The first likely case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus in the UK has been reported by the authorities.

The woman has made a full recovery, and it is thought she had been infected by her partner, who had recently visited a Zika-hit country.
Mostly spread by mosquitoes, Zika can linger in semen for months.
Cases of sexual spread have been reported in other countries and experts said the UK case was "not unexpected".
An update by Public Health England said there had been 265 cases of Zika in the UK with one "likely" spread through sex.
Seven cases were in pregnant women.
While Zika is normally a mild infection, it can damage the development of a baby's brain, leading to microcephaly.
Prof Dilys Morgan, the Zika incident director at Public Health England, said: "PHE advises all male travellers regardless of symptoms to avoid conception and use condoms and other barrier methods during sexual activities for six months following return from a Zika high- or moderate-risk country."
Earlier this month the World Health Organization said Zika virus will no longer be treated as an international medical emergency. By lifting its nine-month-old declaration, the health agency acknowledged that Zika was here to stay.
Prof Jimmy Whitworth, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "News that one case of sexual transmission of Zika has occurred in the UK is not unexpected.
"About 60 cases of sexual transmission of Zika have been reported worldwide, so we think this is quite rare.
"Discovering just how common it is for the virus to be passed during sex by a man or woman is a key focus for Zika researchers.
"Public Health England's updated advice is also welcome.
"Zika virus survives in semen longer than other body fluids so recommending male travellers returning from Zika transmission countries, with or without symptoms, practise safe sex for six months is sensible."
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Alun Cairns has framed this debate in terms of trade and the constitution, and more specifically around the question of what should come first.

The Welsh Government believes it is an outrage that EU powers in devolved areas will be heading in the direction of Westminster, rather than Cardiff, after Brexit.
Alun Cairns believes that would take too long, and in order for trade to continue with the rest of the EU the morning after we leave, there needs to be a quick way of dumping all the Brussels rules and regulations into a temporary Westminster "holding pattern".
The calculation is that farmers and steelworkers will agree that uninterrupted trade with some of their biggest customers will outrank the constitutional niceties of the devolution settlement.
In the end, this standoff comes down to trust. The Welsh Government is being asked to trust the UK Government that it is a temporary arrangement. It would appear that trust is in short supply.
UK Government sources in Wales tell me the angry tone of the Welsh Government's response is "completely different" to the reality of the negotiations behind the scenes between the officials from both governments.
The accusation is that the first minister is grand-standing in Brussels, the response is a scathing statement accusing the UK Government of astounding ignorance, and a crude power grab.
So where does it go from here? The question is whether the UK Government is prepared to make a concession on the holding pattern, which is a central part of the repeal bill, and something which it has been unwilling to touch so far.
One possibility could be what's called a "sunset clause", or deadline in which a specific and limited time-frame for the temporary arrangement of say two years is set out in legislation.
Alun Cairns acknowledges it sounds sensible but in reality removes the incentives for any of the parties to strike a deal because they know if nothing is agreed within the time-frame then it will collapse.
Of course this is just one of the problems facing the UK Government as it looks to head off any rebellions with a slim majority when the proposed legislation is debated and voted on in the Commons in the autumn.
And there is also the possibility of a transitional deal for the UK after Brexit which could buy ministers some breathing space in order to put together a new plan which everyone can agree on.


Without an overseas import for the 2016 season after John Hastings was called into the Australia player pool, Durham will again rely on largely home-grown talent.

Jon Lewis' side have a core of local players, many produced by the academy at Chester-le-Street, with both veterans, stalwarts and newcomers all ready to play their part this term.
So who is going to lead the county's bid to win a fourth County Championship title?
Stokes' return to Durham for the start of the County Championship season might give fans a rare glimpse of his talents at the Riverside, after a winter away with England.
His last appearance for the national team came in agonising World Twenty20 final defeat by West Indies, in which he was hit for four consecutive sixes by Carlos Brathwaite in the final over, with them needing 19 to win.
County captain Paul Collingwood was with England as part of Trevor Bayliss' coaching team, and a familiar face at a tough time for all.
"Ben Stokes is the heartbeat of the England side, has plenty of friends in that dressing room but I know Stokesy really well," Collingwood told BBC Newcastle.
"When he goes through something as tough as that in such a big occasion he's obviously going to be upset.
"But he's the kind of character that bounces back straight away and he'll be desperate to get himself and his team into a situation like that again.
"Hopefully he'll have learned so much from those four balls he bowled in that over and make him stronger for the future.
"I'm sure he got a lot of people who put their arms around him and gave him a lot of advice and he'll be bouncing back in the future no doubt about that."
Collingwood, even at 39 and his 20th year with Durham, was a key player in 2015, only missing one Championship game. Despite the ongoing speculation about his retirement is determined to play his part again in 2016.
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"Every year for the last three I've gone into it saying it my last season, so this year I'm going to try to play as much as I can," he said.
"The body still feels pretty good, I'm still enjoying it, I've still got plenty of ambition to go out there and do well, so I want to play as long as I can."
Few counties possess such devastating and experienced bowling attacks as Durham, with Graham Onions and Chris Rushworth leading the unit and cameos from England duo Mark Wood and Stokes.
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Onions, 33, finished 2015 with 66 wickets while Rushworth, 29, was the Professional Cricketers Association player of the year with 90.
"I don't feel pressure, whether or not people say there is pressure," Rushworth said.
"We've got some big players here so I'm not feeling any pressure and will keep doing my job."
The combination of the two local lads has been a backbone of the county in recent seasons, although last year might take some catching for both.
"That was a really good season, but it's very hard to put into words what Rushy did," Onions added.
"He'll look back on that and think it was an incredible season and to break the records was an amazing achievement.
"If he gets anywhere near that then he's had another awesome season but myself I don't look at wickets, I look at bowling overs and when the opposition are 200-1, getting the ball in my hand and trying to change the game."
Jack Burnham's name has been mentioned in various quarters after a sparkling effort for England under-19s in their World Cup campaign earlier this year.
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The 19-year-old hit three centuries, finishing with 420 runs and is hopeful of adding to his four Championship appearances in 2015.
"It's been very good, I've learned a lot and played a lot better than I thought I was going to do," Burnham said.
"It's been a pleasure to be out there for my country with the under-19s team, but it's good to be home back at Durham to crack on.
"For the lads to talk about me the way they do in such a positive manner, gives me a lot of belief to back my own skills and do what I can do.
"They give us a bit of stick but it's a good laugh, I grew up watching these players and now to be in the same changing room with them is an absolute pleasure."


South Africa international winger JP Pietersen is leaving Leicester Tigers to join French club Toulon next season.

The 30-year-old scored three tries in 15 games after for Tigers in 2016-17.
Chief executive Simon Cohen said the move would allow head coach Matt O'Connor to bring in new players.
Cohen said: "JP Pietersen's departure allows a sum within the salary cap for next year and the year after to sign players that fit his vision and match his playing philosophy."
Pietersen, who moved to Welford Road from Japanese rugby, has agreed a two-year deal with Toulon.


A Scottish engineering firm has signed a $1bn (Â£780m) contract to provide flight engine parts to a US company.

MB Aerospace said it would recruit 160 new staff as part of the 10-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation (UTC).
The Motherwell-based company said the contract was a "milestone opportunity".
MB Aerospace also has manufacturing operations in the US and Poland and employs about 1,600 people.
A majority stake in the Scottish firm was taken by Blackstone private equity in 2013.
Chief executive Craig Gallagher said: "We are hugely respectful of the trust placed in us by United Technologies and Pratt & Whitney to support their programs.
"MB Aerospace and UTC already possess a strong working relationship across Pratt & Whitney's installed base programs, and this contract represents a milestone opportunity for our world class teams to support UTC.
"The MB Aerospace group has already invested more than $50m in machining technology, facilities expansion and in the last year has recruited an additional 100 new full-time employees in support of this growth and ahead of the agreement of this exciting contract.
"Included in our investment in people is a ground-breaking engineering services team of more than 40 technical and programming specialists to support each of our business units from a central hub located in Rzeszow, Poland.
"We plan to grow this team to at least 100 engineering specialists to support our customers through the intense period of growth facing the industry in the next three to five years."
Sam Abdelmalek, Pratt & Whitney vice president, said:  "We value our long-standing relationship, and MB Aerospace is a critical supplier in our world-class supply chain.
"As Pratt & Whitney strives for supply chain excellence, suppliers like MB Aerospace that commit to our supplier gold program, cost reductions and contractual governance will have opportunities to grow with us."


It could be a scene from a science fiction movie.

Deep in the Nevada desert, thousands of mirrors arrayed in concentric circles face the sky, lit up by the sun.
All this reflected sunshine is directed to the top of a 640 ft (195m) tower standing in their midst.
It's an innovative power plant generating electricity, but not in a way you might expect. And it can carry on doing so even after the sun goes down.
How?
The concentrated light heats up liquid salt pumped to the top of the tower - the temperature reaches 566C (1,050F) - and this heat is then used to make steam to power an electricity generator in another part of the plant.
"The issue with solar traditionally is it is an intermittent power source - you can only produce electricity when the sun is shining," explains Kevin Smith, whose company Solar Reserve built the Crescent Dunes plant.
"But because we store the energy as heat, we can reliably produce electricity 24 hours a day, just like a conventional gas fired power station."
The plant is one of a raft of sustainable energy storage solutions trying to address renewable energy's Achilles heel: its variability  - ignoring tidal power's constancy.
If we could store the electricity that sun and wind produce, we could tap into those stores when production dips.
And this is the only way we're going to mount an effective challenge to the dominance of fossil fuels, experts say. Yes, tidal power is renewable and constant, but as yet, we haven't found commercially viable ways of tapping into it.
Storage methods currently being used around the world include batteries, flywheels, geothermal plants, compressed air and hydrogen - even ice. But the the most popular method is hydro power - water pumped to the top of a mountain and then released to power turbines at the bottom.
According to research company Navigant, global energy storage installations are going to rise from about 1,750 megawatts (MW) in 2016 to nearly 11,000 MW by 2020.
"We are moving away from very large conventional power stations that produce electricity which is sent through the grid to consumers, to a system where power is produced in a much more distributed way," says IHS's Sam Wilkinson.
"So storage is obviously a major focus, because it allows you to compensate for and correct for a lot of that fluctuating generation that comes from renewables."
Our homes are increasingly being used for energy storage as well.
Tesla's Powerwall, announced earlier this year, is just one of a crop of new storage batteries designed for domestic use.
The US electric car manufacturer points out that the average household uses more electricity in the morning and evening than during the day, when solar energy is plentiful. So its battery charges during the day from solar roof panels, then powers the home in the evening.
"Without a home battery, excess solar energy is often sold to the power company and purchased back in the evening [at a higher price]," Tesla argues.
"The mismatch adds demand on power plants and increases carbon emissions," it adds.
The same principle is being applied at a new housing development in Hoog Dalem, the Netherlands - part of the Universal Smart Energy Framework project being rolled out by a consortium of companies, including ABB, IBM and Stedin.
Solar-panelled homes are equipped with batteries to store the energy produced during the day for use when the sun goes down.
Used in conjunction with smart meters - which help businesses and domestic users manage electricity use more efficiently - home batteries could revolutionise the way we consume energy, proponents argue.
Larger battery plants such as Smarter Network Storage (SNS) in Leighton Buzzard, UK, are also likely to play a big role.
The plant comprises 50,000 lithium-ion battery cells, across a site the size of three tennis courts. It can store enough energy to power 1,100 typical UK homes for a day during times of average demand.
Nick Heyward, who manages the UK Power Networks project, explains that our electricity grids need to balance supply and demand at all times, but they are struggling to cope as more wind and solar power comes online.
"One solution could be to add capacity to the existing grid, but that could be very expensive and disruptive," he says. "And then you have the problem of energy curtailment - where wind and solar plants are switched off when there isn't much demand, which is a waste."
Storage systems like SNS offer the ability to export energy to the grid at times of high demand, and keep it in reserve when demand is low.
Mr Heyward believes that if such plants were replicated across the UK, it could unlock more than £600m ($895m) of benefits annually by 2040.
But environmentalists are concerned that many of the constituents in the conventional battery, such as cobalt and nickel, are pollutants. So the race is on to find cleaner alternatives.
Aquion's saltwater and manganese oxide battery is made from more sustainable materials than the typical lithium-ion battery, tolerates more charge and discharge cycles, costs less, and doesn't catch fire, the company maintains.
Ambri, meanwhile, has developed a liquid metal battery, which it says is low-cost and emissions free. It also says its liquid electrodes are stronger than the solid ones found in common batteries, and thus less susceptible to failure.
While such innovations may be welcome, the fact remains that the US still derives the vast majority of its electrical storage from pumped hydro - which is not one of the most efficient energy storage technologies.
The number of projects in the pipeline bodes well, says the Energy Storage Association, but we are still a long way from the storage levels we need.
One big impediment is regulation - or lack of it. Governments around the world are only now beginning to respond to this new energy landscape.
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Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that the detention of asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island is unconstitutional.

Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island detention centre under its offshore processing policy.
But the five judges on the Supreme Court's bench ruled the camp breached section 42 of the constitution, which guarantees personal liberty.
The court said "all steps" should be taken to end the "illegal" detention.
Currently around 850 men are held on the island, around half of whom have been judged genuine refugees.
Papua New Guinea's constitution guarantees personal liberty for all people, except in defined circumstances relating to crime, illegal immigration and quarantine.
In 2014, Papua New Guinea's government amended section 42 of the constitution to add a paragraph that allowed for "holding a foreign national under arrangements made by Papua New Guinea with another country".
But the Supreme Court ruled this amendment was unconstitutional, as it did not meet a requirement to respect "the rights and dignity of mankind".
It said that because the asylum seekers and refugees had not voluntarily entered Papua New Guinea, the situation of illegal immigration did not apply to them.
"The detention of the asylum seekers on Manus Island in Papua New Guineaâ€¦ is unconstitutional and illegal," it said.
"Both the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments shall forthwith take all steps necessary to cease and prevent the continued unconstitutional and illegal detention of the asylum seekers or transferees at the relocation centre on Manus Island and the continued breach of the asylum seekers' or transferees' constitutional and human rights."
Manus Island: Australia's Guantanamo?
Australia's controversial asylum policy
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said in a statement that the court's decision did not change Australia's immigration policy.
"People who have attempted to come illegally by boat and are now in the Manus facility will not be settled in Australia," the statement said, repeating the government's long-standing policy.
The opposition Labor party urged the government to hold urgent talks with Papua New Guinea, while opponents of hard-line immigration policy declared offshore processing of asylum seekers dead.
"The game is up. The government has got to shut the Manus Island detention camp and bring these people here," Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
"This is an important decision and I welcome it. It shows that the Australian government has been illegally detaining refugees on Manus Island for years."
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said the Manus Island centre should eventually close, during an address to Australia's National Press Club in March this year.
"Who is going to pay for it? Certainly the PNG government does not have the resources to resettle the refugees," he said. "We are also reassessing the numbers who are supposed to be resettled."


Hibernian match-winner David Gray says their 'Roy of the Rovers' Scottish Cup final victory will inspire them to return to the Premiership next season.

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Gray's injury-time header ended a run of 10 losing finals for the Edinburgh club since their last Cup win in 1902.
He admitted "it certainly helps" ease the pain of missing out on promotion after their play-off defeat by Falkirk.
"We are gutted we are not going up but this gives us a lot of confidence we can win the league next year," he said.
"It is what you dream about - scoring a winning goal in the last minute of the cup final. It is Roy of the Rovers stuff.
"We are so disappointed we are not getting promoted - we believe we were good enough to get out of this league [Championship].
"But winning the cup puts to bed everything that has been said about us not having the bottle.  It is such a great effort by everyone involved with the club.  I am so happy."
Hibs led with an early goal from Anthony Stokes but it appeared they might face further misery when Kenny Miller's header levelled matters and Andy Halliday's superb strike put Rangers ahead after 64 minutes.
But two superbly-flighted corners from substitute Liam Henderson saw Stokes head in with 10 minutes left before captain Gray performed the same trick in added time.
"They say every cloud has a silver lining, and today we have got that silver lining," said Hibs head coach Alan Stubbs.
"I am quite emotional. I probably dreamt this - I thought we were going to win the game 3-1 weeks ago.
"I knew the players were so disappointed last Friday [after their Premiership play-off semi-final defeat by Falkirk] but I saw by their reaction when they came back in on Monday they were ready for this game.
"They are history makers. You work with them every day and they have had a lot of bad luck against them, so to see them achieve it is fantastic."
Stokes, who arrived on loan from Celtic in January, had scored seven goals in 26 games prior to Saturday, but despite missing a host of other chances, his eighth and ninth goals proved his ability on the big occasion.
"I have never doubted my own ability," the striker told BBC Scotland.
"It is down to me to perform and I have done that today. I am just glad this club has got the hoodoo out of the way and finally won the cup."
Many Hibs supporters invaded the pitch as the final whistle blew, leading to some ugly confrontations and Rangers saying some of their players were assaulted.
Mounted police on horses entered Hampden to help keep supporters apart and restore order before the Hibs players were presented with the trophy, while Rangers' received their medals in their dressing room.
"The fans got a bit excited coming onto the pitch," said Hibs midfielder Fraser Fyvie.  "But the way they have supported us this season and again today was fantastic.
"It has been a good while since we won a cup so they have maybe got a bit carried away but you can understand it.
"To be honest we wanted promotion and we will go for it again next season but I just want to enjoy this for now."


Here is a fascinating conundrum: The price of new cars has gone up significantly in the last five years, yet they have become cheaper to drive.

How can that be?
The answer lies in the creative genius not of the car designers, but the financial engineers who invented a new way to borrow money.
The result has been a car-buying boom the likes of which the UK has never seen.
The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are already concerned at the record £31.6bn we borrowed to buy cars last year.
But now it appears the FCA may also be worried about the finance deals themselves.
It is going to investigate what it calls "a lack of transparency, potential conflicts of interest and irresponsible lending" in the motor finance industry.
So should car buyers be concerned as well?
Until five years ago, most people would go to a bank to get a car loan, or else take out a Hire Purchase (HP) contract, paying for their car over several years.
But last year 82% of new car finance deals were defined as Personal Contract Purchase, or PCP.
The idea - imported from the US - has revolutionised the way we borrow.
Instead of buying a car outright, a PCP allows you to rent the car over a three-year period.
The money you pay merely finances the depreciation in the car's value over that timeframe, meaning you pay substantially less than if you were buying it.
At the end of the three-year period you have three choices:
If you have ever wondered why there are so many new cars on the road, it is because most people choose the last option, driving out of the showroom in a shiny new model every three years.
One reason PCPs have become so popular is that they price cars in monthly payments, rather than the full one-off amount.
Some people liken them to mobile phone contracts.
"Everybody's got used to paying a monthly payment for a mobile phone. At two years you get an upgrade," says Louise Wallis, head of business management at the Retail Motor Industry Federation.
"The same psyche is beginning to happen with cars. It's just on a bigger scale."
Another reason PCPs are so popular is that they are far cheaper than traditional ways of borrowing, like HP.
In the example above, driving a Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec would cost you £325 a month. The same car on HP would cost £423.
Unlike with a PCP, at the end of the HP contract you would own the car outright.
If you want to buy the car at the end of the PCP, you make the balloon payment.
But there are additional restrictions. There is usually an annual mileage limit, with in this case a penalty of 6p a mile if you go over it.
If you know you want to buy the car outright, HP is usually cheaper than PCP. In the example above it would save you £340.
Jane Wells, from Essex, bought a Nissan Juke on a PCP three years ago. The car cost about £17,000.
But a year into the contract she bought a camper van, and decided she didn't need the Nissan any more.
The dealership told her she would have to pay the outstanding £15,000 to cancel the deal, which she couldn't afford.
"The bottom line is that you can't get out of it very easily," she told the BBC.
As a result she had to continue making the monthly payments.
"I could have been in the situation where I'd lost my job. Then where would I have been?"
As with any loan, the penalty for cancellation can be large, especially in the early stages.
Adrian Dally, head of motor finance at the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), says it works in a similar way to a repayment mortgage.
"The earlier on in a deal you are, the more capital is outstanding. So you will have more to pay if you exit early."
Finance and Leasing Association: What is a PCP?
There is another feature of PCPs the FCA may be interested in examining.
Although motorists are free to walk away at the end of an agreement, in practice dealers ring up at least six months beforehand, offering an enticing new deal.
Jane Wells ended up having seven Nissans in a row: A black Note, a blue Note, a red Note, a white Note, a blue Micra, a black Micra Cabriolet and the Juke.
"Every time they phoned me and said would you like another car, I was silly enough to go 'alright then'. When you wanted to end that cycle of having a new car after new car, it was very difficult to get out of it."
The FCA may certainly question whether this is a market in which competition is working properly.
However since PCPs are regulated by the FCA, they do offer customers plenty of protection. If things go wrong, and a borrower cannot afford the repayments, they may also prove less costly than an HP agreement or a personal loan.
Mark Lavery, chief executive of Cambria Automobiles, says personal loans are much more risky.
"You're on the hook for that debt; the way PCPs work, you're not. If you take a personal loan or an overdraft, in my opinion that's where the risk is."
The Finance and Leasing Association is also insistent that dealers are lending responsibly.
However evidence gathered by the credit reference agency Experian suggests the biggest growth in applications for PCPs is coming from those whose finances are already stretched.
That may leave plenty for the Bank - and the regulator- to worry about.
But motorists too may want to think carefully about who's really in the driving seat when they exit the showroom.


(Close): Wall Street closed flat on Wednesday after weekly jobs claims fell more than expected but consumer spending data disappointed.

Investors focused on economic news after concerns on Tuesday over geopolitical tensions caused by Turkey shooting down a Russian plane.
The main Dow Jones index was up 1 point at 17,813.
The wider S&P 500 was flat at 2,088.29, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 13 points at 5,116.
On the Dow, drugs giant Pfizer climbed for the second day in a row, up 3% after having fallen initially on the announcement of its $160bn takeover of Allergan on Monday.
Tractor giant Deere jumped 5% after its earnings beat analysts' forecasts.
HP Inc lost 14% after reporting weak sales of PCs, printers and commercial software. Spun off Hewlett Packard Enterprise rose 3% after reporting better sales of hardware for data centres.
US markets will be closed on Thursday for the annual Thanksgiving holiday. They will re-open for a shorter than normal session on Friday.


Fulham were relegated because they removed a statue of Michael Jackson from Craven Cottage, according to former owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

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Al Fayed installed the statue in 2011 but new owner Shahid Khan had it taken down in September.
Fulham were relegated at the weekend and the statue has been donated to the National Football Museum in Manchester.
"When the new owner decided to move it I said 'Fine, it is a lucky thing, you will regret it later'," Al Fayed said.
"Now the new owner will regret it because I warned him. I said 'You will pay with blood for that' because it was something loved by people.
"It was a big mistake but he paid for it now. He's been relegated and if he wakes up he'll ask for Michael Jackson again and I'll say 'No way'."
Al Fayed believes manager Felix Magath is not the right man to get Fulham promoted from the Championship.
During the summer months there most certainly will be many changes within the club
The Cottagers were relegated after 13 years in the Premier League with Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Stoke.
Magath wants to stay on but Al Fayed does not believe the German can help the Cottagers bounce back.
"You need a manager who will deliver and I don't think this guy has got the charm or the personality," he said.
Al Fayed, who sold Fulham to Khan in July last year, added: "Players need someone very close. You saw me with the players in the changing room and when they're eating lunch, it was a very close relationship for the players to feel they want to sacrifice, play hard and want to deliver.
"They miss that now and I hope [Khan] wakes up. I tried to help him and advise him and put him on the right way.
"If he's lost hope and he offers it to me half price, fine I'm going to buy it back."
Magath has apologised for the defeat at the Britannia Stadium that sealed the club's relegation from the Premier League.
The former Bayern Munich boss, 60, joined Fulham in February, but picked up just three wins in 11 league games.
In an open letter to fans, Magath also vowed to stay on as manager and build a team able to return to the top flight.
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"We as a team, and I include myself and management, would like to apologise for our bad performance," the German wrote.
"The reality is that we have been relegated, but my commitment and desire to Fulham remains.
"It certainly was not what you as fans were expecting and should rightfully demand of us, but we were unable to perform on the day, resulting in our downfall.
"During the summer months there most certainly will be many changes within the club. We obviously need to improve and redefine our playing staff. We have in our academy team, talented, young and hungry players."
Fulham's final game in the Premier League this season is a dead rubber against Crystal Palace at Craven Cottage on Sunday.


The 24th James Bond movie will be called, Spectre, it was announced on Thursday.

Daniel Craig will return as 007 for a fourth time but it's rumoured it could be his last appearance in the role.
Due out in November 2015, the film will also feature Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, WWE wrestler David Bautista and Sherlock star Andrew Scott.
The film will be directed by Sam Mendes who also worked on Skyfall, which was released in 2012.
With the mystery over the name revealed - the big question now - who will record the theme song?
Smith, Sam Smith seems to be the name on top of everyone's list.
If chosen, the 22-year-old singer would join the likes of Adele, Madonna and Alicia Keys in recording the title track for a 007 film.
We've been asking some self confessed celebrity 007 fans who they think should sing the theme song.
Former X Factor judge Tulisa says if it was up to her, we'd all be dancing to the Bond theme tune in clubs.
She said: "I think we should up the ante and go for something really modern. Dance and deep house has become really popular.
"And they should go for a really big producer. Someone like Calvin Harris or Duke Dumont. I think that would be kind of epic."
The Saturdays say they would be up for taking on the job but if they don't get the call - Sam Smith should.
"I just think he's got that voice that's so unique so powerful," said band member Una. "That classic British voice."
Ella Eyre is another artist waving the Sam Smith banner.
"Adele absolutely smashed it last. Who could follow that?
"Probably Sam Smith is the obvious answer. He's a got a gorgeous voice."
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Kerry reached the All-Ireland Football semi-finals as they beat Galway 1-18 to 0-13 while Mayo and Roscommon must replay after a 1-12 to 2-9 draw.

Kieran Donaghy hit Kerry's goal early on as Galway, in contrast, missed several goal chances.
There was a breathless start to the second quarter-final as Fintan Cregg and Ciaran Murtagh hit Roscommon goals before Lee Keegan netted for Mayo.
As the pace slowed, both sides missed a host of chances in a nervy second half.
After Paddy Durcan kicked Mayo ahead in the 68th minute, Cillian O'Connor missed a couple of chances to extend their lead before Donie Smith levelled with a free from over 45 metres.
O'Connor then had another long-range chance to snatch victory for Mayo but left the effort just short.
The game started in dramatic fashion as Cregg lobbed a superb finish over David Clarke before Murtagh blasted a second goal two minutes later.
However, within a minute Keegan charged forward to net for Mayo, although his shot took a wicked deflection off Niall McInerney.
As Roscommon lost their way, Mayo moved 1-8 to 2-3 ahead by half-time and at that stage, Stephen Rochford's side looked the likely winners.
But the half-time break came at the right time for Roscommon as they regrouped to hit three straight points after the resumption.
Both sides seemed produced some desperate finishing during the remainder of the contest with Mayo particularly guilty and that meant that a draw was probably the appropriate outcome.
In Sunday's first game, Galway missed a series of goal chances, with Kerry goalkeeper Brian Kelly making a couple of great saves.
Kelly denied Ian Burke early on before Donaghy hammered in Kerry's goal after soaring to win possession.
Kerry led 1-10 to 0-8 at half-time and held on as Galway missed three more goal chances in the second period.
Damien Comer had a goal opportunity blocked immediately after the restart and Galway's challenge faded badly after Kelly denied Sean Armstrong shortly afterwards.
However, Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice is unlikely to be happy with his team's performance after Galway were able to create several goal opportunities.
The Kingdom, who have won a record 37 All-Ireland titles, are scheduled to face the winners of the Roscommon and Mayo tie on 20 August.


Stefan McCluskey bagged a fine hat-trick as a dominant Morton quelled Scottish Cup giant-killers Annan Athletic at Galabank.

The hosts, who sit fourth in League Two, had toppled Premiership side Hamilton Academical.
But McCluskey ensured there would be no such repeat, scoring from Denny Johnstone's cross before Joe McKee powered home before half-time.
McCluskey soon completed his treble, with Matt Flynn grabbing a consolation.
McCluskey opened the scoring with an emphatic finish following a deft Johnstone assist, the latter also setting-up McKee for Morton's second goal.
Rabin Omar pulled a chance wide for Annan early in the second period but Morton pulled further ahead when McCluskey added his second with a low finish after being teed-up by Bobby Barr.
McCluskey iced the cake two minutes later with a fine angled finish from inside the penalty area before Flynn headed home Smart Osadolor's cross with 14 minutes remaining.


Three people have been cautioned and a further three released without charge, after climbing on the stones and setting the grass alight at Stonehenge.

Four men and two women were arrested on suspicion of destroying or damaging the monument early on Wednesday.
It is believed they were protesting over an alcohol ban and parking charges introduced for the Summer Solstice.
English Heritage said a group of 14 entered the stone circle and doused the grass with paraffin and set it alight.
Kate Davies, general manager at Stonehenge, said: "How can people who claim to honour the stones deliberately disrespect and damage them like this?"


World War One was commemorated by swimmers in fancy dress who took to the cold water off the Pembrokeshire coast for the annual New Year's Day swim.

More than 1,500 people took to the sea at Saundersfoot at lunchtime, cheered on by a crowd of about 8,000.
X-Factor finalist Jay James, who is from the town, started the swim.
There was also a mascot race prior to the start of the main event, with Danny Dog of Heatherton Country Sports Park winning.
Over its 31-year history, the swim has raised more than Â£500,000 for charity.


Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that all married couples must have the same surname, despite concerns that the practice is discriminatory and archaic.

Kaori Okuni, one of the women campaigning for change, said the ruling would lead to "suffering for those who plan to marry and those who are set to be born".
Most women in Japan end up taking their husband's surname, a practice set to continue after Wednesday's ruling.
But what do other countries do?
In most well-populated countries, women are free to change their surname on marrying, if they wish. Many go further than that, putting in place laws stating that women do not have to change their names.
France's law has been in place since the 18th century but, much like in Italy, there is some flexibility allowing wives to use their husband's surnames in an informal way. On all official paperwork, however, the maiden name must remain.
The laws are much tougher in Greece and Quebec. In Greece, you must petition a court for a name change, and in Quebec, even if they wanted to, a wife cannot take her husband's surname at any point.
In Iceland, women keep their maiden names after marriage. A surname is derived from a father's first name - so Bjork, Gudmund's daughter, becomes Bjork Gudmundsdottir - or, in certain circumstances, the mother's.
A similar pattern is also followed in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where there is no concept of surnames as known in many Western countries. At birth, people are given one name, that is then followed by the father's name then the grandfather's name.
Even after marrying, women retain their original three names.
Could the Avatar actress Zoe Saldana and her husband Marco Perego - now Marco Saldana - be trend setters?
The couple announced the move earlier this year, with Mrs Saldana calling her husband "a man who stood by change".
In one case from 2012, however, a Mississippi man needed the help of the American Civil Liberties Union to take his wife's surname, having initially been prevented from changing the name on his driving licence.
And in France, a change in the law now allows men to take their wife's surname - the first case was registered in Lyon in 2012, but only after seven attempts to do so were denied, despite the amendment.


Belfast's Windsor Park is among seven stadiums under consideration by Uefa to host the 2019 Super Cup.

Stadia in Albania, France, Kazakhstan, Israel, Poland and Turkey could also host the game between the Champions League and Europa League winners.
Although Windsor Park has a capacity of just over 18,000, Uefa have shown a willingness to stage the Super Cup at smaller venues in other countries.
Skopje, Macedonia will host Real Madrid v Manchester United later this summer.
The full refurbishment of Northern Ireland's international venue was completed last season and Fifa president Gianni Infantino was present at the official re-opening last October when Northern Ireland beat San Marino 4-0.
Uefa will reveal the 2019 SuperCup venue on 21 September.


The Scottish government has been urged to significantly increase its long term target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions when it introduces new legislation later in the year.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said it should consider aiming for a 90% reduction in emissions by 2050. The current target is 80%.
It suggested tough interim benchmarks, in line with the Paris Agreement.
The Scottish government said its approach is based on "best evidence".
The Paris Agreement saw global leaders pledged to hold temperature rises to "well below" 2 degrees.
The current Climate Change (Scotland) Act, given royal assent in 2009, set an interim target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2020.
That target has now been met and ministers have pledged to bring forward a new Climate Change bill this year with more ambitious goals.
Ministers asked the CCC, which advises the UK and Scottish governments, to examine how the new bill might look.
Its report suggests two options for a long term target.
Committee member Prof Jim Skea said: "Scotland has been leading the way in reducing emissions while continuing to grow its economy. The Paris Agreement represents a landmark change in global action to tackle climate change.
"The proposed legislation could allow Scotland to build on its own progress and international changes.
"In doing so, the Scottish Parliament should reflect on the right balance between ambition and achievement, as well as the range of direct and indirect benefits that come with acting to reduce carbon emissions."
The report also recommends changes to the way progress is monitored.
At the moment, account is taken for an EU-wide "trading scheme" which has been much criticised for failing to reduce overall emissions.
The scheme allows big polluters to buy and sell the right to emit carbon.
The committee suggests that a shift to "actual emissions" would be "more transparent than the existing framework and would encourage decarbonisation in all sectors of the economy."
Responding to the report, a Scottish government spokesman said: "Scotland is already a world-leader in tackling climate change, having reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 45% since 1990.
"Our approach to climate targets is based on best evidence, which is why we commissioned independent, expert advice on the Bill from the Committee on Climate Change. We welcome the Committee's publication today and look forward to studying its recommendations over the coming weeks."
Ministers will soon begin consulting on the Scottish Government's approach to the bill with a consultation expected to follow in the summer.
A draft Climate Change Plan was published in January setting out policies for meeting the current targets for reducing greenhouse gases.
It was criticised by four parliamentary committees for not being ambitious enough.
Environmental group WWF Scotland has welcomed the move towards a more transparent monitoring system which it says will provide a "truer reflection" of the progress being made in tackling climate change.
Senior Climate and Energy Policy Officer Gina Hanrahan, said: "This CCC report re-emphasises the need for greater policy to be introduced by the Scottish Government to cut emissions from across the economy just to hit existing targets, let alone stronger ones.
"Four Committees of the Scottish Parliament recently criticised the Scottish Government's action plan for hitting current climate targets and provided many constructive suggestions for increased action.
"The Scottish Government should now bring forward a new Climate Bill that gives MSPs from across the Parliament the opportunity to bring forward their ideas for new policies, targets and tools that will drive Scotland more quickly towards achieving the many benefits of a zero-carbon future."
Friends of the Earth Scotland said it thought the committee could have done better.
Head of Campaigns Mary Church said: "The UKCCC's advice is bitterly disappointing, lacking both urgency and ambition in its proposed approach to new climate legislation for Scotland.
"Effectively the Committee has said don't bother trying to do more before 2030 and just try a little harder for 2050, letting this generation of politicians off the hook and kicking serious climate action into the long grass."


A music festival that began as an "overspilled house party" is marking its tenth anniversary after growing into an award-winning annual event.

Y Not Festival originally hosted local bands but now attracts big acts including this year's headliners Snoop Dogg, Primal Scream and Basement Jaxx.
Founder Ralph Broadbent originally planned to hold a party in his parents' Derbyshire garden while they were away.
The party was moved to a disused quarry when his parents stayed at home.
It was called Big Gin Fest - a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District - and attracted about 120 people when it was held over two days in 2005.
Mr Broadbent said: "That was the first beginnings of it, next year we got a licence, we grew it and invited the public and it sort of doubled every year, now we've sort of got to 15,000 people."
The name changed to Y Not Festival in 2006, although it was held in the same quarry.
Mr Broadbent was still a teenager when the festival started and ran it alongside studying at university for four years, graduating from his engineering course in 2011.
The festival is now held in the village of Pikehall and is run by the same small team.
Accolades include Best Small Festival in the 2012 UK Festival Awards.
Dean Jackson, presenter of radio programme The Beat, said Y Not is an important springboard for local talent.
"The track record is something quite spectacular," he said.
"Jake Bugg played here the day before he signed, Saint Raymond the day before he signed, Indiana, the list goes on and on, so we are hopeful that the artists playing here this weekend will go on to great things too."


Wales will be without Liverpool pair Ben Woodburn and Harry Wilson for the Toulon Tournament.

It will be Wales' first appearance in the prestigious Under-20 competition, which starts on 29 May in France.
Forward Woodburn, 17, and 20-year-old winger Wilson could be in Wales' senior squad which will travel to Serbia for a World Cup qualifier on 11 June.
"These are the players available to me," manager Robert Page told BBC Wales Sport.
The Liverpool youngsters were both on the bench for Wales' most recent qualifier, a 0-0 draw with Ireland, in Dublin.
Manchester United defender Regan Poole and Chelsea's Cole Dasilva are included in the Under-20 squad for Toulon.
Full-back Dasilva scored for Chelsea's youth team in their 5-1 second-leg win over Manchester City last month to clinch the Blues' fourth successive FA Youth Cup.
West Bromwich Albion striker Tyler Roberts and Swansea City's Daniel James and Joe Rodon have also been selected.
But Exeter's 16-year-old defender and defensive midfielder Ethan Ampadu is too young for the tournament.
Rhys Norrington-Davies, Mitchell Clark and David Brooks have withdrawn from the squad having been selected initially. The Football Association of Wales says "replacement call-ups will follow in due course".
Wales will face hosts France, Ivory Coast and Bahrain in their group.
This will be the 45th edition of Toulon with 12 teams taking part in three groups of four, and the group winners as well as the best second-placed team will qualify for the semi-finals.
England won the competition last year and will return to defend their title, while Scotland will also participate from the home nations.
Meanwhile former Wales defender Paul Bodin has joined the international coaching staff as Page's full time assistant, with ex-Watford goalkeeper Alec Chamberlin named goalkeeper coach.
Ex-Wales defender Bodin, capped 23 times for his country, rejoins fellow Welshman Page, having assisted him at Port Vale.
Wales squad
Goalkeepers: Lewis Thomas (Swansea City), Luke Pilling (Tranmere Rovers).
Defenders: Cole Dasilva (Chelsea), Cameron Coxe (Cardiff City), Regan Poole (Manchester United), Aron Davies (Fulham), Rhys Abbruzzese (Cardiff City), Joe Rodon (Swansea City).
Midfielders: Matthew Smith (Manchester City), Nathan Broadhead (Everton), Jack Evans (Swansea City), Mark Harris (Cardiff City), Rhyle Ovenden (Watford).
Forwards: Tyler Roberts (West Brom), Daniel James (Swansea City), Liam Cullen (Swansea City), George Thomas (Coventry City).


An exhibition of original prints by world-renowned artist Pablo Picasso are to go on show at a museum in Barnsley.

The 17 linocut prints are on display from Saturday at a free exhibition at the town's Cooper Gallery.
The valuable prints are out on loan from the British Museum and were previously on display at the Lady Lever Art Gallery near Liverpool.
Barnsley-born Ian Macmillan has written a poem about a previous visit by the artist to South Yorkshire.
Mr Macmillan was inspired by Picasso's visit to Sheffield in 1950 for an international peace conference.
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The Spanish artist is acknowledged to be one of the most important artists of the 20th Century.
He experimented with a wide range of styles and themes in his long career, most notably inspiring Cubism.
The artworks at the gallery include prints showing the development of key Picasso prints including Jacqueline Reading that depicts the artist's wife, Jacqueline Roque.
Mr Macmillan said: "It shows the dynamic cultural times we're living through round here and that the town is becoming even more of an artistic and creative hub."
The Picasso prints are on show until 29 April.


Budget airline Ryanair has abandoned plans to operate transatlantic flights, just days after it said its board had approved the measure.

In a statement, Ryanair said it "has not considered or approved any transatlantic project and does not intend to do so".
On Monday, Ryanair had said its board approved a plan to operate budget flights to the US within five years.
Ryanair first aired the plans in 2008.
Earlier in the week, a spokesperson told the BBC long-haul flights were "dependent on attaining viable long-haul aircraft and we estimate that's four to five years away".
It said it would like to offer low-cost flights between 12 to 14 European cities and the same number of US cities.
Currently, the transatlantic route is dominated by long-established airlines, with British Airways and American Airlines the main players.
Oslo-based low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle began a service to the US in 2013, but recently blamed the costs of its expansion, including disputes with US regulators, for its first loss in eight years.


Venezuela's Supreme Court has suspended the inauguration of three opposition MPs who were due to take office next week.

The move follows legal challenges by the governing socialist party of President Nicolas Maduro.
The suspension removes the opposition coalition's super-majority which gave it extensive powers to challenge President Maduro.
The opposition had called the challenge a "judicial coup".
The court approved injunctions against the election victories of three opposition MPs and one from the governing Socialist Party while it hears a legal challenge against them.
The court also agreed to hear legal challenges to the election of another six opposition deputies but dismissed requests for similar injunctions.
The court's website did not detail the arguments underlying the legal challenges by the governing Socialist Party.
As a result, four MPs are blocked from taking office when the new Congress opens on 5 January, while the other five will be allowed to take office while the court hears the legal challenge against them.
A two-thirds majority gives the opposition key powers it would not have with fewer seats.
Among them is the power to remove Supreme Court judges, appoint key officials such as an independent attorney general, and passing constitutional amendments subject to ratification by referendum.
The secretary-general of the opposition MUD coalition, Jesus Torrealba, earlier condemned the challenges to the results.
"You can't use legal tricks to steal something the voters didn't want to give you," he said.
"We're not living in a functional democracy," he added.
In an open letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and senior international officials, he said: "The country, the region and the world are facing a judicial coup attempt against the Venezuelan people's decision as expressed at the ballot box.
"The ruling party's irresponsible behaviour is pushing the entire country to the brink of disaster, which would have grave consequences for the entire region."
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez defended the legal challenges, saying: "We also have to be careful and vigilant over the law. These legal challenges are revealing that there were concrete irregularities which could have altered the results of (the elections). We are using legal means and we have not called for violence."
Even if the opposition were to lose the three seats, it will still hold a majority in the 167-seat National Assembly, which for the past 16 years has been dominated by the President Maduro's Socialist Party.
Outgoing National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello called a number of extraordinary sessions last week at which 13 new Supreme Court judges and 21 substitute judges were named.
President Maduro has convened a meeting of socialist supporters for January to set the course for the "Bolivarian revolution", which his party advocates.


It's lunchtime, and some 40 or so university students gather for their weekly Managing Diversity in Asia lecture on the campus of the Singapore Management University (SMU).

Except that it's not your conventional image of what a lecture might look like.
No-one's sitting down, or taking notes - not to start with at least.
Instead they are all gathered around various whiteboards, participating in an activity about stereotypes and prejudices and how they get in the way of a productive working environment.
It's just one of the ways SMU says it's trying to get its mainly Singaporean student population ready for work.
"The Singaporean students that I teach are very well-prepared for the post-graduation workplace," says Dr Hoon Chang Yau, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at SMU.
"They're very strategic about finding a job and very pragmatic too.
"They want a job with security so they'll look for work in a multinational corporation or a bank."
Singapore graduates are amongst the most ambitious in Asia when it comes to job and salary prospects.
According to a recent poll of 200 students by Singapore employment website STJobs, 70% of all graduates surveyed expect a starting salary of up to 4,000 SGD (Â£1,800) a month at the very least.
In reality though, a starting salary for a young graduate is closer to a little more than half that amount.
But recent concerns over the outlook for emerging markets and how much of an impact the slowdown in China will have on Singapore's fortunes are being felt here.
Economic growth forecasts for Singapore have been slashed in the wake of a weakening global economy.
DBS Bank and international ratings agency Moody's are among those to have cut their outlook for Singapore's GDP to below 2%. The official range forecast by the government is 2% to 2.5%.
"I have seen that the graduate employment rate has been going on a downward trend," says Sim Cher Young, director of the career centre at SMU.
"In many ways, with the weakening economy, the sentiment amongst some employers is this: 'My business is not picking up and I'll downgrade all my business strategies' and a lot of employers are a lot more cautious, which is translating to their hiring."
This environment means that young Singaporeans are now under pressure to become more competitive, or start looking at different ways to make a living.
Increasingly, starting a business has become an option for some graduates.
But Singapore's education system has been criticised for not being well-rounded enough to create entrepreneurs.
While the academic system here is praised around the world for its rigour, there are concerns that there's not enough of a focus on problem solving, or real life experiences that are essential to be a successful entrepreneur.
That's what Roshni Mahtani believes. The founder and CEO of Tickled Media, a content and community company for parents in Asia, launched her homegrown Singaporean start-up "theAsianParent" in 2009.
At the time she was one of the first few local start-ups on the scene, and faced a lot of scepticism about her prospects.
"As a Singaporean who has gone through the education system here, I definitely do not believe that we get the skills we need to become entrepreneurs," says Ms Mahtani.
"You need to be a risk taker to be an entrepreneur, and our schools didn't prioritise that."
Ms Mahtani was not unaware of the consequences of rebelling in the strict Singapore school system.
"I was constantly in detention in school and high school," she adds. "I received 50 or 60 detention slips and I just didn't go.
"And this wasn't because of academics. It was because they thought I was always breaking the rules - not returning library books, questioning the teachers."
Ms Mahtani says that it was also hard to convince her friends and family entrepreneurship was the right path for her.
"It's the mindset here," she told me.
"Many people said to me: 'Why are you doing this, why don't you do a job instead of this?'. But I knew, I wanted to start my own business and I never gave up."
Back on the lecture floor, final year students discuss their job prospects with me.
Some are aiming for the professions.
"When I was younger, before I became a law student, I remember I wanted to be a fish-feeder at an aquatics centre," said Kim Shi Yin.
"But then my parents said: 'Are you crazy, what are you going to eat at night?' So I studied law instead."
Damian Joseph Teo is more optimistic about the prospects for successful entrepreneurial culture in Singapore.
He has been interning as a dolphin trainer - a unique job in this straitlaced society.
"Some of my friends who are working - they're all waiting to save up their money and start their own businesses," he said.
"They don't want to be billionaires, but they want to start something on their own and have the guts to do it."
Sliv Chua Tze Yee agrees. "While I think a large portion of our students will still choose careers that are more predictable, I think that students are now taking more risks," he said.
"We aren't venture capitalists or anything like that yet - but we are taking more risks and becoming more innovative in our choice of careers."
The BBC contacted Singapore's Ministry of Education for a comment on this story, but never received one.


A woman died when her car overturned on the A3 in Hampshire.

Police said the vehicle left the carriageway near Clanfield at about 23:00 BST and came to rest on its roof.
The driver, a 22-year-old woman from Waterlooville, died at the scene.
The driver of a second car, a 26-year-old man from Portsmouth, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and driving under the influence of drugs.
Hampshire Constabulary said it did not believe the two cars had collided before the incident, which happened on the southbound carriageway.
The road was closed overnight but has since reopened.


The EU has extended for another year the sanctions it imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in March 2014.

The 28 EU members renewed a ban on economic ties with Crimean businesses, including a block on EU tourism and investment in the Black Sea peninsula.
The annexation drew international condemnation. It happened after pro-Russian forces seized Ukrainian bases in Crimea and then held a referendum.
Other EU sanctions target top Russian officials over the Ukraine insurgency.
Crimea has a Russian-speaking majority, but the referendum organised by the new authorities there was deemed illegal by the West.
After the Crimea annexation, in April 2014 pro-Russian insurgents seized power in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine. The EU, US and some other countries then ratcheted up their sanctions against Russia.
After the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 Russia retained control of the important Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol. But Ukraine had control of the rest of Crimea until the 2014 crisis.
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Research suggesting the chief executives of Britain's largest companies will have earned more by the end of Tuesday, than most of us earn in a year, may boil down to something of an accounting gimmick from the High Pay Centre, but it has touched a nerve.

Many people have taken to social media to complain that executives are being overpaid.
And it's not that hard to see why. The High Pay Centre's research suggests the average FTSE 100 chief executive is paid £4.96m a year.
According to Tim Bush, from Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (Pirc), that's 180 times more than the average UK employee earns in a year.
But how do you decide how much a chief executive deserves or needs to be paid?
There is plenty of evidence that the public perception of executive pay is that it is still way above where it should be.
Just last month, the  Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) published research that suggested more than half  of UK employees believed high levels of chief executive pay demotivated them at work and was bad for the reputation of UK firms.
The most popular justification for high pay has always been the need to pay a competitive rate to get the best in the business.
So, most FTSE 100 companies will benchmark the basic salary of their chief executive against the basic pay of other executives within the same industry.
But it is not always obvious which companies are directly comparable, which means benchmarking is not a straightforward job.
Executives' basic salaries can range between £500,000 and £1.5m. But it is through the top-ups, or long-term incentives and bonuses that company bosses make their real money.
Executives in the oil industry tend to be the best paid even compared with bosses in the banking sector, according to Oliver Parry, senior corporate governance adviser at the Institute of Directors (IOD).
Tim Bush from Pirc says remuneration committees can be open to a certain amount of manipulation.
As long as there is only a handful of people perceived as qualified to do a job, he suggests, it is quite easy to keep salaries elevated.
The tendency of remuneration committees to rely heavily on headhunters also helps ensure that many listed companies hire senior executives from a small pool of individuals.
The only way to address the problem, according to Pirc, is "open advertising" of senior roles, something it is very keen to see more of at board level.
Another trend is trying to align the interests of directors with the interest of shareholders, which Mr Bush says is "superficially compelling but, in detail, isn't".
The idea is that if you link pay and bonuses to the company's share price, the executive will put his or her shoulder to the wheel.
The problem, says Mr Bush, is that directors are taking little, or no, risk, as they aren't investing their own money.
More importantly, it often works as a one-way bet, he says. If the share price rises the boss benefits too.
But in bad times there is a trend to try to decouple pay and the share price, which Mr Bush suggests is "CEOs wanting to have it both ways".
He says the oil industry has been among the first to develop this "fair-weather element" to pay.
While the oil price was high, he says, executives tended to stay quiet, but now the market has turned and the oil price fallen by two thirds, Mr Bush says there is some evidence of directors wanting to move away from shareholder alignment.
Chief executives of publicly-listed companies now face greater scrutiny than ever before.
Firms, for example, are now obliged by law to publish a single remuneration figure for their chief executive in their annual reports.
"What that means is that a shareholder should be able to go to a page in the company's annual report and see how much the CEO gets paid as a basic salary, cash bonus, pension and shares and how much in total that came to," says Mr Parry of the IOD.
And shareholders can now vote down the pay packages of chief executives, though this has, by Mr Parry's own admission, been a bit hit and miss up to now, there have been cases where it's had bite.
Christopher Bailey, the chief executive of fashion retailer Burberry, found his pay package of £1.1m plus £440,000 cash allowance and shares award worth £15m, became the subject of a shareholder revolt in 2014 - although the shareholder vote was non-binding and his pay package was voted through in the end - with 52% of shareholders voting against Burberry's remuneration policy that year.
And in December 2014, oil and gas giant BG Group revised a proposed pay package for its incoming chief executive, Helge Lund, after a shareholder revolt over his £12m upfront shares bonus.
Mr Parry thinks institutional shareholders will start to exercise these kinds of powers more on behalf of the people they represent, which is most of us who have a private pension.
And he argues the changes that have already been introduced, together with shareholders flexing a bit more muscle, should be sufficient to keep excessive pay in check.
For some, this doesn't go far enough. Prem Sikka, professor of accounting at the University of Essex, believes a wider group of people should have a say on pay, not just directors on "remuneration committees" or shareholders, but others who have a different kind of stake in the company.
"We know we live in a world where profit matters, but the weight to which we attach profit could be diluted.
"Get employees and customers to vote on executive remuneration. If they are treating people well, all well and good."
Of course, there are alternatives.
For US technology entrepreneur Dan Price, it was a simply conversation with one of his employees that convinced him to announce in April 2015 that he was slashing his $1.1m annual salary by 90% to help pay for an increase to the average annual salary of his staff to $70,000. It made international headlines.
It won him a great deal of applause from his colleagues and morale is reportedly high.
The day a FTSE 100 chief executive follows his example, that will be big news.


A motorist was finally stopped by police after driving on a provisional licence for more than 40 years.

Motorway police stopped the driver at junction five of the M5 at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire on Thursday.
The motorist had two grandchildren, his daughter and wife in the vehicle, which was seized by police.
The Central Motorway Police Group officer involved tweeted that the man had been driving longer than the officer had been alive.


A bid to secure £1bn of funding for Edinburgh and the south east of Scotland has won the backing of almost 100 businesses.

BT, Edinburgh International Conference Centre and Apex Hotels are among firms supporting the City Region deal.
The six councils behind the bid claim it will lead to more jobs and improve infrastructure across the Lothians, Fife and the Borders.
It will now be submitted to the UK and Scottish governments.
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, Marketing Edinburgh and universities and colleges in the region have also leant their support to the deal.
It is being led by East Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian councils.
If the bid is successful, they hope to build new housing, generate jobs and improve connectivity through transport links and the internet.
They believe it could also generate an additional £3.2bn worth of private sector investment.
Andrew Burns, the leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, said: "I am delighted that we have now reached this key milestone and look forward to discussing our proposals in more detail with both governments in the coming months.
"In negotiating this deal, we want to build on our key sector strengths of knowledge, culture and technology."
He added: "Our ambition is to achieve a step change in economic performance for the economies of the region, Scotland and the UK and we are delighted that to date almost 100 businesses have registered their support.
"In addition to this the academic community in the region are also on board. The joint working of public, private and the third sector is crucial to the success of this deal."


World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will not fight again until next year, says his trainer and uncle Peter Fury.

It comes after promoter Eddie Hearn said Fury would not return to the ring after he withdrew from a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko because of reported mental health issues.
The trainer told Bayloric TV Boxing that the 28-year-old Briton "is dealing with some issues" but "will be back".
Fury was due to fight Klitschko on 29 October but withdrew for a second time.
He postponed the original rematch against the Ukrainian, which was scheduled for July and has been given 10 days by the World Boxing Organisation to provide detailed reasons for his withdrawal.
"I don't want to see him set foot in that ring until I see 100% Tyson Fury back mentally and physically - until that, the best place is at home," Peter Fury said.
Hearn, the promoter of rival British world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, said Fury will quit after being stripped of his titles due to his withdrawal from the Klitschko rematch.
But Peter Fury said: "It is a long way from happening. I think Tyson will be fine and will be back.
"Eddie is now a promoter, a doctor, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, all rolled into one - and now a Team Fury member as well because he knows Tyson so well.
"You have got to be all of those things rolled into one to make comments like that and for them to be remotely true.
Asked when the boxer would return, he said: "It certainly won't be this year, it will probably be early next year. He will be back."
The trainer also said:
In November, Fury beat Klitschko on points in Germany - the 40-year-old's first loss since 2004 - to gain the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles, American Deontay Wilder holding the WBC belt.
Within two weeks Fury was stripped of the IBF title because he was unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov - and that belt is now held by Joshua.


A ban on sympathy strikes by unions not directly involved in a dispute would be repealed under a Labour government, the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn has said.

It was suggested to him, on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, that the current action by junior doctors would be more effective if the ban was ended.
"Sympathy action is legal in most other countries, it should also be legal here," Mr Corbyn said.
The Tories said the remarks show Labour is a "threat" to economic security.
Asked if he would end the ban on secondary strike action - also known as solidarity action - brought in by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in 1990, Mr Corbyn said: "Yes, of course".
He added: "Nobody willingly goes on strike. They go on strike as an ultimate weapon... So let's look at the causes of people being upset rather than the symptoms."
Reaction to Sunday's political interviews
Mr Corbyn also did not rule out allowing the return of flying pickets - where workers travels to support others' action - which were first used in the coal disputes of the 1970s.
He said: "It was merely people moving around showing support during a very difficult industrial dispute."
Referring to the walkout by junior doctors in their dispute with the government about a new contract, Mr Corbyn said they "would be better served if we had a health secretary who was prepared to get involved, meet them and look for a solution".
There were calls for the laws on secondary strikes to be repealed in 2005 while Labour was in power, amid action by baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport in support of sacked staff at the catering firm Gate Gourmet. However, the government then ruled out the prospect of lifting the ban.
The issue re-emerged three years later but then Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there would be "no return" to past laws.


A new family of caecilians, the most enigmatic branch of the amphibians, has been discovered in northeastern India.

The animals, which at first glance resemble worms, live in forest soil and are most closely related to an African group of caecilians.
The females incubate their young for several months without eating.
Writing in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, the scientists say the animals may be threatened by population growth and slash-and-burn agriculture.
Caecilians are very hard to spot as they live either underground or under leaf litter that lies on the soil.
The new discovery was the result of about 250 soil-digging expeditions over five years that covered every northeast Indian state.
"Caecilians are the most cryptic group of animals, and it's not possible to identify whether it's a new species or genus or family just after collecting it," said SD Biju from the University of Delhi, who led the project.
"We studied the molecules (DNA) and the morphology, both internal and external, to identify the species," he told BBC News.
When the analysis was complete, the researchers found they had not only a new species on their hands, but the first representative of a hitherto unknown family.
Amphibians videos, news and facts: BBC Nature
This is the 10th caecilian family to be identified, and the team named it Chikilidae, derived from the name used in the local Garo tongue.
DNA evidence suggests the family split from its closest African relatives more than 140 million years ago, when the ancient super-continent of Gondwana fragmented, separating present-day India and Africa.
Unlike the familar frogs and salamanders, caecilians are limbless and smooth.
Their eyesight is very limited and their skulls adapted for burrowing.
Reproduction and rearing of the young are varied. The most unusual known example is a species where the babies eat the mother's skin, which she sheds for the purpose.
Chikilidae'shabits are not quite so spectacular, though the mothers stay wrapped around their developing eggs for 2-3 months at a time, apparently not eating at all during this period.
Although Chikilidae turned up in about a quarter of the survey sites and so might be quite abundant, Prof Biju believes its future is not assured.
"We found them not only in the forest area but also very close to human settlement," he said.
"So conservation of this group is extremely challenging."
Some of the animals have reportedly been killed by villagers who mistook them for poisonous snakes. In fact, they carry no venom.
One positive point for the new discoveries is that the region seems to be free of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has devastated amphibian populations in many parts of the world.
Globally, amphibians are the most threatened group of animals, with about 40% of species on the internationally-recognised Red List.
But new discoveries are regularly made, though most come from rarely-visited regions of rainforest rather than quite densely-populated areas.
Prof Biju has been involved in discovering scores of other new amphibian species in India, where he has been dubbed "FrogMan".
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A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 31 people.

Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge as it came down shortly after take-off from a Taipei airport.
The plane, carrying 58 people, broke up as it plunged into Taipei's Keelung River. The fuselage was later salvaged by crane.
There were 15 survivors pulled from the wreckage but 12 people remain missing.
Television footage showed some passengers wading clear of the sunken wreckage and a toddler being pulled out alive by rescuers.
Emergency teams cut open the plane while it was in the water but were unable to reach the passengers trapped in the front section of the fuselage.
As night fell, a crane was used to lift the wreckage on to the bank. The death toll was expected to rise as rescue teams searched the fuselage and the river for the 12 missing passengers.
"At the moment, things don't look too optimistic," Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei fire department official coordinating the rescue effort told reporters.
The ATR-72 turbo-prop plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was heading to the Kinmen islands, just off the coast of the south-eastern Chinese city of Xiamen.
It is the second TransAsia ATR-72 to crash in seven months, following an accident last July which killed 48 people and injured 15.
The final communication from the pilots to air traffic control was "Mayday, mayday, engine flame out", according to a recording played on local media. The recording was not immediately verified by aviation officials.
Yet again, we are looking at shocking pictures of a plane crash. You'd be forgiven for thinking that flying is getting more dangerous, but it's not. In fact, when you look at the number of crashes and fatalities compared to the huge number of people flying today, we are in a golden era of aircraft safety.
According to safety analysts Ascend, 2014 was narrowly the safest year ever, with one fatal accident per 2.38 million flights, compared to every 1.91 million flights in 2013. That does not include the loss of the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, where 298 people died, which they count as a war loss rather than an accident.
Nearly a thousand people died in 2014, which is 700 more than the year before. Horrible numbers but compare that to the worst year, 1972, when 2,370 passengers were killed. There was far less flying then, maybe a quarter of what there is today.
Nothing is ever without risk, but the chances of dying in an aircraft "accident" are lower than ever.
Flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:55 local time (02:55 GMT).
Footage of the plane filmed from inside passing cars showed it banking sharply, hitting a taxi and clipping the bridge before crashing into the river.
"I saw a taxi, probably just metres ahead of me, being hit by one wing of the plane," an eyewitness told local media.
"The plane was huge and really close to me. I'm still trembling."
TV footage showed rescuers standing on the tail section of the broken wreckage trying to pull passengers out of the plane with ropes.
One Taiwanese father told reporters he managed to rescue his wife before noticing his two-year-old son was still trapped underwater. The boy was later rescued but is believed to be in critical condition.
The majority of the plane, including the front section of the fuselage and the wings, was submerged after it plunged into the Keelung River.
Jaime Molloy, an English teacher who has lived in Taipei for three-and-a-half years and works near the scene of the crash, told the BBC: "The most disturbing scenes I saw were the debris, which included carry-on luggage and personal effects, as well as parts of the plane."
TransAsia said it had contacted relatives of all the 22 Taiwanese passengers on board and was attempting to reach relatives of the Chinese nationals.
Among the 15 injured, there were 11 from Taiwan, three from China and one member of the crew. The airline said that one injured passenger had already been discharged from hospital.
The BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei says the Chinese tourists could have been on their way home as many people come to Taiwan through Kinmen island.
TransAsia chief Chen Xinde offered a "deep apology" in a televised news conference, but said his planes had been "under thorough scrutiny" since mid-2014.
"Both our planes and our flight safety system are following strict regulations, so we also want to know what caused the new plane model to crash, but I don't want to speculate," he said.
The plane's flight data recorders, also known as black boxes, have been recovered.


A Cheshire council leader has called on the government to devolve a greater range of powers to the county.

BBC News understands healthcare, policing and education could feature on Michael Jones's list of requests.
The Conservative leader of Cheshire East Council said: "This is localism first, smaller government and an end to faceless... central government making decisions for us."
Warrington Borough Council Leader Terry O'Neill said the idea was "premature".
In a speech to Cheshire East councillors on Wednesday, Mr Jones said: "I relish the opportunity for smaller central government, a greater involvement in decision-making at a local level.
"I believe we in Cheshire know what is best for Cheshire and that we should have the resources and power to determine where our money goes locally."
He said he would hold meetings with his counterparts at the two Labour-run authorities - Warrington and Cheshire West & Chester Council.
They will be asked about the possibility of an elected mayor covering all three areas, accompanied by a combined authority which would assume responsibility for the devolved powers.
Such an arrangement currently exists in areas like Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
Mr Jones previously caused controversy when he suggested Cheshire should be reunified, with one council covering the entire county, as was the case before 2009.
However, he has stressed that a devolution deal could be done "without boundary changes".
Mr O'Neill said: "The comments from Cheshire East's leader are premature - we have asked for further information and guidance from the government on the potential offer of devolution."


England's record wicket-taker James Anderson had a key role as Lancashire triggered a Somerset collapse to claim their first win of the season.

Having bowled out Lancashire for 467, to set a target of 295 to win, Somerset looked in contention on 78-2.
But Anderson struck twice in 10 balls to remove ex-England team-mates Marcus Trescothick (36) and Steven Davies.
Ryan McLaren (4-37) and Jordan Clark (3-12) ensured Somerset were then shot out for 130 to lose by 164 runs.
After being bowled out in their first innings for 109, before allowing Somerset to open up a first-innings lead of 169, Lancashire's hopes of getting anything other than three bonus points from the game looked grim when they fell to 23-2 second time around midway through day two.
But a 245-run third-wicket stand between stand-in skipper Liam Livingstone and wicketkeeper Alex Davies at least gave them something to bowl at.
And, after lunching on 29-0, seven wickets went down for 78 runs in the afternoon session, including the key wicket of James Hildreth - lbw to McLaren for 43 -  to set up victory.
Sparked by Anderson's brilliant spell, only Hildreth and Trescothick made double figures as Somerset, coached by native Lancastrian Matt Maynard, suffered a second successive defeat.


Six people have been arrested as part of a corruption inquiry over Rome city hall contracts, prompting a protest against centre-left Mayor Ignazio Marino.

Among those arrested was a senior official from the cultural agency that looks after archaeological sites in Rome.
Opposition protesters from the anti-establishment Five Star movement called on the mayor to step down.
Mr Marino swiftly rejected their calls.
An estimated 100 people are being investigated as part of the "Mafia Capital" inquiry into allegations that elected officials and business figures were part of a crime syndicate targeting Rome contracts.
The latest six arrests come after 44 people were detained last week on suspicion of links to Massimo Carminati, a one-eyed alleged gangster detained late last year on suspicion of running the syndicate. He is also a former member of an outlawed far-right group.
One of the key contracts being investigated is the restoration of the Julius Caesar assembly hall, where Rome councillors meet on Capitoline Hill.
That was inaugurated in 2010 by former Mayor Gianni Alemanno, who has himself been detained as part of the inquiry.
The corruption inquiry is also looking into alleged rigging of public contracts for the setting up of migrant reception centres, which has become a highly lucrative source of income because of the Mediterranean boat crisis.
Tuesday's developments prompted a crowd of protesters to gather outside city hall, calling for the current Mayor, Ignazio Marino, to stand down.
A centre-left colleague of Mr Marino did resign and some opposition figures said the entire council should be dissolved.
Organised crime continues to affect cities across Italy and when Sergio Mattarella became president earlier this year he singled it out as a "pervasive cancer" and an absolute priority.


West Ham's FA Cup quarter-final replay with Manchester United at Upton Park will kick off at 19:00 BST on Wednesday, 13 April.

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The game will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 5 live.
The winners will face Everton in the last four, with the semi-finals taking place at Wembley on 23 and 24 April.
Manchester United forced a replay when Anthony Martial's 83rd-minute strike cancelled out Dimitri Payet's 68th-minute opener for the Hammers.
Crystal Palace and Watford meet in the other semi-final.


A man who died after falling while rock climbing on a cliff face in Gwynedd has been named as Keith William Waddell.

Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team were called to Craig Bwlch Y Moch, Tremadog, at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday after the 50-year-old fell.
A rescue helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey and paramedics were also sent to assist but Mr Waddell, from Leeds, was dead on arrival.
The coroner is investigating and there will be an inquest in due course.


Scots buy junk food containing 110 tonnes of sugar a day on special offer deals, Cancer Research UK has said.

The charity said that equated to 4.3 million chocolate bars or three million cans of cola.
It has called for new laws to limit promotions of sugar-rich junk food, which it said accounted for about 40% of food expenditure in Scottish homes.
The Scottish government said it was engaging with retailers on action to offer healthier choices.
The UK government's department of health described current advertising restrictions on junk food as "among the toughest in the world".
Cancer Research UK said Scotland was in the grip of an obesity epidemic and that 13 types of cancer, including bowel, breast and pancreatic, were linked to a person's weight.
The charity had publicised figures in March which showed that a third of Scots ate confectionary at least once a day.
It has now warned that more than half of regular soft drinks (54%) and confectionery (51%) bought were on offer, while 48% of puddings and desserts, 46% of biscuits and 38% of cakes and pastries purchased were also sold at a discounted price.
Over the course of a year, the charity said that Scots bought cut-price soft drinks containing 13,672 tonnes of sugar and sweets containing 12,336 tonnes.
When biscuits, cakes, pastries and puddings were included, the overall total increased to about 39,700 tonnes, Cancer Research UK calculated - the equivalent of about 760 tonnes a week or 109 tonnes a day.
According to the latest figures, about 65% of Scottish adults are overweight while 28% of children were termed as overweight or obese.
54% Regular soft drinks
51% Confectionery
48% Puddings and desserts
46% Biscuits
The charity's prevention expert, Prof Linda Bauld, who is based at the University of Stirling, said: "Obesity is the unpalatable cost of the cheap deals routinely served up in our shops.
"It leaves a bad taste to know such an enormous amount of discounted sugar is lining our stomachs and weighing so heavily on the nation's health."
Prof Bauld, who said following the publication of the figures in March that the Scottish government "can and must do more" has reiterated her call for urgent action to prevent thousands of cancers in future.
She said: "When it publishes its obesity strategy, the Scottish government has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to introduce measures that will have a profound impact on our lives.
"We know that less healthy foods and drinks are more likely to be bought on promotion than healthier foods and anyone who regularly navigates the aisles knows how hard offers on junk food are to resist."
Obesity Action Scotland said it was "sobering to learn that price promotions are luring Scots to consume so much sugary junk food every day".
A spokeswoman added: "As 65% of Scots are overweight or obese, any action to improve our diets is urgently needed."
The Scottish government said tackling obesity was a top priority and that they were "absolutely committed" to reducing the deeply ingrained health inequalities that persisted in Scotland.
A government spokeswoman said: "The Scottish government continues to engage with the food and drink industry on action to offer healthier choices, including rebalancing promotions and reducing added sugar.
"We recognise the need to shift the emphasis from dealing with the consequences of a poor diet to tackling the underlying causes, which is why we have consistently called on the UK government to ban junk food advertising before the 9pm watershed, a move we believe would greatly reduce children's exposure to the marketing of unhealthy food and drink."
A Department of Health spokeswoman added: "Current advertising restrictions in the UK on junk food are among the toughest in the world, including a ban on advertising junk food in children's media.
"We are absolutely committed to tackling childhood obesity and supporting people to make healthy choices.
"Over the past year we have made substantial progress; introducing a world-leading soft drinks industry levy, and publishing sugar reduction targets that aim to cut 20% of the sugar people consume from popular food products by 2020.
"In addition, many leading household brands have announced they are lowering, or have already lowered, the amount of sugar in their products."
The Scottish Retail Consortium said that, overall, the number of products being promoted by stores was falling in response to customer demands for simpler pricing.
Director David Lonsdale added: "Retailers will continue their efforts to give customers healthier choices, and we do not oppose proportionate measures from government which encourage that.
"However, any measures need to engage with the whole food and drink industry to create a level playing field, so that consumers have the same healthy options and information regardless of where they buy or indeed consume their food."


Key quotes from high-profile European and other figures on Britain's vote to leave the EU, as compiled by BBC Monitoring between 8 and 14 September.

"We respect and at the same time regret the UK decision, but the European Union as such is not at risk. We would be happy if the request for Brexit could happen as quickly as possible, so we can take the specific steps that need to be taken, and so that relations with the UK, which must remain on a friendly basis, can take on a new shape. And that means that only those can have unlimited access to the internal market who accept that there will be free access for persons and goods. There can be no a la carte access to the single market."  (State of the union debate to the European Parliament on 14 September, European Parliament website)
"We Europeans can never accept Polish workers being harassed, beaten up or even murdered on the streets of Essex. The free movement of workers is as much a common European value as our fight against discrimination and racism." (State of the union address to the European Parliament on 14 September, European Parliament website)
"Brexit is not a liability. I see it more as an opportunity... Our duty, our responsibility is to make Brexit a success for Europe, for all the citizens of Europe. And it is a possibility to end the dramatic complexity of our institutions. Brexit is not a matter of punishment, it's not a matter of revenge." (State of the union debate to the European Parliament on 14 September, via Reuters)
"[The European Parliament would] have to give consent to the agreement as stated in Article 50 so it's wise the parliament is involved from the start of this process. I want the UK to trigger Article 50 as soon as possible, so we can finalise these negotiations by 2019. I can't imagine we start the next legislative cycle without agreement over UK withdrawal." (Speaking to journalists in Strasbourg on 13 September)
"It would be a fatal error to assume that the negative result in the UK referendum represents a specifically British issue... The Brexit vote is a desperate attempt to answer the questions that millions of Europeans ask themselves daily. Questions about the guarantees of security of the citizens and their territory, questions about the protection of their interests, cultural heritage and way of life. These are questions we would have to face even if the UK had voted to remain." (Invitation letter for the EU's Bratislava summit, seen by AFP, via Yahoo)
"France wants the indecision to end and for the negotiations, the discussions to start at the end of the year or the start of next by triggering Article 50." (Speaking to cabinet, AFP, via Le Figaro, 14 September)
"We need to be extremely careful that the side that is leaving doesn't get particular competitive advantages on its way out. We all want a peaceful divorce, but in this situation only one side wants to part ways, so then we need to protect our own interests." (Speaking to Bloomberg, 11 September)
"[Italy's] first message is certainty is required, and the second is that it is necessary to take care of the EU, of its internal cohesion, of its interests. Not just the interests of the 27, but also a fundamental interest of the 28th country are at stake." (Speaking ahead of a meeting with British counterpart Boris Johnson, via Ansa)
"For many months now, we've been trying to get the EU to reform itself. We want to make use of Brexit discussions as an opportunity for that. Brexit isn't just about a breakup between the UK and the EU; it's also about a debate on the UK's new status towards Europe. The EU must be reformed, because Brexit isn't just a whim of the British. The EU is also much to blame." (Speaking on Polish TV broadcaster TVN, via Radio Poland, 8 September)
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Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has returned to the airwaves on Radio X - the new name for Xfm.

He launched the Radio X breakfast show by trying to dispel the notion that the station was aimed at men, and opened with Girls Aloud's Love Machine.
Radio X originally promised to be the "first truly male-focused" station. But Moyles told listeners it was "not a radio version of a Yorkie bar".
It is the DJ's first radio job since he left Radio 1 in 2012 after 15 years.
"If you've read about Radio X being a radio station being for men only, that is rubbish," he said. "Nobody agrees with this except for the one person who put it in the press release."
Moyles did not play his first song until almost half an hour into the show, and was later joined on air by ex-Oasis star Noel Gallagher.
Some fans complained that the Radio X website was struggling to cope with the numbers of listeners trying to tune in online.
He began his Radio X debut with the words: "Hello again Great Britain. Right, this is a bit weird isn't it... Welcome to a brand new radio station.
"I've been waiting for three years for this place, sitting on my backside doing nothing, watching Judge Rinder, or whatever it's called, and now I'm back on the radio. That's right, the money finally ran out.
"And what better place for my comeback than a brand new radio station that I can play with and do whatever I want. Which isn't entirely true."
He continued: "The last time I started a breakfast show I was 29. I'm 41 now. How the hell did that happen?
"I'm Chris and I'll be your host and guide through the next week, few weeks, month, few months, and let's just leave it there and see how we get on."
The show sees Moyles go head-to-head with his successor on BBC Radio 1's breakfast show, Nick Grimshaw.
Moyles attracted eight million listeners at the peak of his Radio 1 show. Grimshaw currently attracts an audience of about 5.8 million.
Vernon Kay, Johnny Vaughan and the Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson also have their own shows on Radio X.
When it was announced that Xfm would be revamped, Radio X promised to play the "best fresh rock and guitar-based music across the UK" and be the "first truly male-focused" station, targeted at 25-44 year olds.


Liverpool's Serbia forward Lazar Markovic has joined Hull on loan for the remainder of the season.

The 22-year-old, who signed from Benfica for £20m in 2014, agreed a loan with Sporting Lisbon for this season but it was cancelled by mutual consent.
Markovic made 20 appearances on loan at Fenerbahce last season and played 14 times for Sporting, scoring twice.
Hull manager Marco Silva managed Estoril in Portugal during Markovic's one season with Benfica.


On 8 June voters across Yorkshire will go to the polls to choose MPs to represent their constituencies.

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