everton.
Van Gaal has 13 points from 10 games, half the tally of leaders Chelsea, despite spending £150m.
BBC pundit Robbie Savage believes Van Gaal has had an easy ride, claiming Moyes would have been "fried for breakfast" in similar circumstances.
Van Gaal, in contrast, has had little criticism and remains in good order with United's fans. That is perhaps because he is picking up the slack from Moyes' poor tenure and he is seen as a man and personality more in keeping with United's demands and stature.
By this stage last season Moyes had lost 1-0 at Liverpool and been thrashed 4-1 by City.
With that in mind, Van Gaal's honeymoon period - barring catastrophe - will last the entire season.


It started with a surf report. On Monday Devon-based website Magicseaweed.com began to warn of swells of up to 40ft (12m).
Dubbed "Black Wednesday", as the storm approached it was identified as a explosive cyclogenesis, known as a "weather bomb".
Throughout Tuesday, Met Office alerts were issued, with amber warnings put in place for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The swirling low pressure funnelled high winds across the North Atlantic, as wind modelling website earth.nullschool.net showed.
With the winds came gusts topping more than 80mph in some areas and huge waves crashing against the coast.
And meteorologists also recorded intense strikes of lightning across the west.
Despite ferry cancellations and a fishing boat rescue off the north coast, marinetraffic.com showed commercial traffic was still sailing.
Forecasters had plenty to keep across and warned of wintry and blustery conditions throughout "Black Wednesday" and on into Thursday.
Along with the wind and waves and rain comes the danger of flooding. So here's an interactive map of flood warnings.
Note: the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency display their flood alert data differently. While the Environment Agency highlights individual rivers only, in Scotland the entire region is coloured to indicate the level of alert.
And back to the bigger picture, the west of Scotland remains in the wake of a "weather bomb" producing the most intense waves on the planet.
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Despite an outcry from fellow Republicans after increasingly controversial statements, billionaire Donald Trump continues to lead the field of candidates running for president.

But can he turn this support in the polls into votes and win the Republican nomination, or even the presidency itself?
Party voters will begin casting ballots on 1 February in Iowa, followed by New Hampshire and then a bevy of other states, to decide who will represent the party against the Democratic nominee.
We asked political experts about Mr Trump's chances.
Yes to nomination, unlikely he will win the presidency
Despite the long-time pundit consensus that Donald Trump had no chance, he is likely in it for a long time and definitely has a chance to win the nomination.
To be sure, we need to be a bit cautious here. It is very early, and some survey results suggest that Trump's supporters have not voted before in primaries or caucuses.
But his support is not simply capped at 25%, and even if it were, he can still win several early contests and build more momentum. He has not had to spend any real money, but has allocated significant resources to building some structure in the early states.
The more we have the possibility of another terrorist attack in the US or even in Europe akin to Paris or San Bernardino, the more his strongarm, strongman rhetoric resonates with angry and disaffected conservative voters.
We can't downplay and shouldn't underestimate the power of the anti-establishment anger at both Republican leaders and Mr Obama, fuelled by talk radio and bloggers who have enormous financial incentives to do so. It is very unlikely but not impossible he could also win a general election.
But it is also important to keep an eye on Ted Cruz, who also has a strong possible road to a Republican nomination if Trump falters at all. He has assiduously courted evangelicals and Carson voters, and is cleverly positioning himself to get many of the Trump supporters.
No to nomination / presidency
There are several good reasons to believe that Donald Trump will not be the Republican party's nominee. We can start with history.
Never, ever has a major US political party nominated someone so utterly lacking in experience as Mr Trump.
Five times men have achieved the presidency as their first elective office, but three of them were military heroes and the other two had served as presidential cabinet secretaries.
More recent experience demonstrates the deep fallibility of opinion polling. On this date eight years ago the Republican polling frontrunner, as he had been all year, was former New York City Rudy Giuliani.
The man who actually won the nomination, Arizona Senator John McCain, was in fourth place. Four years ago former House Speaker Newt Gingrich enjoyed a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor would win the nomination but not before seeing himself eclipsed in the polls by Mr Gingrich a second time.
Mr Trump has clearly tapped a noxious nerve among Republican voters insecure about the economy, the country's changing demography and terrorism. But he also benefits from the self-fulfilling cycle of unending press coverage.
One way or another - whether it's because a rival finally starts a sustained assault on Trump involving paid ads, or because his straight-line journey to the political fringe finally repels enough supporters - Trump will fade well before the convention.
Yes to nomination, no to presidency
Donald Trump's run for president seemed a lark at first. Some speculated that his early outrageous statements - the wholesale smearing of Latinos, for example - were attempts to sabotage a campaign that he never intended to become serious.
But here we are. He's been denounced across the globe and he's doing just fine among his largely blue-collar fan base.
Can Trump win the Republican nomination for president? Any doubt that he's serious is gone. So is the assumption Republican elders could easily sink his candidacy and secure a more respectable choice.
Yes, Trump could win the Republican nomination.
Could he win the general election and become president? No way. Polls have long shown Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, edging out all the Republican possibilities, Trump included.
His latest eruption was so bizarre that many Republicans are now openly contemplating a vote for Mrs Clinton. A new survey has a third of Republicans saying that Mr Trump scares or concerns them.
And let's be mindful that though Trump leads other Republican candidates, he commands only 35% percent of the party's total primary electorate.
The next president will not be Trump. That he got this far is worry enough.
Unlikely to win nomination, no to presidency
Some have pointed to Donald Trump's endurance at the top of the Republican primary polls as an indication that his various absurd and offensive comments have not done him damage. But I think they have done him real harm.
Trump's racist proposals and rhetoric have solidified the GOP leadership against him and made it easier for other Republicans to argue that the man would be a disaster as the general election nominee against Hillary Clinton, an opponent who Republicans do not want to be president.
The primary process is a long slog that starts in February and ends with the convention in July, and unlike in previous contests where losing candidates have dropped out earlier than they needed to in deference to the clear winner, the other competitors will have little reason to cede the nomination to Mr Trump. If he thought standing on a debate stage for three hours was hard, wait until he has to endure that slog.
Trump is very unpopular nationally - one recent poll pegged his favourability/unfavourability split at 30% favourable/60% unfavourable - and it's hard to see how he would improve those numbers if nominated.
One of the persistent questions of this election is whether Mrs Clinton can motivate lower-turnout, non-white voters to show up to the polls. The presence of Mr Trump at the top of the ticket would be, for Clinton and the Democrats, the best motivator of all.
Possible but unlikely he will win nomination / presidency
Although Mr Trump has captured the overwhelming majority of news coverage and has tapped into a real demand in the electorate for the anti-politician, a great deal stands between him and the nomination.  In order to win, he needs 1,236 delegates out of the 2,470. He gains delegates by garnering a high percentage of votes in each state's caucus or primary.
One wrinkle is that the Republican National Committee mandated this year all states with contests prior to 15 March have to allocate their delegates proportionally, based on the percentage each candidates receives. After that, it's winner takes all.
There are a number of primaries or caucuses before that date. The two early states, Iowa and New Hampshire, matter because the outcome there will generate buzz and momentum. The most recent polls of likely voters have Trump up in New Hampshire by 18 points, but even with Senator Ted Cruz in Iowa, when one accounts for the margin of error. After these two are South Carolina, Nevada and so-called Super Tuesday - 12 states on the same day - on 1 March.
Because all these contests allocate proportionally, it gives Mr Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and possibly Chris Christie every incentive to hang on. Between this factor and the most recent outrageous statements by Mr Trump, a lot can change on the way to the nomination.


New Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he moved to the Premier League to prove himself in England.

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Around 7,000 fans turned up at Etihad Stadium to hear the 45-year-old speak for the first time as City manager
"That is why I am here. I proved myself in Barcelona and after I proved myself in Germany I wanted to prove myself in England," he said.
"I cannot do that alone. I need the players, the staff. We need our fans. Without that, it is impossible."
The Spaniard joins City after three years at Bayern Munich where he won a hat-trick of Bundesliga titles but failed to reach a Champions League final.
Read more: Ex-Arsenal midfielder Arteta joins Man City coaching staff
However, the former Spain international midfielder did win that tournament twice during his four years as Barcelona boss.
He believes that a strong team spirit will be integral to City's success.
"I like the players who don't just think for themselves but think about Manchester City," said Guardiola.
"We are all the people who are working here. The reason we are here is thinking 'what can we do to make this club a better club'.
"I don't want the guys to think about what the club can do for them. We are here to make Manchester City a better club in the next three, four, five years."
He added: "One of the reasons I decided to come to Manchester City is I know from (sporting director) Txiki Begiristain how good they are working with the young players - 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, they grow and grow and imagine they can join us in the first team."
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is certain City can become a great team under the "best manager in the world" in Guardiola.
Gundogan, 25, was Guardiola's first signing as manager, arriving from Borussia Dortmund for £20m.
"No doubt everyone will improve his own talent. It will be a really nice time for us," Gundogan told BBC Sport.
"I have no doubt Pep will form a great team, a competitive team. He was the biggest influence in me coming here.
"The team has a lot of talent, and he's the best manager in the world. It's a really exciting time and we are looking forward to it."
City have won the Premier League twice - in 2012 and 2014 - and last season reached the Champions League semi-finals and won the League Cup, but finished 15 points behind surprise champions Leicester.
Gundogan dislocated his kneecap at the start of May, ruling him out of Germany's Euro 2016 campaign, and he could miss the first month of the season.
"Of course it's not ideal but I have to accept it," added the former Nuremberg player. "Right now the target is end of August or start of September, but it is always difficult to say a special date.
"We have to see the development, but at the moment everything looks really good."
City face Sunderland at home on the first day of the new Premier League season on 13 August.
BBC Sport's Simon Stone at Etihad Stadium
"There are questions for Guardiola as he takes his first tentative steps in England, specifically whether his famed tiki-taka style of passing football can overcome the physical nature of the Premier League.
"But in front of 7,000 enthusiastic fans, this was not a day to ask them.
"And, evidently, he has a way with words. He said: 'I need to know my players. I have to hug them, kick their bottoms (or words to that effect).' The fans lapped it up.
"He even responded to a question yelled from below him about the prospect of signing Lionel Messi - not much apparently.
"It was all good fun, the kind of event City are good at doing. The real work starts on Monday of course, when the training begins.
"Guardiola has the reputation. He has the personality. But in the ultimate results business, he also has to win."
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A man who was stabbed to death has been named by police.

Family said father-of-two Masoud Esmailian, 46, "always thought of others before himself".
Police found his body at an address in Montgomery Walk, West Bromwich, after they were called out on Friday.
Family said Mr Esmailian, who would have celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, "was well thought of" by community members and would be "irreplaceable".
Officers have launched a murder investigation and appealed for information about Mr Esmailian's death.
His family said: "Masoud will always be in our hearts, the hardest thing to comprehend is that we will never see him again.
"He will not be here to see his sons marry and will never become a grandfather and see the children they will go on to have."


BBC Scotland Investigates: Gangsters.com will be broadcast on Wednesday 11 June, at 22:35 on BBC One Scotland, and for a week afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.

10 June 2014 Last updated at 18:45 BST
Tony Sales, a former online fraudster who now advises businesses on how to protect themselves, shows the BBC's Samantha Poling one of the tricks used by cyber criminals to get hold of information.


Early in February, several newspapers ran a story claiming Sir Alex Ferguson rated Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino as the best manager in the Premier League.

The former Manchester United boss had been sitting next to David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham, at a dinner shortly before Christmas when he apparently made the disclosure.
It's a big claim but with the season entering its final stretch Tottenham remain firmly in the hunt for the Premier League title.
They have not won the league since 1961 - but they are second in the table, five points behind Leicester.
And if the men from the Lane do go on to clinch the title, their 44-year-old Argentine manager will undoubtedly be given a huge amount of credit for what would be an achievement as stunning as it was unexpected.
But who exactly is the man who might be about to bring the Glory, Glory Days back to the Lane?
Marcelo Bielsa is not known as El Loco - The Madman - for nothing. He rambles on for hours at news conferences but never gives interviews. He reckons that if players were machines he would never lose.
He once turned up at the house of a 14-year-old Pochettino in the small town of Murphy at 2am. He was accompanied by Jorge Griffa, at the time also a coach at Newell's Old Boys and credited with unearthing the likes of Gabriel Batistuta and Carlos Tevez. After inspecting the teenager's legs, the story goes, they promptly signed him.
But mad or not, Bielsa is probably the key figure in Pochettino's footballing life.
"He is like my father," said the Spurs boss when his compatriot was linked with the Swansea job earlier in the season. "I know him since I was 14 at Newell's Old Boys."
Pochettino was born in Murphy, Santa Fe, the son of a farm labourer, and remained with Newell's, based two hours up the road in Rosario in the north of Argentina, until he moved to Spanish side Espanyol in 1994.
At the age of 18, the central defender won the Argentine title at Bielsa's Newell's in 1991 and reached the final of the Copa Libertadores the following season, losing to Tele Santana's Sao Paulo on penalties. It was a stunning achievement for a modest club.
"When we won the titles and reached the final of the Copa Libertadores, we were very similar to the squad that we have now at Tottenham in terms of the average age of the squad and in the balance between younger and experienced players," Pochettino said recently.
"There were very good youngsters - like me - and very good experienced players. A similar balance, a similar project."
Bielsa espoused an intense, fast-tempo and high-pressing game, suffocating the opposition. He needed - and had - complete buy-in from his youthful side for this to work.
"That Newell's side was a team shaped with lots of youngsters," said Argentine football journalist Martin Mazur. "It was nothing like the present day, when the system needs to promote youngsters to fill the gaps of the mid-20s generation that is almost entirely playing in Europe. In the late 80s and early 90s, Argentine exports were limited and it wasn't natural or easy to bet on a new generation.
"Bielsa was promoted after working with the academy, but had no illustrious history as a player or as a manager.
"He was frowned upon by veteran players such as Tata Martino or Juan Manuel Llop, and was admired by a core of young players, namely Pochettino and Fernando Gamboa, who became soldiers of his cause: attacking football, high pressing, mechanised movements, new training methods close to exhaustion, physical dominance, a dynamic 4-3-3 that could reshape into a 3-4-3 depending on the circumstances.
"Actually, more than soldiers, they were all generals with their responsibilities, but also active in the decision-making process. Pochettino was the left centre-back or stopper, and he grew up with that style and embracing the audacious and ambitious plan of defying odds and history."
It is difficult to underestimate the impact that Bielsa had on the careers of Pochettino and fellow defenders such as Gamboa, Eduardo Berizzo and Julio Saldana.
Bielsa tasked them with scouting the opposition and asked them to present their reports in front of the squad. In an age before the internet, he told them to read three newspaper reports of their previous game, as well as sports weekly El Grafico.
Bielsa went on to manage Argentina at the 2002 World Cup, with Pochettino fouling England striker Michael Owen for the penalty David Beckham converted - the only goal of the match. Argentina travelled to Japan and South Korea as one of the favourites but failed to qualify from their group.
"Owen had the ball. I stuck out my foot and he dived. In that moment, Michael was more Argentine than me," said Pochettino.
Pochettino retired from international football that same year. By that time he had not only played under Bielsa at Newell's and in the national team but also, briefly in 1998, at Espanyol.
"Pochettino's years in Spain and France, while playing internationally for Argentina, naturally made him more mature, but the mindset didn't change," added Mazur. "Some players realise they want to be managers when they're close to hanging up their boots. Pochettino was a manager almost from the first day he wore them."
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Pochettino moved to Europe in 1994, when he joined Barcelona-based La Liga side Espanyol. He was popular at the Catalan club, making nearly 300 appearances over the course of the next 12 years.
The highlight of his playing days with Espanyol was a Copa del Rey triumph in 2000, and although he then left to join Paris St-Germain and later Bordeaux, he was popularly received when he returned to the club, winning another Spanish Cup in 2006.
Pochettino's ascent into management was far from immediate, with nearly three years elapsing between the end of his playing career and his appointment at Espanyol.
During that time he gained the necessary qualifications and served as assistant coach for the club's ladies' team.
When the call came, it was sudden and urgent. German Bona, who reports on Espanyol for newspaper Sport, recalls: "He took over in January 2009 with the team in the relegation zone.
"He was the team's third coach of the season and it was a huge challenge in a very important season because the club were moving to a new stadium in the summer and didn't want to start there in the second division."
Pochettino, using methods forged playing under Bielsa, had an immediate impact, leading his team to a famous 2-1 win against bitter rivals Barcelona at the Nou Camp to spark a much-improved run of form which ultimately led to a comfortable mid-table finish.
He kept the team in that position for another three years, but eventually dire financial problems and internal boardroom strife took their toll and, after a poor start to the 2012-13 campaign, Pochettino was sacked.
"If there's one thing that stands out from his time at Espanyol, it was the way he controlled everything at he club," added Bona.
"He changed lots of small details at Espanyol that other coaches wouldn't have noticed, such as what and when the players ate, and he was a leader in everything that he did. You could see that people listened to him and were convinced by him."
Pochettino had an insatiable work ethic and expectations of similarly high standards from everyone around him.
"He spent many hours every day at the training ground," recalls Bona. "He arrived early in the morning and left late at night, which isn't particularly common in Spanish football.
"He wants a team which works like a clock, where everything functions perfectly. Not just the players, but also everything which surrounds the team: the medical staff, his assistants, club officials and so on."
A final characteristic of Pochettino's time at Espanyol, which is now being witnessed at White Hart Lane, was his willingness to embrace young players into his plans, introducing more than 20 youth-teamers into the senior ranks during his three years in charge.
Many Southampton supporters were far from pleased when their club decided to discard Nigel Adkins in January 2013 after he had won back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League. Former Saints midfielder Jamie Redknapp said the chairman was "deluded".
Their anger was not soothed by the decision to appoint someone who could not speak English and had never worked in the country before.
They were complaining again when Pochettino left, but this time because the club had failed to keep him. He had arrived with Saints third from bottom in the Premier League and left in May 2014 after Southampton had finished eighth.
"I don't have a life outside football," said Pochettino when interviewed during his first few months at St Mary's.
"I spend about 12 hours per day at the training ground. Basically my life is to go from the hotel to the training ground. I am living fully dedicated to this club. In football there is not really a timetable, we just work all day long. I don't consider this work - this club is a passion."
Jack Cork was at Southampton for the whole of Pochettino's time there and was sold to Swansea in January 2015.
"Things settled down quickly after Mauricio arrived," Cork told BBC Sport. "It was always his way or no way, but we were a young team and he gave us confidence - and his message was always to enjoy our football.
"I don't think he did an interview in English the whole time he was there but he always managed to get his message across to the players. He was quite calm most of the time.
"I remember one game at Wigan when we had come from behind to take the lead with five minutes to go. We conceded in the last minute and I thought he was going to be really angry. Instead he had a few minutes to himself in the shower and came out and shook every player's hand.
"He was full of ideas. We went on a pre-season tour to Spain and he had organised a team-building exercise which involved an arrow. Each player had to place the point of the arrow into the soft tissue area of their throat while a team-mate held the other end. You then had to push against the arrow until it bent or snapped.
"It was plastic or something and there was no chance of injuring yourself. It was all to do with building up trust in your team-mates. We also had to walk across hot coals. The players all embraced it.
"There was always lots of running and a lot of training with Mauricio. At times it was very tough. You needed two hearts to play the Pochettino way. Goalkeeper Kelvin Davis once brought the clock out of the dressing room to remind him how long the session had been.
"But his methods worked. We started the 2013-14 season with just one defeat in the first 11 league games.
"There was a lot of talk towards the end of the season that he was going. I remember bumping into him and asking him outright if he was leaving. He laughed and played it down. Because of the timing of his departure, just after the end of the season, there were no big goodbyes because everyone was away. I've seen him since and he's always taken the trouble to ask me how I'm doing and how my family are."
Tottenham gave Pochettino a five-year contract in May 2015. In his first season he took the club to the Capital One Cup final. This season they are in contention for the Premier League title.
Pochettino has not explicitly said he prefers working with younger players but the teamsheet at Spurs tells its own story. A study last year showed Tottenham had the youngest squad in the Premier League.
Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Ryan Mason - these and more have flourished under Pochettino. Rather like Bielsa at Newell's all those years ago, the Argentine has empowered his young players.
Writing in his Daily Telegraph column in November, Gary Neville observed: "In my role as an England coach I have noticed the difference in psychology and application when Tottenham players come into the camp.
"They now arrive prepared for the battle, ready to play, ready to work. They look like they want to partake in the meetings. All the things you would want from responsible players are there.
"It seems to me that Pochettino has given the younger players the confidence to express themselves, off the pitch as well."
The Argentine continues to place an emphasis on the collective. One of his ideas is to use "big spaces", for example playing five-a-side on a bigger pitch than normal, so players have to run further to close down opponents.
There's an emphasis on video analysis, too, and he will get players in to show them clips of good and bad moments.
Unlike his mentor Bielsa, Pochettino is not quite so single-minded and inflexible in his tactical system. He gives his players more freedom, more inspiration - within a clear structure. But he does love attacking football and that can be seen in the Spurs team.
Danny Rose called him "a friend" at the start of last season. Adam Lallana, who played for him at Southampton, searched him out at the end of Liverpool's game at White Hart Lane in October and obviously holds him in very high esteem.
But beware - cross him and you could be frozen out. Certain players on the outside say weeks have gone by without him speaking to them. After Andros Townsend joined Newcastle for £12m in January, he said he would have liked "a better exit". He had been cast adrift after he clashed with one of the club's fitness trainers.
Pochettino remains measured in public - sometimes bordering on soporific. He belongs to an ever-expanding group of managers who never seem to say anything interesting - but that plays well with his employers at White Hart Lane. No unnecessary problems, no needless headlines.
He does not moan about referees, discuss transfers, criticise other managers. In this regard Pochettino is the opposite of predecessor Harry Redknapp.
He might seem boring in interviews, but those who know him say he is socially adept, the sort of guy you would enjoy chatting to in the pub.
Perhaps he would be chatting to you about how hard he works his players, because until last month the team were still doing double training sessions each day - unheard of at that stage of the season.
He is also big on mutual respect and insists all players shake hands with each other every morning before training.
"It is just small things but it means a lot to create a real team," said the Argentine. "You feel your team-mates, you feel your people."
The story goes that one day the Spurs boss was having breakfast with chairman Daniel Levy when six players came up to them and shook their hands. Levy was taken aback.
If Tottenham do manage to overhaul Leicester and win their first Premier League title, there will be plenty more handshakes coming Pochettino's way this summer.
Additional reporting by Neil Johnston and Andy West.


Calls for a probe into undercover policing to be extended to Scotland have won cross-party support.

Labour MSP Neil Findlay has appealed to Home Secretary Theresa May and Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson for the Pitchford Inquiry to be extended.
Mr Findlay was backed by MSPs, MPs and MEPs from Labour, the Greens, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems.
Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael has lodged a Westminster motion making a similar call, supported by SNP MPs.
The Pitchford Inquiry has been set up in England and Wales to study undercover policing, amid allegations of undercover officers fathering children and causing miscarriages of justice.
The Metropolitan Police force has issued an "unreserved apology" and agreed compensation packages for seven women deceived into having relationships with undercover officers.
There have been calls for the probe to be extended to cover Scotland, after claims officers involved in the probe also spied north of the border.
It has been claimed that undercover Met officers including Mark Kennedy, one of five officers who is known to have had relationships with women, infiltrated environmental groups ahead of the Gleneagles G8 summit.
Mr Matheson wrote to Ms May himself in December 2015 asking for the inquiry's remit to be expanded, although he noted at the time that he had not seen any "concrete evidence" that rules had been broken in Scotland.
Mr Findlay has been pressing the issue hard, lodging his first motion of the new Holyrood term on the subject.
He has now gathered signatures for his letters from a wide range of politicians, including Labour and Green MSPs and Conservative MEP Ian Duncan.
Mr Carmichael also added his name, having submitted a motion of his own at Westminster in May. That motion was signed by a number of SNP MPs.
Mr Findlay's letter states that there is a "growing body of evidence" that covert officers "operated in Scotland monitoring a broad range of campaigns and campaigners", and "engaged in discredited practices".
It adds: "We cannot have a situation where English and Welsh victims have access to an inquiry but Scottish citizens don't. It is our view that this would be wholly unjust."
Mr Findlay said: "I am pleased that so many elected representatives agree with me that the Pitchford Inquiry is extended to include Scotland.
"If Pitchford is not extended to Scotland then it is incumbent on the Scottish government to hold its own inquiry. We cannot be left with a situation where justice and truth is denied to Scots whilst others are able find out and understand the extent of what went on."


The US stock market closed on Tuesday about where it began, recovering after a flash of panic prompted by the release of emails from Donald Trump Jr.

The emails confirmed the Trump camp's interest in receiving help from the Russian government to discredit opponent Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign last year.
The Dow Jones was unchanged at 21,409.07 and the S&P 500 edged down 0.08% to 2,425.53.
The Nasdaq rose 0.3% to 6,193.3.
Wall Street has generally climbed this year, in spite of some shaky moments stemming from unease over the fate of the Trump administration and prospects for its business-friendly agenda.
Markets also sank in May amid a furore over US President Donald Trump's firing of former FBI Director James Comey, who had been investigating ties between the campaign and Russia.
That investigation is ongoing.
On Tuesday, a rise in oil prices helped lift energy stocks, such as Exxon Mobil, which climbed 0.6%.
But bank stocks lost ground ahead of the release of quarterly earnings this week and a day after the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled a rule making it easier for customers to file collective lawsuits.
introduced a The rule forbids companies from requiring that people use an individual, out-of-court process to resolve disputes as part of the contract for their credit card and bank accounts.
Bank of America and Citigroup shares fell 1.2% on Tuesday, while Wells Fargo dropped 1%.
The rule may be short-lived as it comes amid a push by the White House and Republicans in Congress to make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau less powerful.
Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican who represents Arkansas, said on Tuesday he would file legislation to undo the rule.


Next time you feel like a bit of a moan about how few holidays you get, spare a thought for DJ and producer Steve Aoki who plays 300 plus shows a year and takes less than an average working week off.

Okay, we understand the idea of travelling the globe and playing music to thousands of gibbering clubbers may not seem like work to most punters but the income tax man would beg to differ.
Anyway, we tracked Steve down on his uber-short vacation ahead of the Grammys where a Netflix film about his hectic lifestyle called I'll Sleep When I'm Dead was nominated in the documentary category.
Steve also recently collaborated with One Directioner Louis Tomlinson on the track Just Hold On.
It's beautiful, I have a view of the mountains and the trees, it's really nice.
I'm a city boy that romanticises being away from the city.
I've got to take a break sometime, so I'm spending the days snowboarding and enjoying myself with my friends, I do that once a year and this is my four days off. I try to enjoy doing my hobbies. You get into a cycle and it becomes awkward when I'm not in the studio or touring and playing shows, I get fidgety, I have to get back into the grind. I'm lucky because I love what I do.
That's an interesting thing because before, I would have to find it in a a particular location but I've realised that my inspiration is everywhere I go and I need to be able to harness that and sometimes those moments of creativity are fleeting and you have to try and capture it when it comes. Luckily I get to travel the world and meet amazing creative people and you just have to be in the now and soak it in.
Just so I can survive, because I don't have a regular sleep pattern, in order to sleep in a car or a plane, I have my eye-mask, my specific eye-mask, I have this obnoxious pillow I travel with and my headphones.
The most important bit about the eye mask is that it doesn't touch my eyes so it looks like a bra for a doll, it's bulging, I should paint some eyeballs on it. I put it on and it's blacked out. I got my hood up, headphones on, if I'm travelling through Japan or China, I have a face-mask, you can't tell who I am.
I've know these guys for a long time, they played a show in Atlanta, we went into the studio and knocked out a song real quick. These guys are amazing, without writing anything down they get an idea and start vibing it out and just nail it in one go.
The thing about music is that you look at The Beatles and throughout history there are very few groups that define a sound and generation. That song Bad and Boujee is definitive of this time in America, of American culture, so I agree with Donald that they represent culture in a really massive way.
I've been involved in fashion in one form or another for a long time, when I was 15 I was screen-printing shirts in my mum's house for my first band and selling them on the road. So I knew it was something  I wanted to do but it took  a crazy long time for the Dim Mak collection to be ready.
We wanted to showcase it in the right way and so we turned the runway into a skate ramp so the energy of the [clothing] line was matched visually by what people were seeing as the skaters modelled the clothes.
That would have been a disaster, we got some of New York's best skaters that really knew how to rep the brand.
This is probably the worst period of time that I have lived in America, under this dictator-style, fascist president who is pushing his regime and clearing the rights of minorities, immigrants, women, the LGBT community, across the board - there are major steps backwards.
But one thing is for certain - the world is noticing that America itself is coming together and uniting as a voice. That's why punk happened in the early 70s because it was the voice of protest and rebellion post-Vietnam and now its happening again. We're having a renaissance. I'm excited about the voices and the people that are going to be speaking out.
There's a lot of creative spirit, especially in music and the arts and fashion, it's all part of a larger thing. The Rage Against The Machines of the world, they're going to come back and inspire more people.
I can't help it, it's in my DNA and I'm not one to sit on the fence especially when something like this has shown its face. When I post something political or anti-Trump on my Facebook, some of the comments I get, you can't believe how much ignorance is out there.
I might lose some fans by not staying neutral but I don't have a choice, I have to use my voice.
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It has been a tough few years for the aviation industry and 2016 proved no different.

Carriers had to navigate the collapse in oil prices and multiple plane tragedies including EgyptAir in May and the Chapecoense crash in Colombia, as well as fire-prone Samsung phones.
However, it is worth noting that last year was actually one of the safest in modern aviation history.
So what does 2017 hold in store? Here are some trends to watch out for.
Remember Concorde? It's been more than a decade since the plane was retired from service.
But British billionaire Sir Richard Branson is looking to usher in the age of the supersonic flight once again; and make it affordable to the masses.
His company Virgin Galactic is working with US start-up Boom to develop the XB-1, which is being plugged as the world's fastest civil aircraft ever made.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin are also developing supersonic passenger jets, but Sir Richard is hoping to beat them to the punch.
The prototype, nicknamed "Baby Boom," will see its first test flight take place later this year though the first commercial flight of its scaled-up successor is not expected until 2023.
It has a cruising speed 10% faster than the Concorde (which flew at more than twice the speed of sound) and is nearly three times the speed of a regular plane.
Boom's airliner is designed to carry 40 passengers at a time and fly between London and New York in just three hours and 15 minutes.
The price for a flight? A mere Â£2,500 each way.
Oil prices are creeping back upward but airlines are set to remain profitable in 2017.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts the global airline industry will make $29.8bn (Â£24bn) in 2017,  its third straight year of profit. Last year the sector logged a record $35.6bn.
"These three years are the best performance in the industry's history, irrespective of the many uncertainties we face," says IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac.
"After many years of hard work in restructuring and re-engineering the business the industry is also more resilient".
But the profits won't be evenly spread; the strongest performance is expected to be come from North America, which has seen a wave of airline consolidation in recent years.
Forget about comparing plane sizes, this year will be focused on route lengths and who can claim the title of world's longest flight operator.
Emirates currently holds the crown with the 14,200km (8,820 miles) journey between Dubai and Auckland. That flight takes 16 hours and 5 minutes eastbound and 17h 25m westbound.
Its rival Qatar Airways will overtake that in February, when it also launches a non-stop flight from Doha to New Zealand's largest city, covering 14,542km, with a flight time of between 17 and a half hours and 18 and a half hours.
In terms of kilometres, the longest route is Air India's Delhi to San Francisco (15,300km) - which now flies over the Pacific Ocean instead of the Atlantic -  but because of favourable tailwinds takes only 14 and a half hours.
Air France plans to launch a new budget carrier in late 2017 serving cities in Asia, followed by routes to the US. The Air-France KLM group already operates the Hop and Transavia budget brands in Europe.
Within Europe, Ryanair and Easyjet dominate much of the market, leading many companies to look at the transatlantic route for more profits.
Iceland's Wow Air will also be expanding its budget routes to the United States in June 2017. It plans to add four weekly flights via Reykjavik.
There used to be first class, business class and economy, but for those of us constantly relegated to cattle class there is now an extra twist - premium economy.
You're still towards the back of the plane, but you get extra legroom, service and amenities.
Later this year, for example, on long-haul international flights on its new Airbus A350s, Delta Air Lines launches what it calls its "Delta Premium Select" option.
You get "up to 38in of pitch, up to 19in of width and up to 7in of recline", a branded blanket with pillow and an amenity kit, it promises.
The catch? The more expensive tickets are around three times the price of the standard economy fare.
In the post-war air travel boom, the centre aisle was marketed as a runway for glamorous stewardesses.
Some carriers are now looking to recapture some of that chic with newly-revamped wardrobes.
Hawaiian Airlines is changing its employees' outfits for the first time since 2008, while Delta has worked with New York designer Zac Posen to update its uniforms.
Delta says its 60,000 employees will now be draped in a "wholly re-imagined" mix of colours dubbed "Passport Plum, Cruising Cardinal and Groundspeed Graphite".
Which sounds more glamorous than just calling them purple, red or grey.
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The New York Times "should be hanging its head in shame" over a report on the California balcony collapse, former Irish President Mary McAleese has said.

The paper apologised for "insensitive language" in its report that linked the accident to previous "drunken partying and the wrecking of apartments".
Five of the six people who died were Irish students temporarily in the US as part of a work exchange programme.
In a letter, Mrs McAleese said the report used "lazy tabloid stereotype".
She said she had been part of the same visa programme more than 40 years ago and out of tens of thousands of students who had visited the US, "the vast majority have been a credit to Ireland".
In the letter published by the Irish Times, Mrs McAleese said the report had "heaped deliberate injustice on top of the most awful grief".
The newspaper said in a blog that the article was intended to explain in greater detail why the young Irish students were in the US, and many of the complaints it had received were valid.
New York Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy said in an email: "It was never our intention to blame the victims and we apologise if the piece left that impression."
Read more: Tributes to Berkeley balcony victims
The incident happened during a 21st birthday party in the early hours of Tuesday in the city of Berkeley.
Engineers say water damage may have caused the structure to give way.
An initial investigation found that the balcony support's wooden beams may not have been sealed properly at the time of construction, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates said.
However, he later stressed that this was not an official conclusion and that an investigation was still under way.
Authorities said 13 people were on the fourth-floor balcony when it collapsed.
People left flowers and other tributes at the scene on Wednesday as flags on both sides of the Atlantic flew at half-mast.
Irish students held a candlelit vigil in a park close to the scene of the tragedy on Wednesday evening, and a memorial church service was held in Oakland.


An antique teddy bear which sparked an international search for its owner when it was left behind at Bristol Airport has been sold at auction for £2,200.

The teddy was found in the departure lounge of the airport in 2012. It was discovered in a carrier bag, along with a photo of two children dated 1918.
After a public appeal, the owner Robert Baker was tracked down in Cyprus.
He said he decided it was time to find the bear - nicknamed Bristol - a new home.
The photograph found with the bear proved crucial in the search for the owner.  On the back of it was a note to "our darling Daddie" from two children called "Dora and Glyn".
Airport staff spent months trawling flight records to see if they could find any two passengers with the same names.
After a public appeal members of the online family history forum RootsChat.com came forward. They managed to trace the family after discovering that Mr Baker is the son of the Glyn mentioned, but they were unable to discover where he lived.
The teddy was finally reunited with Mr Baker after he was sent a newspaper cutting about the story.
Daniel Agnew, teddy bear specialist at Special Auction Services, said although the bear is "very worn and tatty", having the original photo, the provenance and the airport story "adds value".


Cyclist Mark Beaumont is leading calls for the Scottish Parliament to change laws to protect vulnerable road users.

Campaigners want the justice system to presume car drivers are liable for a collision with a cyclist or pedestrian, unless they can prove otherwise.
Round-the-world cyclist Mr Beaumont has joined the Road Share campaign calling for a system of "presumed liability".
In 2015, then Transport Minister Derek Mackay said he would consider this if it would make active travel safer.
Road Share has previously won support from MSPs from all Holyrood parties, and a petition backing them has gathered more than 10,000 signatures.
In 2014, 155 cyclists were either seriously injured or killed on Scotland's roads, an increase of 16% on the 2004 to 2008 average.
Road Share argues that while there has been investment in cycle paths and road infrastructure, Scotland's roads still represent a "disproportionate danger" to cyclists.
Mr Beaumont, who broke the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by bicycle in 2008, travelling 18,296 miles in 195 days, appears in a video for the campaign.
The Perthshire cyclist said: "Presumed liability would ensure that vulnerable road users are compensated quickly and fairly, and the bereaved and those who suffer serious injury are treated with compassion.
"I hope all MSPs in the new Scottish parliament take a few minutes to watch this video to better understand the issue and take positive steps to bring about this legislative change."
Alison Johnstone lodged a motion in parliament in April 2014, congratulating Road Share on its work and wishing it success with its campaign.
She was backed by SNP, Tory, Labour, Lib Dem and fellow Green members, although the motion was not passed.
Ms Johnstone also spoke out in favour of presumed liability in a Holyrood chamber debate in January 2015, when Mr Mackay referred to a "continuing debate" over the matter.
He said: "The Scottish government's position is that if there is evidence that the introduction of some form of strict liability will make active travel safer, we will of course look at it."


Top female jockey Katie Walsh says she will be fit to ride in Saturday's Grand National despite injuring her arm in a fall at Aintree on Thursday.

The 32-year-old fell at The Chair on Distime in the Foxhunters' Chase and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Early reports suggested she would miss the ride on 33-1 shot Wonderful Charm because of a broken arm.
But Walsh tweeted: "All X-rays clear. Just a bit of bruising roll on Saturday."
Walsh finished third on Seabass in 2012, the highest-ever Grand National finish by a female jockey.
Her elder brother Ruby, who has won the Grand National twice, has missed four of the last seven runnings of the race because of injury.
Afterwards, Aintree officials said that all of the horses in the Foxhunters' Chase, including Distime, returned safely after the race.


Owners of smart pet-feeding device Petnet were told to "feed their pets manually" after a server problem stopped the device from working.

Petnet allows owners to schedule and control feeding via a smartphone app.
Adam Simon, an analyst with research company Context, said it was important users "always had a manual back-up" for smart systems.
"Increasingly, people are becoming dependent on these smart objects, and that could become a problem," he said.
"In this case, your pet could be left hungry."
Petnet, which now says all systems are back online, had previously told customers: "We are experiencing some difficulties with one of our third-party services.
"This is currently being investigated, and we will provide you with more information as we receive it from our partners.
"You may experience a loss of scheduled feed and failed remote feedings.
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People have been allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated due to a large fire at a commercial garage in Conwy county.

Six crews were called to an industrial estate on St Asaph Avenue, Kinmel Bay, at about 17:45 BST on Tuesday.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was now under control.
A spokesman added: "Crews will remain at the scene for some time tackling any hotspots and damping down".
The road remains closed at Denbigh Circle, Clwyd Park and St Asaph Avenue until further notice.
A North Wales Police spokesman said they were likely to be closed until Wednesday morning.
Crews from Rhyl, Prestatyn, Colwyn Bay and Abergele were sent to tackle the blaze.


Catholic priest Fr Edward O'Donnell has been installed as an ecumenical canon at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.

He is one of three ecumenical canons appointed at the cathedral.
In his role at St Anne's he can preach, lead prayers and read scripture. He can also assist at the cathedral's traditional Black Santa Christmas collection for charity.
It is the first time in St Anne's history that a Catholic priest has been appointed to such a role.
Fr O'Donnell, the parish priest of St Brigid's in Belfast, will serve alongside the clergy in the cathedral.
A group of protestors carrying posters saying "no Popery" staged a peaceful demonstration outside the cathedral during his installation service on Sunday afternoon.
The Belfast priest is one of the cathedral's three ecumenical canons, each from a different Christian church.
Ecumenical canons are elected by churches wanting to acknowledge a fellowship with another church.
Fr O'Donnell's appointment was announced in July.


Coventry City memorably put aside their off-field woes with a glorious Checkatrade Trophy final upset against fellow third-tier club Oxford United.

Gael Bigirimana's early close-range strike put League One's bottom side ahead at the break at Wembley.
George Thomas then struck a wonderful right-footed half-volley to double the Sky Blues' lead after 55 minutes.
The U's responded when sub Liam Sercombe's low right-foot shot found the bottom corner but City held on.
Coventry's victory will probably still only partially cushion Sky Blues fans from the almost inevitable blow of relegation to English football's fourth tier for the first time since 1959.
Mark Robins' side remain highly likely to go down, as they are 13 points adrift of safety with just six games left to play.
But, 30 years on from winning the FA Cup on their first-ever trip to Wembley, at a time when they were still an established top-flight side, their long-suffering supporters were able to celebrate a day almost to match that May afternoon in 1987.
Roared on by their noisy 43,000 following, the Sky Blues were ahead after 11 minutes when, from a right-wing Jordan Willis cross, Stuart Beavon's attempted volley was blocked invitingly into Bigirimana's path for him to slot home.
The goal marked a memorable couple of days for the Burundi-born midfielder, who became a father to a baby girl in the hours leading up to the final.
Oxford, for all of their apparent superiority and hard running in a floating system, always looked threatening but struggled to create meaningful chances, while referee Chris Sarginson ruled that Kane Hemmings had made the most of it when he went down in the box following a nudge in the back from Ryan Haynes.
Coventry wide man Thomas had already twice served notice of another goal before he struck 10 minutes into the second half.
After going almost clean through without getting the ball under control, allowing Chey Dunkley to intercede, Thomas then had a well-struck right-footed volley tipped over by goalkeeper Simon Eastwood.
But Thomas' goal, when it came, was one to match anything Wembley has seen before as he controlled Kyel Reid's left-wing cross with one superb touch before drilling his powerful shot with pinpoint accuracy just inside the post.
Coventry goalkeeper Lee Burge came to his side's rescue on three occasions, first tipping over Chris Maguire's free-kick before saving with his legs from Rob Hall either side of Oxford's 75th-minute reply.
Burge's superb one-handed stop from Josh Ruffels led to a last-ditch goalmouth scramble, which City somehow survived, and meant Oxford were beaten at Wembley for the second year running having lost 3-2 to Barnsley in the same competition last season.
Coventry City manager Mark Robins: "This was all for the fans. We needed to find a way and we found a way.
"We had two chances and not many more than that. And I was dreading extra time, but Lee Burge making that save for us at the end was terrific. It's then that you start to think your name is on the cup.
"Oxford are really good side on the upward curve. They played some good stuff. Michael Appleton's done a good job there. But to witness our performance with and without the ball in front of 70,000, of which 43,000 were our fans, made me very proud."
Oxford United head coach Michael Appleton: "Coventry maybe had a hunger and desire to keep the ball out of the net more than we did. They had it in abundance. They made sure they were hard to beat and weren't going to concede.
"For me, to work as hard as we did to make the final and then come up short was the most frustrating thing."


At Ibrox on Tuesday evening, there had been an expectation that a team would assert itself and provide an indication of the quality of the work being carried out this season.

That's what happened in the Scottish League Cup tie between Rangers and St Johnstone, yet it was Saints that delivered the resounding performance.
Tommy Wright's side ended Rangers' 100% record, and allowed a number of observations to be made.
One match is not a reliable body of evidence to base unambiguous judgements on but interesting points could be raised from the way St Johnstone won 3-1 with such conviction and poise.
Once again, the Saints boss showed there are few better in Scotland at setting out a game plan and organising players to execute it.
That was seen clearly during the 2013-14 season, when St Johnstone met Dundee United five times, winning them all without conceding a goal.
The last occasion was, of course, the Scottish Cup final at Celtic Park, and even the semi-final was a showcase for the manager since he had the awareness and wherewithal to change his side's tactics mid-game against Aberdeen and eventually win the tie 2-1.
Against Rangers, Wright exploited the space that full-backs James Tavernier and Lee Wallace leave behind them as they act, effectively, as auxiliary wingers. He also lined up his defence and midfield in such a way that Rangers were denied space to work in the final third and so restricted their openings.
Rangers play the same way all the time but St Johnstone had the capability to deal with that approach and, indeed, exploit it.
Michael O'Halloran can play centrally or wide, leading the line or deeper.
St Johnstone deploy him in whichever role makes best use of his lightning pace and direct running depending on the shape and style of their opponents. He is developing into a consistently effective and dangerous player.
The Perth side have been less assured in defence in this campaign than previously, in part due to injuries but also due to the necessary break-up of the long-time centre-back pairing of Steven Anderson and Frazer Wright. The latter has left the club, while the former was on the bench at Ibrox as he continues his comeback from injury.
Different combinations have been tried at the back and, against Rangers, it was nous that stood out. Dave MacKay and Tom Scobbie always took up positions to block Rangers trying to play through or cross, while the full-backs and midfielders were diligent in closing down space.
Rangers could not string their attacking combinations together quickly or decisively enough to breach the visitors' defence.
The contrast was clear, since Rangers left themselves far more open because of their attacking style. The centre-backs, Rob Kiernan and Danny Wilson, are often left in isolation at the back but neither is commanding enough even when a long ball is delivered up the middle.
Rangers have lost several goals this season through the centre of their defence and the partnership, as well as the defensive contribution of the midfielders, needs to improve and solidify whilst not facing, most weeks, periods of extended pressure against Championship sides.
Mark Warburton has one shape and game plan - 4-3-3 and attack - which will continue to serve him well this season.
Stepping up a level will require better players if it is to remain effective but there will also come a time when alterations need to be made to overcome problems or deal with opponents who can exploit them.
The squad also currently lacks a strong, tall, mobile and commanding centre-forward and gritty experience in midfield.
No assertions can be made about the gap between the Championship and the Premiership based on events at Ibrox. St Johnstone were simply the better side on the night, while individually the Rangers players all have the attributes to play in the top flight.
Dunfermline, from League One, pushed Dundee United close at Tannadice, while Morton, of the Championship, knocked out Motherwell.
Even so, it was clear that St Johnstone will continue to be a team that is awkward to beat, well organised and with a searing threat in the cutting edge of O'Halloran and a hardy endeavour, as well as spikiness, from the reliable Steven MacLean.
Rangers are making progress under Warburton and the cup defeat should not cause them to falter in the league.
The Ibrox side would benefit from a bit more experience and sharper defensive instincts but playing at a higher level would also demand and generate a greater sharpness that would make their short, passing approach more effective in and around the penalty area.


The so-called missing link of Scotland's busiest motorway has opened to traffic.

The new westbound section of the M8 between Newhouse and Baillieston opened a week ahead of schedule. The eastbound section is due to open next weekend.
Commuters on the M8 and A8 have faced major disruption for the past nine weeks as the finishing touches were put to the new carriageway.
It means the entire stretch between Edinburgh and Glasgow is now motorway.
The works were the latest stage in the Â£500m M8, M73 and M74 motorway improvements project.
Transport Scotland said the new road would cut journey times at peak times by about 20 minutes.


Midfielder Damon Lathrope says keeping Torquay United in the National League would be "as big as a promotion".

The Gulls have never gone down from the fifth tier but are a point from safety with five matches remaining.
"You get relegated from this league and you haven't got far to go - there isn't much else out there," Lathrope said.
"It's a massive club that shouldn't be in this league, let alone the one below, but it'll be a disaster for the players, the fans - everything."
Lathrope, 27, is in his second spell at Torquay and returns to Aldershot, where he played last season, on Saturday.
Asked what it would mean to stay up, he told BBC Radio Devon: "It'd be massive, it'd be as big as a promotion in effect - personally as players, it's your careers.
"We know the reality of the situation, but we don't want to start worrying and over-thinking about getting relegated.
"I haven't given it too much thought yet because I'm fully confident that we'll do the job."
Meanwhile, Torquay skipper Courtney Richards will miss the rest of the season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a knee injury.
"I spoke to him and I think he just needs a couple of days to clear his head, lick his wounds and get himself over the fact that that's the end of him physically contributing," said Gulls boss Kevin Nicholson.


A stage adaption of Emma Donoghue's best-selling novel Room is to open in London next year.

Donoghue has written the script for the stage version, which will premiere at the Theatre Royal Stratford East next May.
The story of Room is told through the eyes of a five-year-old boy who is being held captive with his mother.
A film adaption was released earlier this year and earned Brie Larson an Oscar for best actress.
The stage production will be directed by Cora Bissett and feature songs by Bissett and Kathryn Joseph.
The novel was released in 2010 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction - now known as the Bailey's Women's Prize.
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The family of an Oxford student who died during a university ski trip in France has described him as "kind, generous and loyal".

Matt Smith, 22, was found by friends at the Val Thorens resort in the Alps on Sunday morning during the annual Oxford and Cambridge Varsity ski trip.
In a statement his father Howard said "he would have wanted the party to carry on without him".
A prosecutor told the Times medication could have contributed to his death.
Jean-Pascal Violet, the state prosecutor in Albertville, told the newspaper: "We suspect a heart failure linked to a combination of consuming alcohol and medicines, but we have no certainty about that."
He said: "We believe complications from his health and medications, and possibly altitude, led to his tragic early death."
The St John's College history undergraduate, a former pupil of Bedford Modern School, had served as social secretary of the Oxford University Ski and Snowboard Club
Mr Smith, writing on behalf of his wife and other son, said Matt always looked forward to the yearly Varsity trip.
He said: "He would have applauded the way his fellow snow-lovers took his snowboard for one last ride this week.
"Matt was adventurous and imaginative in life, and kind, generous and loyal to his friends.
"Matt made friends everywhere, and seemed to capture the hearts of whomever he met.
"He intensely wished everyone to strive to achieve all they could; he felt anything was possible and did not believe in regrets.
"It is amazing to hear about the sheer amount of joy he'd spread, even though we sometimes do not know whether to laugh or cry."
Tributes have also been paid to Mr Smith by friends, the Oxford University Ski and Snowboard Club, his university and auction house Sotheby's, where he had undertaken an internship.


A Royal Marine trainee who died on a training exercise in Dartmoor has been named as Lt Gareth Jenkins.

Lt Jenkins, from Colwyn Bay, Conwy, collapsed at the Commando Training Centre, Lympstone, Devon, while on a 30-mile (48km) march on Thursday.
An investigation into his death is being carried out.
A Royal Navy spokesman said: "The thoughts and sympathies of the naval service are with his family and friends at this time."
Lt Jenkins, who was in his mid-20s, died during the so-called "30-miler" march, the last major test undertaken as part of the 32-week Commando course.
Trainees must complete it carrying at least 32lbs (15kg) of equipment in a maximum time of eight hours.


A version of Edvard Munch's The Scream, which became the most expensive artwork sold at auction earlier this year, is to go on display in New York.

The 1895 pastel, bought by an anonymous bidder in May for $120m (Â£74m), will go on view at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for six months from 24 October.
MoMA director Glenn D Lowry told the New York Times it was "an incredible opportunity" to see the rare artwork.
The work is one of four in a series by the Norwegian expressionist artist.
The other three versions of The Scream, which depicts a hairless figure on a bridge under a brightly coloured sky, are all owned by Norwegian museums.
According to the newspaper, the painting's new owner is believed to be US financier Leon Black, a leading collector and a member of MoMA's board.
The pastel will be on view until 29 April 2013 and will hang on the museum's fifth floor under strict security, the New York Times reported.
Two of the other versions of the painting were stolen, one in 1994 and another in 2004. Both were later recovered.
Before May, the record price for an artwork sold at auction was held by Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust, which sold for $106.5m (Â£65.5m) in 2010.


Tributes have been paid to a mother-to-be after she and her unborn daughter died in an M4 crash.

Rebecca Evans, 27, from Bridgend, was eight months pregnant when she died in the three-car pile up near Port Talbot, on Tuesday.
Her son Cian, two, was seriously hurt and is recovering in hospital, and her husband Alex was also in the car.
The couple were on their way to work at homeless charity Shelter Cymru when the crash happened.
Shelter Cymru's head of campaigns, Michelle Wales: "This is such a tragedy and obviously something we didn't expect.
"She was such a lovely, lovely person and we are all so upset. Staff and trustees are in a state of shock.
"Rebecca had been working for Shelter Cymru for five years building the education and youth information service which has helped thousands of young people to understand the practical steps young people need to take to live independently.
"Without her passion and commitment to young people many would have faced homelessness and uncertain futures."
She added: "Under Rebecca's leadership the education and youth work of Shelter Cymru had become highly regarded by schools, government and other organisations in the field and had made real impacts on the understanding of homelessness and housing need among young people.
"Her colleagues are utterly devastated and all our thoughts are with her partner Alex Evans, our Communications Officer and their son Cian, both of whom survived the accident."
South Wales Police is still investigating the crash, which involved a BMW, a Peugeot and an Audi, and happened on the westbound carriage between junctions 38 and 39 at 08:20 GMT.
A 50-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been bailed.


A woman remains in a serious condition in hospital after her car crashed through a roundabout ending up on its roof on a footpath below.

The crash happened at the Bloomfield roundabout on the A75 Dumfries bypass at about 17:05 on 27 December.
Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to the accident which involved a white Fiat Punto.
The 36-year-old driver from Locharbriggs suffered head and back injuries in the accident.
PC Stuart Delaney said: "We are keen to speak to the driver of a black-coloured 4x4 type vehicle that was either on the roundabout having entered it from the A701, Locharbriggs side, or waiting at the junction.
"Additionally, we are keen to speak to a driver who may have swerved into the bus stop on Glasgow Street, Dumfries, shortly before to avoid a collision with the white Punto."


Delays in EU payments have left many Scottish farmers facing a cash flow crisis, according to the head of a farming union.

NFU Scotland president Allan Bowie said only a third of Scotland's farmers had so far received their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) claims.
The payments have been affected by major issues with the IT system used to administer them.
The Scottish government said farmers would be paid as quickly as possible.
And it said the complexity of the new CAP system had also hindered the process.
Reforms to the CAP system saw the Single Farm Payment Scheme replaced by the new Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) last year.
The BPS is the main EU subsidy available to farmers in Scotland, with the money being allocated by the Scottish government.
The payments are designed to act as a safety net for farmers and crofters by supplementing their main business income.
Mr Bowie told delegates at NFU Scotland's annual general meeting in St Andrews that many Scottish farms and crofts were under "severe pressure" as a result of the delays, coupled with the adverse weather and volatility across all sectors.
He added: "The worry and stress of not knowing when support streams will start to flow is starting to impact on the health of our hard-working farmers.
"We need to start seeing movement and delivery before purdah comes into play for May's Scottish Parliamentary elections and the chance to publicly call our politicians to account is lost."
Mr Bowie said initial estimates for the Total Farm Income figure for Scotland in 2015 showed a decrease of 15%.
This would only the second time this century that incomes have fallen for two consecutive years, he added.
Mr Bowie also said there was a knock-on impact for the rest of Scotland's rural economy.
He added: "Twenty months on from the cabinet secretary's initial statement on CAP implementation, the majority of Scottish farmers still remain completely unaware of when they will receive support payment under the new schemes.
"To date, only a small share of basic payments and greening payments have been made so far and, compared to this time last year, around Â£440m is outstanding to farmers.
"That is the hole in the Scottish rural economy that Scottish government is responsible for and the reason why the wheels have stopped turning in the Scottish countryside."
Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead is to address delegates at the NFU Scotland AGM on Friday morning.
The issue was raised by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson in the Scottish Parliament.
Ms Davidson claimed that the first minister had "lost the trust of rural Scotland" as a result of the delays to payments.
In response, Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish government was working to ensure that payments are given to farmers as quickly as possible.
She added: "It is true that processing payments has taken longer than we intended due to the complexities of the new CAP system and we have been open with farmers and with industry about these complexities and what we are doing to address them."
Ms Sturgeon said the payments began at the end of December and as of last week 35% had been made.


A French woman in her sixties who murdered her husband in 2012 has been released after a second intervention by President Francois Hollande.

Jacqueline Sauvage suffered decades of abuse and became a cause celebre, prompting a campaign for her release.
Mr Hollande issued a partial pardon at the end of January but the courts twice rejected applications for her release.
He has now given Ms Sauvage a complete pardon and she was freed from jail early on Wednesday evening.
Now aged 69, she had been serving a 10-year sentence at Reau prison, to the south-east of Paris.
"I've decided to grant Jacqueline Sauvage a pardon of the rest of her sentence. This pardon puts an immediate end to her detention," the president tweeted.
In a further statement from the Elysee Palace, he said he felt her place was with her family and not in jail.
A car carrying Ms Sauvage and her three daughters was seen leaving Reau prison soon afterwards.
Campaigners were overjoyed by the news. But Virginie Duval, the head of the French union of magistrates, complained that the president had acted "to please public opinion", pointing out that the judiciary had followed the law when it rejected Ms Sauvage's appeals.
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In August, a local court rejected a plea for parole and its ruling was backed up last month by the court of appeal in Paris.
Ms Sauvage's daughters had fought for her release ever since she was jailed in 2014, insisting that she had been brutally treated throughout her marriage by her husband Norbert Marot. When her son committed suicide, she picked up a gun the following day and shot him.
Justifying its decision to reject her application for parole in August, the local court at Melun explained that Ms Sauvage had not done enough to show remorse.
She could not expect to live in an environment which, because of the media coverage of her case, "would risk maintaining her in the position of victim".
But Ms Sauvage's case attracted the support of 434,000 people who signed an internet petition as well as dozens of MPs, from both left and right.
It also secured the backing of President Hollande, who met her three daughters and gave her a partial pardon, which is part of the constitution but used very rarely.
His initial pardon in January was for her sentence to be reduced to a minimum, allowing for the judiciary to decide when she should be freed. His final decision called for her immediate release.


Two police detention officers have been suspended over claims that an arrested man suffered bruising while in custody.

Northumbria Police said the 25-year-old was arrested on suspicion of carrying out a stabbing and taken to South Shields station on 22 June.
He suffered bruising to his face and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
All custody staff - including managers - have been moved to other jobs while the probe is carried out.
Chief Constable Sue Sim said she expected the "highest standard" of behaviour from her staff.
"The safety and protection of the public is of paramount importance and that includes anyone brought into custody," she said.
"We routinely deal with thousands of prisoners each year who come into custody and almost all of these pass through without any incident.
"I expect the very highest standards from all officers and staff dealing with the public in any capacity and will not tolerate anything that falls short of this.
"Rest assured we will take any appropriate action necessary in respect of this issue."
Vera Baird, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, said: "The IPCC, I expect will conduct a thorough inquiry.
"I am grateful to the chief constable for informing me of this incident - I commend the swift and decisive action she has taken."