The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is being remembered at a number of a special events, including one in the ship's birthplace Belfast.

A memorial service for the 1,500 people who died was held at the North Atlantic wreck site on cruise ship MS Balmoral, which is retracing the Titanic's route.
A minute's silence was held and wreaths were cast into the sea at the moment the Titanic sank.
And a plaque featuring the names of those who died was unveiled in Belfast.
The ship, which at the time was the largest vessel in the world, was built in the city.
The plaque, in the Titanic Memorial Garden, lists the names of those who died in alphabetical order.
By Chris BucklerBBC News on MS Balmoral
In the middle of the Atlantic a ship's whistle sounded to mark exactly 100 years since the Titanic struck an iceberg.
At that moment passengers stood in silence on the decks all around the MS Balmoral looking out into the darkness.
Hundreds of miles from land some imagined the despair they would have felt being lowered into the sea in a lifeboat. Others thought of their relatives who had drowned here a century earlier.
After the excitement of the departure and earlier days at sea, the ship seemed eerily quiet.
In the cold of the north Atlantic one person described the atmosphere as "almost ghostly".
The Balmoral had traced the route of the Titanic from Southampton to the spot where the ship sank. There it was met by another vessel that had travelled from New York, the destination Titanic never reached.
The ships sat side-by-side thousands of metres above the wreckage, allowing passengers to pay tribute at what some relatives regard as a grave site.
Thousands attended or listened to the Belfast service, which was held at the city hall.
Una Reilly, head of the local Titanic Society, said: "We are all proud of this ship. What happened was a disaster, she was not."
And a memorial service was held in Southampton, from where the ship set sail five days before its sinking.
The anniversary has been marked in a number of services across the UK.
Earlier, on the Balmoral, passengers and crew members listened in silence as the names were read out of those who died when the liner sank on its maiden voyage.
Jane Allen's great-uncle, Thomas Pears, was one of those who died.
Explaining the emotions she felt during the service, she told the BBC: "It was just so eerily quiet.
"And then you look down over the side of the ship and you realise that every man and woman who was not fortunate enough to get into a lifeboat had to make that decision of when to jump or to stay with the ship, until the lights went out.
"And when the lights went out it must have been horrendous. We witnessed that tonight."
Melinda Norris, whose relative Charles Lightoller was a surviving crew member, said: "You still get a chill just looking at that water, imagining you have to go into it.
"We've been listening to the names of the 1,500 people who died.
"It's just an unimaginable amount of suffering took place here, so it's surreal to be here."
Richard Hyman's great-grandfather was also on board Titanic and lived to tell the tale.
Mr Hyman said: "You imagine it's pitch black, freezing cold, nothing is anywhere near you other than an iceberg.
"The fear that must have been with all those people who were either stuck on the ship or in a lifeboat, not knowing whether they were going to survive or not.
"And people did freeze to death as well, even though they'd survived the disaster."
Another cruise ship, Azamara Journey, which has travelled from New York, also held a service at the site of the disaster, which occurred 400 miles (640km) off the coast of Newfoundland.
The sinking is also being remembered in other parts of the globe including New York, which had been the Titanic's intended destination.
About 1,300 passengers, ranging from millionaires to poor emigrants, and about 900 crew were on board the Titanic when it sank on its maiden voyage.
The ship left Southampton on 10 April 1912. It headed to Cherbourg in France and Queenstown - now Cobh - in the Irish Republic before heading for New York.
The ship hit an iceberg at 23:40 (Ship's Time) on 14 April 1912, and sank two-and-a-half hours later.


As a coalition of forces try to retake Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS), the battle is expected to be the hardest so far against the militants in Iraq.

It is the latest in a series of offensives to recapture territory taken by the jihadists since they burst onto the scene in mid-2014. Here is how IS has lost other key battles in Syria and Iraq:
Kobane, Syria
When: 22 September 2014-26 January 2015 (four months)
Significance: The battle of Kobane (aka Ain al-Arab) on the Syrian border with Turkey was highly symbolic for IS because it was the group's first real test in combat. Many jihadist critics of the group said IS wasted its fighters and weapons.
Who: IS versus US-backed Kurdish fighters (with heavy US air cover)
How: Protracted fighting that extended to urban street combat. IS deployed a large number of suicide bombers, many of whom were foreign fighters.
Aftermath: Heavy destruction of the city's infrastructure and residential areas (more than 3,200 buildings destroyed, according to the UN), significant displacement of its predominantly Kurdish population, and high numbers of deaths on both sides, especially IS. The jihadist group later tried to play down its defeat by gloating that it had left Kobane in ruins.
Tikrit, Iraq
When: 2 March-1 April 2015 (one month)
Significance: Tikrit is a symbolic Sunni city as the hometown of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and seen in Iraq as a bastion of Sunni power. It was also the site of the Camp Speicher massacre, in which IS summarily killed at least 1,700 young Shia conscripts in June 2014.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces - predominantly the Shia-led Popular Mobilisation forces (PM) supported by Iranian advisers - and US coalition air strikes in second half of the campaign.
How: Although IS put up stiff resistance, the battle for Tikrit was shorter than observers had anticipated. Its recapture by Iraqi forces was helped by the fact that most of the city's residents had left ahead of the battle, which allowed Iraqi forces to bomb IS positions more freely.
Aftermath: Tikrit escaped the level of damage that affected other areas lost by IS. This allowed civilians to return relatively quickly. PM members were accused of reprisal attacks against residents following Tikrit's recapture, which the PM put down to "individual acts".
Baiji, Iraq
When: April-October 2015 (five months)
Significance: Baiji is home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery and lies on a strategic route that leads north to IS's stronghold of Mosul. IS moved into Baiji in April immediately after losing Tikrit.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM) and coalition air cover.
How: As was the case in Kobane, the battle for Baiji was protracted and involved urban warfare, including weeks of IS hit-and-run attacks. Iraqi forces were besieged for several days in parts of the refinery compound. IS threw in lots of suicide bombers, many of them foreign fighters, including British teenager Talha Asmal.
Aftermath: IS pursued a scorched-earth strategy in Baiji, bombing and burning most parts of the oil refinery on its way out. To this day, the refinery has not resumed production.
Ramadi, Iraq
When: 21 December 2015 - January 2016 (one month)
Significance: Ramadi is the capital of Sunni-majority Anbar province in western Iraq. Its swift capture by IS in May 2015 was a major victory for the group and a huge blow to the Iraqi army, which crumbled.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces and Sunni tribal fighters with heavy support of US air strikes. The PM was kept out for fear their involvement might stir sectarian tensions.
How: IS put up fierce resistance. Iraqi forces were slowed down by booby-traps, snipers, suicide bombers and the presence of civilians in the city. Even after Iraqi forces captured its centre, pockets of IS militants remained active, attacking in subsequent weeks.
Aftermath: Ramadi's infrastructure took a strong hit in the fighting. It was estimated that at least 60% of the city lay in ruins. This delayed the return of many residents.
Palmyra, Syria
When: 7-27 March 2016 (three weeks)
Significance: Palmyra (aka Tadmur) in central Syria is home to famous Roman ruins and is a world heritage site. Its capture by IS in May 2015 sparked international fears for its fate. It is also strategically located near oil and gas facilities and key highways.
Who: Syrian army supported by Russian air cover and Shia militias.
How: IS's unimpressive combat performance in Palmyra was perhaps the first in a series of battles that would see the group less determined to hold on to territory. It focused on targeting Syrian army positions based on the outskirts of Palmyra.
Aftermath: After IS was driven out of Palmyra, it was discovered to have suffered less destruction than expected. In fact, save for some temples that IS had blown up, the archaeological site was left mostly intact.
Falluja, Iraq
When: 22 May-26 June 2016 (little over one month)
Significance: Falluja was the longest-held IS city - originally captured in January 2014 - and considered the second-most important IS stronghold in Iraq after Mosul. It was a symbol of Sunni resistance and a hub for Sunni militancy. Falluja was seen as the source of jihadist attacks targeting Baghdad.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM and Sunni tribal fighters) supported by US air cover. Similar to the battle for Mosul, it was agreed that the PM would not enter the city and would only secure its surrounding areas, to avoid sectarian tensions.
How: Although IS fought fiercely in Falluja, it did not hold on to the city for long as had been expected. After Palmyra, Falluja was another example that IS was not going to fight to the death in its strongholds.
Aftermath: Although IS initially banned civilians from leaving to use them as human shields, government-facilitated corridors allowed people to gradually escape. Unlike neighbouring Ramadi, Falluja was spared heavy destruction, which allowed residents to move back soon after IS's expulsion.
Manbij, Syria
When: 31 May-12 August 2016 (two-and-half months)
Significance: Biggest urban area controlled by IS in Syria's northern Aleppo province. The city was also a strategic gateway for IS, linking its areas of control in Syria and Iraq with the Turkish border.
Who: IS versus Kurdish-dominated US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) with heavy US air cover.
How: After putting up stiff resistance for over two months, IS appeared to have weighed its options pragmatically and decided to withdraw, with many militants heading to the nearby IS-held border town of Jarablus. Its withdrawal was soon to be replicated elsewhere in Syria.
Aftermath: Manbij residents were quick to take to the streets celebrating IS's defeat and restored freedoms. In addition to the military defeat, the scenes of celebrations widely shown in the media were a big blow to IS.
Jarablus, Syria
When: 24 August 2016 (14 hours)
Significance: Key town on Syrian-Turkish border.
Who: Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels backed by Turkey.
How: IS militants withdrew hours after coming under heavy fire that included Turkish air strikes. They reportedly headed south towards the IS-held city of al-Bab. IS did not acknowledge its defeat and its supporters struggled to put a positive spin on it.
Aftermath: Syrian rebels took control of the border town which did not suffer much damage in the limited fighting.
Shirqat, Iraq
When: 20-22 September 2016 (48 hours)
Significance: Strategically important because it lies on the route from Baghdad to Mosul.
Who: IS versus Iraqi forces (including PM)
How: Although the battle was a swift victory for Iraqi forces, IS put up stiff resistance that included suicide attacks and raids on army bases and patrols.
Aftermath: Residents soon returned to the town which, like Jarablus in Syria the previous month, had suffered little damage in the fighting.
Dabiq, Syria
When: 15 October 2016 (hours)
Significance: The small northern Syrian town was highly symbolic as it featured heavily in IS propaganda as the prophesied location of an apocalyptic showdown between Muslims and their enemies. IS used its control of Dabiq to support its claim of being the righteous Muslim group to win recruits. It named its flagship magazine Dabiq after the town.
Who: FSA rebels backed by Turkey
How: It is not clear if IS militants put up a fight at all. Although IS made no comment on its remarkably quick loss, it had paved the way for the outcome by explaining it as a prelude to a future end-of-times battle.
Aftermath: Losing Dabiq was a blow for IS, not least in terms of its propaganda.
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A hall of fame celebrating rugby union's past has been officially opened at the sport's birthplace.

The World Rugby Hall of Fame was launched by ex-England and British and Irish Lions captain Bill Beaumont at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Warwickshire.
World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Jonny Wilkinson were among 12 stars inducted in to the "hall".
Members of the public will be able to visit from Friday.
The World Rugby Hall of Fame was established in 2006, and absorbed the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014, but has previously never had a physical home.
The attraction, which honours players and administrators who have enhanced the game through exceptional achievements, features video archive of rugby matches and memorabilia.
The 10 other players inducted in the Hall of Fame were England's Jeremy Guscott and Maggie Alphonsi, Wale's Shane Williams, John Dawes and Arthur Gould, Scotland's GPS Macpherson, Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll, Japan's Daisuke Ohata, Canada's Heather Moyes and Australia's Daniel Carroll.
Players, teams, coaches, media and rugby personalities can all be considered for the hall of fame but they need to have been retired from the game for at least three years and have demonstrated rugby's "core values" to be eligible,
The sport of rugby is said to have been accidentally invented in 1823 after William Webb Ellis, a pupil at a public school in Rugby, caught the ball and started running forward with it.


Jenson Button's Formula 1 future will become clear on Thursday when McLaren announce their driver line-up for 2015 after weeks of wrangling.

The 2009 world champion, 34, has been vying with Kevin Magnussen, 22, for the right to partner Fernando Alonso.
The team plan to make their decision public at a news conference at their Surrey factory on Thursday morning.
Spaniard Alonso, a double world champion, has returned to McLaren after five seasons with Ferrari.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said at the final race of 2014 that a choice between Button and Magnussen would be made on a "clinical and emotionless analysis of the options".
Button, who made his F1 debut in 2000, said at an awards ceremony on Sunday: "It's a strange situation but sometimes in life you find yourself in these situations. You just have to deal with it."
If the Englishman, who finished eighth this season, misses out on a McLaren drive for 2015, his F1 career could be over.
Rival teams have already confirmed their driver line-ups for next year.
Alonso's future was decided some weeks ago but Dennis has vacillated over who to choose as his team-mate.
He had to weigh up the pros and cons of Button's experience and greater performance in 2014 - he scored more than twice as many points as Magnussen - against the Dane's youth and potential.
Financial considerations may also be part of the decision.
Button was earning a salary of £12m in 2014, while Magnussen, in his debut season, was on about £500,000.
The Dane finished 11th in the standings, having taken second place in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
If Button is axed by McLaren, he has an option to move to the FIA World Endurance Championship, a path followed by his friend Mark Webber when he retired from F1 at the end of 2013.
Button, who began his F1 career at Williams, also has a passion for triathlons and could turn his focus in that direction.
McLaren's capture of Alonso was sealed weeks before the end of the 2014 season, but the team were waiting to make a decision on their second driver before announcing the complete line-up.
Alonso left Ferrari after their worst season for 21 years convinced him they were not capable of winning the world championship in the foreseeable future.
The Spaniard believes he has a better chance of success - and a third world title - with McLaren.
The team have had a difficult two seasons but their new engine partnership with Honda and a team restructure, which included the signing of key personnel, helped persuade Alonso to join.
Alonso endured a difficult single season with McLaren in 2007, leaving just one year into a three-year contract.
But his need for a more competitive car and McLaren's desire to sign an A-list driver convinced the two parties to work together again.
Alonso is reputed to have signed a deal worth $40m (£25.5m) a year, which would make him the best-paid driver on the grid.
The contract is believed to be for two years with an option for one more, but Alonso will almost certainly be able to leave at the end of 2015 if McLaren's performance is not up to expectations next season.


Morecambe manager Jim Bentley has taken responsibility for their performance in the 5-2 loss at home to Hartlepool.

The Shrimps are 19th in League Two having lost four of their last five matches, though they remain 13 points clear of the relegation zone.
That run has coincided with chairman and majority shareholder Peter McGuigan placing the club up for sale.
"The players deserve criticism because they're the ones out there," Bentley, 39, told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"But I've got to take it on the chin as it's me that picked the team, it's my team.
"I'll be asking serious questions of myself as I think this is the lowest I've been.
"We're in a poor run of form - we're nearly safe but you can never take anything from granted in football.
"It was a shocking day for us. Terrible in regards to performance but I'm captain of the ship and I've got to be the one who is going to come out and say it as it is, and I've got to look at myself as well."


Police investigating the death of an 86-year-old pedestrian hit by a car in Hampshire are to return to the scene, one week on.

Charles Putz, from New Milton, was hit by a silver Peugeot 306 as he crossed Caird Avenue in the town just before 17:45 GMT on 30 January.
He was taken to hospital but later died.
The driver, a 21-year-old man from Lymington, was not injured. Police are appealing for witnesses.
Sgt Andy Gwyer said officers were keen to speak to any pedestrians or motorists who were in the area, or Ashley Road, or at the Tesco roundabout at the time.


Bake Off presenters Mel and Sue have said they will not be presenting the series anymore, when it moves to Channel 4.

The Great British Bake Off series will be moving to Channel 4, after the BBC lost the contract with the company who make the hit programme.
The show was first broadcast on the BBC six years ago, and since then there have been seven series of the show.
Mel and Sue have been the main presenters for all seven series of the popular baking show.
They said: "We were very shocked and saddened to learn yesterday evening that Bake Off will be moving from its home. We made no secret of our desire for the show to remain where it was."
Love Productions who make the series have said: "We would like to thank Mel and Sue for bringing their own unique humour to the tent over the past years and we respect their decision not to be part of the Bake Off team on Channel 4."
It is unknown whether judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood will also be leaving.
However this news means that there will be brand new presenters when the series starts again on Channel 4.


Chelsea can keep improving after winning the Premier League title and will try to retain their best players, says manager Antonio Conte.

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The Blues became champions of England for a sixth time with a 1-0 victory over West Brom on Friday.
Conte, 47, has been linked with the vacant Inter Milan job, while there is speculation over the future of striker Diego Costa and playmaker Eden Hazard.
"If you can continue with these players you can improve a lot," said Conte.
The former Juventus and Italy boss led Chelsea, who finished 10th last year, to the title in his first season in charge.
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Reports in Italy suggest Chinese-backed Serie A club Inter are prepared to offer Conte £250,000 a week if he leaves Stamford Bridge one season into a three-year deal.
The Italian said he and his squad had only "started to do our work".
"Now they know my idea, I know them, the characteristics of my players, and we can improve," he added.
Belgium international Hazard, 26, has been linked with Real Madrid, while Spain forward Costa, 28, was left out of a game at Leicester in January after a disagreement with a fitness coach, amid widespread reports of interest from Chinese clubs.
"The club want to fight to win every competition - we have the same ambition," said Conte.
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"For this reason we try to keep the best players."
Chelsea have two Premier League fixtures remaining - against Watford and Sunderland - before facing Arsenal in the FA Cup final at Wembley on 27 May.
Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright: "The way he has got players playing, Victor Moses, Willian etc is incredible - he's kept the whole squad happy.
"There's been no red cards, discipline has been very good, and the amount of consistency through not changing players so often has kept the players together.
"Conte has also got that assured calmness - not so much on the pitch but behind the scenes."
Former England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer: "Antonio Conte's passion and enthusiasm has filtered down to all his players all season.
"The big change was the shift in the system after they lost to Liverpool and were beaten 3-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates. They were playing four at the back and it wasn't working at all so he had to do something.
"They went to a back three, changed a couple of players, and then won 13 games on the spin, which was an incredible turnaround for a team that had struggled.
"They've certainly benefited without being in Europe by making only 38 line-up changes, the fewest in the league, so they've used that to their advantage.
"There is a case for mentioning all their players but I've got to pick out Cesar Azpilicueta, who has played every minute of every league game and turned in an eight or nine out of 10 performance every time."


Concerns have been raised about the availability of the psychoactive substance Mamba in Wrexham.

Criminal lawyer Emma Simoes told magistrates there was "a big problem" in the area as she defended a man who admitted being under its influence on three occasions in the town centre.
A blanket ban on so-called legal highs came into force in the UK last May.
Carl Williams, 44, admitted breaching a town centre public spaces protection order to curb anti-social behaviour.
The legal order, which gives police and council officials powers to disperse anyone causing a nuisance in Wrexham town centre, was imposed last August.
Magistrates fined him Â£90 with a further Â£100 fine for two offences of failing to turn up in court.
Miss Simoes said: "There is a big problem with Mamba, especially in the Wrexham area."
North Wales Police has been asked to comment.


Scientists have developed a medical dressing that 'lights up' when a burn is infected.

It could be lifesaving in young children with serious burns in whom infections can rapidly become fatal, the Bath researchers said.
A prototype dressing, which glows under UV light when it detects harmful bacteria, is featured on BBC science show Bang Goes the Theory.
But trials in humans are still some years away.
Fast diagnosis of infection in children with burns, such as those caused by scalds from hot drinks, is a big problem for clinicians, the researchers said.
Current tests for an infected wound can take up to a couple of days but children - especially those of pre-school age - are particularly at risk from the effects of infection due to their relatively poor immunity.
They can quickly develop a condition called toxic shock syndrome, which if left untreated can be fatal in half of cases.
The dressing developed by scientists at the University of Bath uses nanocapsules containing a dye that burst open in the presence of disease-causing bacteria.
Using a UV light, doctors can quickly check whether there is infection by seeing if the dressing glows.
The nanocapsules are activated when they come into contact with toxins produced by harmful bacteria, so do not release the dye in response to normal bacteria that live on the skin.
So far the dressing has been tested on skin samples in the laboratory.
Dr Toby Jenkins, reader in Biophysical Chemistry at Bath, and project lead said about 5,000 children a year in England and Wales are treated in hospital for burns.
"The big problem for clinicians is the fast diagnosis of infection. Current methods take between 24 and 48 hours to get an answer as to whether the wound is infected.
"However, our burns dressing gives a simple colour change under UV light if a pathogenic, disease-causing bacteria is present in the burn, meaning clinicians can be alerted quickly to a potential infection."
Dr Amber Young, consultant paediatric anaesthetist at the South West Paediatric Burns Centre at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol and clinical adviser to the project said when a child with a small burn develops a high temperature there is no easy way of knowing if the child has a serious bacterial infection, or simply a cough or cold.
"We currently have to remove the dressing to test for infection, which may result in slower healing and potentially life-long scarring and is very distressing for the child.
"This new dressing will mean we will be able to detect the early signs of infection so we can diagnose and treat the child quickly."
Prof Sheila MacNeil, from Sheffield University, said the technology was based on two clever concepts - that it only reacts in the presence of life-threatening bacteria and that the florescent dye only shows up once the nanocapsules have burst.
"It has been developed for use in paediatrics but it could also be useful in lots of other contexts, such as the management of chronic ulcers in the home," she added.
Bang Goes The Theory is broadcast on Monday 25 March, at 19:30pm on BBC One.


Zayn Malik has left One Direction's tour of Asia and has returned to the UK after being signed off with stress.

A statement said: "Zayn has been signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate.
"The band wish him well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta."
On Wednesday the singer declared his love for his fiancee, Little Mix star Perrie Edwards, after photos emerged of him with his arm around another woman.
The picture, which has been widely shared and published online, shows Malik with his arm around the bare stomach of a woman in a cropped top.
A second photo, taken from behind, shows Malik standing close to the woman. Their hands and arms look like they're linked.
Malik told his Twitter followers on Wednesday: "I'm 22 years old ... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous [people] in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x."
Zayn Malik along with Louis Tomlinson had faced losing more than Â£3,000 each if they were caught using, or promoting, illegal drugs in Manila.
The pair were asked to post bonds of 200,000 pesos each for a special work permit, ahead of two concerts in the Philippine capital this weekend.
It's after a video appeared last year of them both smoking what they called "a joint" in Peru.
Possession of a small amount of cannabis is not illegal there.
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A Bavarian mayor angry about Germany's asylum policy has sent a busload of Syrian migrants to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin.

But he has ended up paying for their accommodation in the capital himself.
Peter Dreier, mayor of the district of Landshut, said he wanted to "send a signal" that Germany's asylum policies could not continue as before.
The bus arrived in Berlin on Thursday evening. All those on board volunteered to make the journey, the council said.
Germany took in 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015.
Mr Dreier said he had informed Mrs Merkel of his bus plan in a phone call in October.
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German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement that in Germany the state and local authorities were responsible for accommodating refugees, and they were provided with comprehensive support from the federal government.
"Berlin [meaning the state authority there] has agreed in this case to provide the refugees with the first night's accommodation," he said.
However, after at least an hour-and-a-half parked outside Mrs Merkel's official residence, and with some uncertainty for those on board, the bus headed off.
Mr Dreier told Die Welt newspaper that he was not happy with the emergency accommodation offered by Berlin, so he was paying for one night's stay at a guesthouse.
"What happens after that, we'll see," he said.
German reporters on board said the travellers had been unaware that the trip was a political statement - and some have criticised the mayor's move.
"It is outrageous that he is exploiting those seeking protection," said Bavarian Green Party co-leader Sigi Hagl. "Completely wrong," she tweeted.
Mrs Merkel's welcoming approach to Syrians fleeing the war in their homeland made her a heroine to many migrants making the arduous journey through Europe.
The men on the bus have refugee status, which means they are free to live anywhere in Germany. Finding accommodation is hard in Landshut, the local council said.
The mayor, who waved the bus off from Landshut, followed in a car after a meeting and was surrounded by media on arrival outside the chancellery.
"An end to the wave of refugees in not in sight, the country's capacity of accommodation fit for human habitation is rapidly running low and I see no sign that new dwellings for immigrants are being built," Mr Dreier, who represents the Independent Voters grouping, said in a statement.
Mrs Merkel had said she understood his concerns when they spoke by phone, and said he should give her office one day's notice of the bus's departure, the council said.
Ellmar Stoettner, a spokesman for the local council who travelled on the bus with the refugees, told the BBC that they would be offered a return journey to Bavaria if they so wished.
They were all happy to be on board and had made the journey having been fully informed of their options, he said. Fifty-one refugees had originally expressed interest in the trip.
The Landshut district has to house 2,100 asylum seekers, and that number continues to grow, he said. The population of the district - largely small market towns and villages - is 152,000.
The men making the journey to Berlin are so-called Fehlbeleger - people with recognised refugee status who continue to occupy asylum-seeker accommodation as they cannot find a place of their own to rent.
Mr Stoettner told the BBC that accommodation in his area was so in demand that the rental market had become a bit like London - and landlords could choose the tenants they preferred.
Of the 2,100 asylum seekers in Landshut district, 450 were in this situation, he said.


A number of building projects planned for Hull's year as UK City of Culture in 2017 have been approved by the council.

Works include a pedestrian and cycle bridge across the A63 and extensions to the city's art gallery and theatre.
The bridge will cost £11.5m and will link the city centre with Hull's waterfront, which is being redeveloped.
The Ferens Art Gallery will get a £4.5m facelift ahead of it hosting the Turner Prize in 2017.
Labour councillor Sean Chaytor, chairman of Hull City Council's planning committee, said the bridge was "essential in working towards improving connectivity between two core areas of the city".
"We hope that the work to start the bridge construction can now get under way for early next year in order for it to be ready by Easter 2017," he said.
Hull was awarded the title of City of Culture in November 2013, beating competition from Swansea, Leicester and Dundee.
The year-long event takes place every four years and is awarded by the UK government with the aim of helping tourism and the economy.


A social network cannot be required to install an anti-piracy filtering system, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

Belgian music royalty collecting firm SABAM wanted the social network Netlog to stop users infringing copyright.
But the court said the filtering required would contravene rights to freedom of business, personal data and freedom of information.
The judgement could have consequences for similar cases across the EU.
Netlog, a social network developed by Ghent-based Massive Media NV, says it has more than 95 million members throughout Europe.
Michael Gardner, head of the intellectual property practice at law firm Wedlake Bell, said: "The European Court appears to have ruled out the idea that operators of social network sites and ISPs can be forced - at their own expense - to impose blanket monitoring and filtering aimed at stopping infringements."
However he added: "The ruling doesn't stop rights owners seeking more limited injunctions against social networking sites or ISPs, but they will have to be more 'proportionate' in scope and effect."
The ECJ's decision will be used by courts across the EU where this aspect of European law is in question.
SABAM had asked a Belgian court to require that Netlog cease unlawfully making available works from its repertoire and face 1,000-euro (Â£828) fines for every day it failed to comply.
Netlog said SABAM was, in effect, requiring it to filter its content, indiscriminately monitoring all of its users - something they argued was contrary to the EU's E-Commerce Directive.
The case was referred to the European Court of Justice to decide the legality of such a filtering system
Inits judgement the ECJ ruledthat a system would be a "serious infringement" of Netlog's freedom to conduct its business "since it would require Netlog to install a complicated, costly, permanent computer system at its own expense".
But it also said there was a risk of infringing rights to the protection of personal data, as a filtering system would require "the identification, systematic analysis and processing of information connected with the profiles created on the social network".
Additionally it might also restrict freedoms to send and receive information, as the system "might not distinguish adequately between unlawful content and lawful content, with the result that its introduction could lead to the blocking of lawful communications".
This is the second judgement the court has made in this area involving SABAM. An earlierCourt of Justice ruling in November sided with an ISPwhen it decided against what it said was, in effect, a request that it monitor traffic for illegally copied material.
The European Internet Providers Association said this latest ruling was a positive step: "We therefore welcome the greater legal certainties and protection granted by the court which are necessary to guarantee the openness of the internet."
The ruling comes amid fierce debate over anti-piracy measures contained in the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) - an international treaty intended to help protect intellectual property rights.
The Open Rights Group, an organisation which opposes Acta, said in a statement: "It's good to see courts promoting our rights by swatting away plans to snoop on people's use of social networks.
"It is especially timely because, as seen in agreements like Acta, policymakers everywhere find it much harder to respect our rights when making intellectual property policy."
However Acta's supporters argue it is necessary to prevent the widespread infringement of intellectual property rights.


David Gormley's hat-trick floored Stirling Albion and put Clyde through to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup.

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The Bully Wee's chances of progressing to a fifth-round tie away to Ayr United looked slim when Blair Henderson scored an early penalty for the Binos.
But Gormley levelled with a 20-yard beauty, tapped in a second and smashed a third into the roof of the net.
Clyde goalkeeper John Gibson was sent off after conceding a second penalty late on, which Henderson scored.
It led to a frantic ending with a few goalmouth scrambles that almost brought a Stirling equaliser, but Gormley's haul proved enough.
It was a 35-minute hat-trick for the striker who is now up to nine goals this season, he nearly added a fourth but for a good save by Stirling's Chris Smith early in the second half.
Albion got their penalty when Gibson felled Liam Caddis and it was calmly despatched by Henderson for his ninth of the campaign, with the keeper booked.
Stirling are managed by 2014 Scottish Cup winner Dave Mackay, whose team-mate at St Johnstone that day, Frazer Wright, is now at the heart of the Binos' defence.
He could do nothing about the lethal right-footed strike by Gormley that went in off the underside of the bar to equalise.
The former Ayr striker's second was completely the opposite, being in the right place to finish off Peter MacDonald's effort that came off the inside of the post and trickled along the line.
MacDonald also created Gormley's third, finding the forward who then faked a left-foot shot before turning on to his right and smashing high into the net.
Gibson received a second yellow for bringing down Darren Smith, which allowed Henderson to score another from the spot.
Clyde manager Barry Ferguson: "Just getting the win was the important thing. I thought we were magnificent in the first half. We thoroughly deserve to go through.
"I'm delighted for [David Gormley]. He was different class. He was great. Everybody, to a man, they were great.
"They [Ayr] are a Championship team. They'll be overwhelming favourites. We'll go down and have a go at them."
Match ends, Clyde 3, Stirling Albion 2.
Second Half ends, Clyde 3, Stirling Albion 2.
Corner,  Stirling Albion. Conceded by Chris Smith.
Foul by David Gormley (Clyde).
Blair Henderson (Stirling Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ross Smith (Stirling Albion) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  Stirling Albion. Conceded by Dylan Caddis.
Sean Dickson (Stirling Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Scott McLaughlin (Clyde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sean Dickson (Stirling Albion).
Substitution, Stirling Albion. Ross Smith replaces Frazer Wright.
Jordan McMillan (Clyde) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Quigley (Stirling Albion).
Goal!  Clyde 3, Stirling Albion 2. Blair Henderson (Stirling Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Clyde. Dylan Caddis replaces Peter MacDonald.
Second yellow card to John Gibson (Clyde) for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by John Gibson (Clyde) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Stirling Albion. Darren L. Smith draws a foul in the penalty area.
Peter MacDonald (Clyde) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Quigley (Stirling Albion).
Substitution, Stirling Albion. Ross Cameron replaces Calvin Colquhoun.
Jordan McMillan (Clyde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Calvin Colquhoun (Stirling Albion).
Foul by Matthew Flynn (Clyde).
Liam Caddis (Stirling Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Scott McLaughlin (Clyde) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Sean Higgins (Clyde) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner,  Clyde. Conceded by Conor Quigley.
Attempt missed. Darren L. Smith (Stirling Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Jordan McMillan (Clyde).
Sean Dickson (Stirling Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Stirling Albion. Conceded by Sean Higgins.
David Gormley (Clyde) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ross McMillan (Stirling Albion).
Attempt saved. Scott McLaughlin (Clyde) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Sean Higgins (Clyde) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Liam Caddis (Stirling Albion).
Matthew Flynn (Clyde) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Quigley (Stirling Albion).
Substitution, Clyde. Matthew Flynn replaces Scott Ferguson because of an injury.


Rahul Gandhi says he is sure about wanting to change the system, empower women, deepen democracy, open up politics to the young and make India a world-beating manufacturing hub.

That's going by his first formal interview on Monday night, a decade after becoming the latest member of the India's fabled Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to enter politics.
What the leader of India's ruling Congress party appeared not to be sure of was how he - and his party - should deal with leaders touched by the taint of corruption or even those who were allegedly involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that happened under the watch of his father, then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
"All said and done, that was brave of Rahul Gandhi," tweeted journalist Tunku Varadarajan about the 80-minute interview on the Times Now channel. "How many Indian PM candidates have offered themselves up for prime time interview?" (Mr Gandhi will lead the party's campaign in the forthcoming general elections.)
Mr Gandhi even chose India's most aggressive prime-time anchor Arnab Goswami to grill him.
Having said that, the media-shy leader's first proper interview on TV turned out to be a mixed performance.
Mr Gandhi was composed and reasonably articulate - if slightly pedantic - while setting out his vision for much-needed reforms in his party and for India's development.
He was less than impressive when questioned about why his party had failed to crack down on corruption.
He avoided direct comments on his arch rival, Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, and the leader of the new anti-corruption party, Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party made a spectacular debut in the polls in Delhi and now rules the capital with the minority support of Mr Gandhi's party.
There were also what many say were tired platitudes which couldn't have won Mr Gandhi new admirers. Some examples: "Innocent people dying is a horrible thing"; "Anybody who is corrupt should be punished"; and "women are the backbone of this country". He occasionally lapsed into rhetoric and regurgitated lines.
Mr Gandhi's agenda for development is unexceptionable.
He used the words "empower" and "empowerment" interchangeably 22 times. He mentioned the word "system" - the existing one, which is broken, and the need to change it - 70 times.
He mentioned women - and their key role - 17 times. Many found it a bit odd that he spoke about himself in the third person seven times.
Mr Gandhi laid the blame on the obvious devil - the system - for all India's ills.
He quite rightly said the system had to change in order to remould India's politics, which shuts out outsiders.
But then he also said he had seen his family members, people he loved, "destroyed by the system". It was not immediately clear how the tragic killings of his grandmother Indira Gandhi and his father Rajiv Gandhi could be attributed to the system.
He said the 2002 Gujarat riots also happened because of the system, "because people don't have a voice in the system". Again, it was not clear how.
Mr Gandhi also surprised many by curiously painting himself as a rebel of sorts.
He said he was being attacked by his opponents because he was "doing things dangerous to the system". He said he was not "superficial and thinking deeply and long term".
Observers say that Mr Kejriwal had already taken pole position as the rebel of Indian politics with his unpredictable and unconventional politics and Mr Gandhi may have arrived late to the show.
Some analysts say Mr Gandhi also betrayed his inexperience in politics.
He accused Mr Modi's government of not doing enough to stop the Gujarat riots in 2002, but floundered when asked to back that up with evidence, even forgetting that a minister in Mr Modi's cabinet had been sent to prison for her involvement.
When asked about Congress's prospects in the election, he declared confidently that his party would win - despite opinion polls pointing to a heavy defeat - and then declared he was a "serious politician" who was not interested in power for power's sake.
So has Rahul Gandhi now truly come of age?
The former editor of Outlook magazine, Vinod Mehta, said Mr Gandhi emerged as a "sincere, candid and passionate person, seriously interested in changing India" in the interview.
But, Mr Mehta said, he had "no answers to specific charges of corruption". Mr Gandhi, he said, was "half a leader".
Other analysts like Siddharth Varadarajan said though Mr Gandhi did a decent job of sketching out a future vision for his party, he did badly when it came to "defending the indefensible" - corruption and the alleged role of party leaders in the 1984 riots.
"When things got hairy," says Mr Varadarajan, "he spoke about [the] system and empowerment."
In the end, analysts say, Mr Gandhi proved - once again - that though his heart is in the right place, he remains a prisoner of his dynastic party's legacy.
So will Monday night's "landmark" interview energise his party workers and excite the voters? We will only know in a few months time when Indians cast their ballots in the world's biggest election.


US President Barack Obama has used the "n-word" during an interview to argue that the United States has yet to overcome its issues with racism.

"Racism, we are not cured of it," the president said. "And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger in public."
The radio interview came days after a mass shooting in South Carolina which police believe was racially motivated.
Mr Obama will deliver a eulogy at the funeral of one of the men killed.
Clementa Pinckney, a personal friend of the president, was state senator and pastor of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston where the attack took place.
In the interview, Mr Obama also lamented Congress' lack of will to enact stricter gun controls.
"It's not just a matter of overt discrimination," he told comedian Marc Maron in a podcast. "Societies don't, overnight, completely erase everything that happened 200 to 300 years prior."
The president acknowledged that attitudes about race in the US have improved since his childhood, but he said that America's history of enslaving black people "casts a long shadow and that's still part of our DNA that's passed on".
He has publicly used the n-word before but not as president. He used the word several times in his book Dreams from my Father.
Though Obama is doubtless speaking about race with more passion, it could hardly be argued that he has cast caution aside.
His comments on the podcast, despite using such an explosive word, extend only a few sentences.
In the aftermath of Charleston, when speaking from the White House, his strongest comments were reserved for gun control rather than race.
Noticeably, he has yet to deliver a nationwide address on race akin to John F Kennedy's famed televised address in June 1963 or Lyndon Johnson's remarkable speech before a joint session of Congress in the aftermath of Selma.
Nine black worshippers were killed by a gunman during a bible study group at an African-American church.
The suspect, Dylann Roof, has been pictured holding the Confederate flag, a symbol used by southern states in the civil war when they tried to break away to prevent the abolition of slavery.
The shooting has restarted a debate over a Confederate flag that flies on the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and others have called for the flag to be removed, calling it a symbol of racism.
The flag seen today on houses, bumper stickers and T-shirts - sometimes accompanied by the words "If this shirt offends you, you need a history lesson" - is not, and never was, the official national flag of the Confederacy.
The design by William Porcher Miles, who chaired the flag committee, was rejected as the national flag in 1861, overlooked in favour of the Stars and Bars.
It was instead adopted as a square battle flag by the Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee, the greatest military force of the Confederacy.
It fast became a potent symbol of Confederate nationalism.
Why do people still fly the Confederate flag?
Mr Obama did not reference the flag in the interview, but he said on Friday that the flag belongs in a museum and should not be flown.
The shooting has also reignited debate over gun-control laws in the US.
In the same interview, Mr Obama lamented the influence that anti-gun-control lobbyists have on the US Congress, and how they prevented the enactment of stronger gun control legislation after the mass killing of school children in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012.
"The grip of the NRA on Congress is extremely strong," he said.
"I will tell you, right after Sandy Hook, Newtown, when 20 six-year-olds are gunned down, and Congress literally does nothing - yes, that's the closest I came to feeling disgusted," he said. "I was pretty disgusted."


Moeen Ali's fine counter-attacking innings laid the foundation for England to push for a final-day victory in the second Test against West Indies.

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England lost three wickets before tea but Moeen made a 93-ball 84 to help his side declare on 490-8, a lead of 321.
Joe Root (72), Dawid Malan (61), Ben Stokes (58) and Chris Woakes (61 not out) also helped England, who started the day just two ahead, take control.
West Indies' openers survived a six-over spell to reach 5-0 at the close.
That leaves the tourists needing an unlikely 317 runs for victory, despite them dominating the first three days at Headingley.
England, who lead the three-match series 1-0, trailed by 169 after the first innings but have moved into a position from which they need 10 wickets on the final day to win.
It would be only the 20th time in Test history a team has won having conceded a first-innings lead of 150 or more.
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With Stokes and Malan at the crease, England were cruising in the afternoon session, but three quick wickets for spinner Roston Chase put the match back in balance.
Stokes was caught at long-off from the first ball after a drinks break, Malan was bowled two overs later, and Jonny Bairstow followed soon after as he was bowled playing a reverse sweep.
That brought Moeen and Woakes together, and they survived until tea, when England were seven wickets down with a lead of 188.
At that point the match could have gone either way, but it was England who took control as they added 133 in just 28 overs.
Moeen was his typical attacking self, hitting a series of flowing boundaries through the off side in a 117-run partnership.
Woakes contributed just 31 to that stand but was the perfect foil for Moeen, and took the upper hand alongside Stuart Broad when Moeen was caught in the deep.
Shortly after Woakes became the sixth player to score a half-century in the innings, Root boldly declared, his side having reached their highest ever score without a player hitting a century.
Having missed chances earlier in the day, West Indies were run ragged, but could at least take solace from surviving overs from James Anderson, Broad and Moeen before the close.
Malan started the day alongside Root, with questions still to be answered over his place in the side in the build-up to this winter's Ashes.
He was by no means fluent in his five-hour innings, hitting just seven fours in 186 balls, but battled and scrapped his way to a second Test half-century.
It was his slowest first-class fifty but allowed Root, Stokes and Moeen to express themselves as they hit 15, 10 and 14 boundaries respectively.
"Malan tired out the bowlers," said former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.
"West Indies bowled at him for so long that later in the day they bowled off line and then the middle order kill you, they just give it a whack.
"He was gritty, determined and sewed up one end so West Indies couldn't get early wickets."
England have long been looking for a batsman to score 'ugly runs', and here Malan showed his ability to do that.
But his knock was not chanceless. Having escaped on day three when feathering an edge behind only for it not to be given, he was dropped at slip on 32.
He shared a 118-run stand with Root, who continued his remarkable consistency with his 32nd Test half-century but again fell short of 100 when he cut to gully off Shannon Gabriel.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali to TMS: "It was a nice time to go out and bat. They were tired and we counter-attacked a little bit and tried not to let them settle. There was a bit of spin but it was nice and I play spin all right.
"I felt good before tea and thought to keep playing the same and when the bad balls come try and put them away. Me and Chris Woakes tried to build five-run partnerships.
"Hopefully we can win the game in two sessions."
England bowler Chris Woakes: "We were just trying to creep up to a score. Moeen was going pretty well. It was nice to watch at the other end. I try and bat like a batsman and I work hard on my batting.
"I got to 50 and there was a signal from the dressing room saying 'get on with it'. We didn't get too much of as heads up but sometimes it is good like that. The way we were playing we were picking up runs anyway."


After more than five months on trial in this drab border town, Nadia Savchenko was expecting the main proceedings to end this week.

Instead the Ukrainian military officer has declared a hunger strike from Friday in protest at an unexplained delay.
She's refused solid food before, for weeks at a stretch. This time she's also vowed to refuse liquids in an attempt to force a resolution to her case and return home.
Ms Savchenko launched her protest after the judges adjourned the trial abruptly until next week, without calling for her closing speech.
As armed men in balaclavas cleared the court, Nadia Savchenko yelled from her metal cage that she was "fed up" of Russian justice but insisted her spirit would not be broken "even if they kill me".
It was a dramatic twist in a long-running controversy which began when she was captured by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, just across the border from the courthouse.
She says her captors smuggled her into Russia a week later. The prosecution claim she crossed illegally by herself, but can't explain why.
Summing-up this week, prosecutors told the judges that they have "established objectively" and "'beyond doubt" that in June 2014, Nadia Savchenko was directing artillery fire for a Ukrainian volunteer battalion.
They claim that she targeted a group of civilians, motivated by hatred for Russia after it annexed Crimea.
Two Russian state TV journalists were killed, at a time when clashes between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces were at their height.
But defence lawyers say Nadia Savchenko had nothing to do with that strike. They have presented mobile phone records that suggest she had already been captured when the Russians were killed.
"Our evidence shows it happened between 11:40 and 12:00," Ilya Novikov told the panel of judges, listening intently but utterly expressionless.
And yet at 10:44, Nadia Savchenko's mobile phone signal was picked up far from the artillery strike, in rebel-held central Lugansk.
The lawyers point to other evidence, including the location of shadows on video footage to confirm that.
The prosecution produced rebel fighters to testify that Savchenko was captured after the shelling, but they were vague or contradictory on most other details.
So the defence argue that this case is a show trial, with a guilty verdict guaranteed.
"An attorney usually tries to reduce the sentence for a client. But for us 23 years or five makes no difference," Mr Novikov said.
"We're convinced her release depends on political efforts," he said, explaining that the team is pushing for a prisoner swap, negotiated between Moscow and Kiev.
During the hearings, Nadia Savchenko followed closely, leaping up from time to time to object loudly. She mocked the prosecutors across the room, accusing them of lies and distortion.
But her full anger was only released when she was denied her right to a final speech.
Her younger sister released the statement later on Facebook, declaring Russia a "Third World country with a totalitarian regime... where they don't care about human rights or international law".
"We don't know what's going on," Vira admitted, concerned that the final verdict will now be delayed too.
"I'm scared that Nadia wants to go on hunger strike. Because you can't live long without water," she said.
She will try to persuade her to call off her protest on a prison visit later on Friday.
But Nadia Savchenko says she has had enough of Russian justice. So by taking this extreme step, she is trying to force events to a speedier end.


A supermarket was badly damaged when a hydraulic lifter was used to rip a cash machine from a wall.

A hole was smashed in the front of the Co-op store on Main Street, Great Glen, Leicestershire in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The fork-lift loader was left blocking the road and the cash machine itself was found nearby.
Police said four men were seen trying to load the machine on a truck and have appealed for more information.
Witnesses said glass, bricks and metal were left scattered on the road with shop's alarms sounding continually.
The truck was later recovered in a street nearby.
Officers said they believe the gang failed to make off with any money.


Egypt's armed forces chief, Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, has said he cannot ignore calls by the majority for him to run for president.

He was quoted by the state news agency Mena as revealing that "official procedures" regarding his candidacy were expected in the coming days.
It is the clearest indication yet that he will stand in the election which is scheduled to take place by mid-April.
He led the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in July.
The field marshal has been widely expected to resign and declare a presidential bid since the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) gave its public support at the end of January.
Correspondents say he would be likely to win, given his popularity and the lack of any serious rivals.
Field Marshal Sisi commented on his prospective candidacy in a speech at a graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo.
He said he could "not turn his back on calls by the majority of Egyptians for him to run for president", Mena reported.
"Official measures should be taken in the coming days," he added.
The field marshal added that Egypt was "going through a critical phase that required unity among the people, army and police", arguing that "no party alone can help Egypt get up onto its feet in such conditions".
Officials close to the field marshal have told AFP news agency he will step down as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and defence minister after a law regulating the presidential election is approved by Interim President Adly Mansour this week or next.
The 59-year-old former military intelligence chief was appointed to the posts by Mr Morsi in August 2012.
But after mass protests demanding Mr Morsi's resignation took place on the first anniversary of his taking office, it was the field marshal who gave the president an ultimatum that he would have to satisfy the public's demands or see the army step in.
When Mr Morsi refused, Field Marshal Sisi suspended the constitution and announced the formation of a technocratic interim government.
Since then, more than 1,000 people have been killed and thousands of members of Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood have been detained in a crackdown by the interim authorities, who have designated the Islamist movement a terrorist group.
Mr Morsi and many other senior Brotherhood leaders are currently being tried on a variety of charges, including incitement to murder and conspiring to commit terrorist acts.


Police in Barcelona have detained a man after shooting at a truck loaded with butane gas canisters that was speeding the wrong way along a highway.

They opened fire on the vehicle as it headed towards the Spanish city's harbour on Tuesday, officials said.
The detained man, reported to be a Swedish national, has a history of psychiatric problems, the Spanish interior minister said.
Barcelona's city hall said the truck had been stolen.
Police started pursuing the vehicle after the driver, who was travelling at high speeds, failed to stop when ordered to do so, regional police chief Joan Carles Molinero said.
The driver then turned to make his way along the wrong side of a ring road in the city, finally coming to a stop when the truck hit a wall at about 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT).
Around 20 officers and at least six police cars arrived quickly on site, where several gas bottles were later seen lying on the ground.
At least one gunshot was visible on the windscreen of the truck, although officials have not said whether there were any injuries following the incident.
Spanish national television TVE reported that the truck had rammed several cars before police fired several times to stop it.
Spain's interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said in a tweet that the incident on Tuesday was "not a case of a terrorist act".
"The detained driver of the stolen butane gas truck has a psychiatric history," Mr Zoido said.
Mireia Ruiz, who witnessed the incident, said the driver ignored others who were urging him to stop.
"When people shouted at him, he would laugh and make offensive gestures with his hand," she told AFP.
Police said that the 32-year-old driver was being questioned.


Fans faced delays, bag searches and the sight of armed officers ahead of the Scottish Cup Final.

About 50,000 Celtic and Aberdeen supporters descended on Hampden Stadium in Glasgow for the match.
Security at transport hubs, crowded places and areas around the stadium itself was described by police as "enhanced".
However, police chiefs stressed there was no specific threat to either Scotland or the cup final.
The extra security steps, which followed this week's terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena, came after the national threat level was raised from "severe" to "critical".
The level has since been reduced to severe, but police said the enhanced security measures would remain in place over the weekend.
Police Scotland Chief Constable Phil Gormley said: "While the decision to move to 'severe' is welcome, we must all remain vigilant.
"There continues to be no intelligence of a specific threat to Scotland. However, the enhanced police deployment we have planned for the major events this weekend will remain in place.
"The public should continue to expect to see armed police officers on foot patrol at key locations.
"Our policing operation will gradually be scaled back in keeping with the UK-wide operation - but will continue to be proportionate."
Hampden Stadium opened its doors two hours before kick-off, to allow more time for additional security measures to be carried out.
The "enhanced" steps have included the presence of armed police, greater use of body and bag searches and an appeal to fans not to cause disturbances which could alarm the public.
Fans were asked not to bring bags to the match, but if they did they could expect to be stopped and searched both outside the ground and again at the turnstiles.
Police Scotland were working closely with the British Transport Police to ensure the reviewed security steps were carried out and that fans got to, and from, the ground safely.
Ahead of the cup final, Match Commander Supt Mark Hargreaves urged fans to allow plenty of time to get to the stadium and to drink responsibly.
He said: "The enhanced security operation at the stadium may include body and bag searches, which could potentially delay entry so I would urge people to plan their travel and get to the Scottish Cup Final in plenty of time.
"There is no specific threat against Scotland, or the Scottish Cup Final, however, people should remain calm but vigilant and report anything suspicious to police."


The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Google in its 11-year legal battle with an authors group.

The Court said it would not hear an appeal from the Authors Guild, which claimed Google breached copyright laws by scanning books without permission.
The technology giant began the process in 2004, so it could include extracts in a searchable database, and it was sued by the Authors Guild in 2005.
The Supreme Court's judgement is the final ruling on the matter.
Google's database of books lets people search through millions of titles and read passages and selected pages from them.
While some of the books in the database are old titles that are no longer protected by copyright, millions are more recent publications.
The Authors Guild had argued that the project undermined authors' ability to make money from their work.
Google said its database was a "fair use" of protected works, describing it as "a card catalogue for the digital age".
The firm could have faced billions of dollars in damages claims from authors if it had lost the case.
The Authors Guild said it was "disappointed" that the Supreme Court would not hear its appeal.
The organisation's president Roxana Robinson said: "We believed then and we believe now that authors should be compensated when their work is copied for commercial purposes".
A Google spokeswoman said: "We are grateful that the court has agreed to uphold the decision of the Second Circuit which concluded that Google Books is transformative and consistent with copyright law."


A man who was reported missing from his home in Edinburgh almost two months ago has been found, police have said.

Stuart Hamilton, from Gorgie, was captured on CCTV at Haymarket Station on 26 September.
He was spotted near Buckingham Palace in London a few days later by a former colleague, but had not been seen since.
Police Scotland said the 37-year-old was "deemed to be safe and well".


Sam Winnall's late penalty earned Barnsley a vital win over Oldham to take them within three points of the final League One play-off place.

Winnall converted from the spot with seven minutes left after Tareiq Holmes-Dennis fouled Adam Hammill.
The Tykes led when Winnall headed in Conor Hourihane's corner in first-half stoppage time.
Curtis Main levelled from close range, but Winnall's cool spot-kick secured the victory.
A head injury to Brian Wilson, who came on as a first-half substitute, saw nine minutes of first-half stoppage time.
Barnsley are three points behind sixth-placed Walsall, who won their first match in three league games, while Oldham remain only two points clear of the relegation places.


It's odd the things you end up doing in the days and hours before a big match - in this case, Scarlets' Pro12 final against Munster in Dublin last month.

It was the biggest week of my club rugby career, my first chance of winning a trophy after 10 years of trying.
We were on a roll with six wins from our previous six games. We were scoring tries and not conceding many. We'd gone to Dublin and beaten Leinster in the semi-final, the first time an away side had ever won a semi-final in the Pro12.
We all knew that if we could keep playing the way we were, we'd win that final. But you're still nervous. Munster finished top of the Pro12 and were Champions Cup semi-finalists.
Early in the week I found myself sitting at home in Mumbles near surfing country on the Gower Peninsula watching Louis Theroux documentaries. There was one about the hardest prison in America - Miami Mega Jails. There was another about a place called Fresno in California - The City Addicted To Crystal Meth.
You look for positive vibes in weeks like that. Louis is a masterful programme-maker but he wasn't exactly giving me the karma I needed. It all worked out, though. It wasn't just winning the Pro12 that made it an unforgettable day, it was winning with my mates and winning in style.
A friend of mine asked me later whether I'd have preferred the final to have gone to the last second, nip and tuck to the final whistle. Not in a million years. We scored six tries and when I came off the field before the end I could look to the stands to see my wife, Hayley, and my one-year-old son, Logan, sitting on her lap, knowing that we'd done it.
We couldn't bring our eldest, Finn, who is four, but I thought about it later. My earliest memory as a kid was when I was four. I remember being in a house in Switzerland with my parents. I can't remember much else, but I remember that house. I'd like to think that Finn will remember his father winning a final.
I woke up on Sunday morning feeling a bit rough, went downstairs in the hotel at 9am and found Liam (Williams), Jon (Davies) and Ken (Owens) about to head out the door to hook-up with the British and Irish Lions. Good luck to the boys in New Zealand and best wishes to Liam, who's now leaving the Scarlets for Saracens. I'm sorry to see him go but really glad that he went out on a high. Then, 10 more of the boys appeared and they were away to meet up with Wales.
I jumped on a plane to Edinburgh, got a taxi to St Andrews, our training base with Scotland, and went to my room. None of the boys were due in camp until later that night, so I sat there on my own and ordered room service.
I took out my phone and all the Scarlets players and fans were tweeting and instagramming and snapchatting. It would have been nice to have been together to savour the final all over again, but I was quietly content on my own, flicking through texts and photographs from what was a momentous day in my life.
Monday morning dawned and the new reality took hold, I didn't train because of a rib cartilage thing, but everything was intense out there. Gregor (Townsend, Scotland head coach) wants us to play the fastest rugby in the world and he wants training to reflect that. There was a terrific atmosphere, a real excitement about what lies ahead of us in Singapore, Sydney and Suva in the next three weeks.
It's coming up for 10 years since I made my Scotland debut. Does it feel that long? Actually, it does. There comes a stage when every professional rugby player starts to think of life after the game and I've been mulling that over for quite a few years now. I've seen players struggling post-retirement and I want to be organised.
Six years ago I started an online degree in estate management and surveying, and I've thought also about a director of rugby role at a school. Not that I'm anywhere near ready to stop - I'm only 30 - but what I'm going to do next occupies my thoughts. Every rugby player needs to get stuff organised long before they quit the game.
Magnus Bradbury and D'arcy Rae, both in our squad for the summer tour, were only 12 years old when I won my first cap. Zander Fagerson was 11. Greig (Laidlaw) is away with the Lions so I'm captaining them on the tour and it's a major honour. We've got Tests against Italy, Australia and Fiji. It's important that we build on what we did in the Six Nations. We need to keep the momentum up.
Italy in Singapore will be unique. Australia in Sydney will be fascinating. Fiji in Suva will be memorable. I played against Fiji in Fiji before. It wasn't like any place I'd ever been. Our team bus had no windows, there were benches for seats, the roads were tracks. It was brilliantly different. I loved it and I'm looking forward to going back there.
The downside of touring is that you miss your kids. The tour is only three weeks, but even in that short space of time, they change, especially the smallest one. The eldest, Finn, will ask me on the phone, 'Daddy, when are you coming home?' It'll be late June and hopefully we'll have three wins to show for the summer. We can all have a rest then, but only then.
John Barclay was talking to BBC Sport Scotland's chief sports writer, Tom English


Mae Heddlu'r Gogledd wedi cadarnhau eu bod wedi canfod corff dynes a bod dyn yn parhau i gael ei holi mewn cysylltiad â diflaniad dynes o Sir Conwy.

Tydi Tracy Kearns o Fae Cinmel ger y Rhyl heb gael ei gweld ers dydd Sul, 7 Mai.
Mae'r Heddlu wedi cadarnhau bod dyn 48 oed o Fae Cinmel sydd yn ei hadnabod wedi'i arestio ar amheuaeth o lofruddiaeth ac mae'n parhau i gael ei holi yng ngorsaf yr Heddlu yn Llanelwy.
Dywedodd yr Uwch Arolygydd Mark Pierce: "Fe allai gadarnhau bod corff wedi ei ddarganfod yn gynharach ddydd Sadwrn ac mae ymchwiliadau'n parhau.
"Mae post mortem yn cael ei gynnal a tydi'r corff heb gael ei adnabod yn ffurfiol eto", meddai.


The National Theatre is asking audience members to swap seats half-way through its mining drama Husbands and Sons.

Those with ground-level tickets for the play will find themselves sitting on opposite side of the stage after the interval.
Starring Anne-Marie Duff, the work is based on three DH Lawrence dramas which evoke "a now-vanished world of manual labour and working class pride".
It begins previews at the Dorfman Theatre on 19 October.
Staged in the round, Ben Power's adaptation portrays three households in the mining village of Eastwood, on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border.
But with three interiors on stage simultaneously,  director Marianne Elliott and set designer Bunny Christie realised that some of the audience would be very close to one and distant from the others.
"We thought the interval would be a chance to move seats to give the audience a different aspect," Christie told the BBC.
"The second seat will be the same in terms of the quality of the view - but you get to be involved with a different family.
"It's as if you're close to one of the houses and hear what's going on in there - and then you walk through the village and stand up close to a different household."
Christie, who worked with Elliott on the hit play The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, said those in theatre pit would find two seat numbers printed on their ticket - one for each act.
"It's been quite a challenge at the box office," she said. "They had to do a tricky thing to circumvent the system. It's going to be interesting to see how it works."
A note on the National Theatre website says: "All audience members seated in the Pit will need to check coats and bags into the free cloakroom before the performance begins.
"If you do not want to swap seats you should book seats in the Circle or Gallery."
Husbands and Sons interweaves three DH Lawrence dramas - The Daughter-in-Law, A Collier's Friday Night and The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd - into a single work.
Duff, who plays Lizzie Holroyd, is joined by a cast that includes Joe Armstrong and Louise Brealey.
The play will run at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in February and March 2016.


A councillor has been suspended from public office for a month following allegations he breached a code of conduct.

Gary Price, who represents Llandrindod Wells on Powys council, is said to have disclosed "sensitive information which was given to him in confidence".
The complaint relates to a letter Mr Price wrote to a newspaper about the council-owned Lakeside restaurant.
Mr Price said he had not decided whether or not to appeal.
New operators are being sought to run the restaurant in Llandrindod Wells following a demonstration last year over its future.
But the authority has said fears over its future are unfounded and it is committed to keeping it open.
Mr Price, who represents the ward of Llandrindod North and is a member of the Shires Independent Group, said: "Back in March 2012 an item went before the then cabinet about the Lakeside restaurant.
"I wrote a letter to the newspaper about the restaurant and the then portfolio holder for corporate governance made a complaint to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
"The ombudsman investigated and said I had breached the members' code of conduct.
"I have not made my mind up about whether or not to appeal.
"I will say that the process has taken about 14 months from start to finish and you have got to ask if it is value for money."
A council spokesman said Mr Price appeared before its standards committee last Thursday for an alleged breach of the code of conduct.
"The hearing, which was held before five independent people and two county councillors, alleged that councillor Price had breached the code of conduct for members in that he disclosed sensitive information which was given to him in confidence and that he knew or reasonably should have known, it to be confidential," said the spokesman.
"The committee found that councillor Price had breached the code of conduct and that he should be suspended for a calendar month."
The council said Mr Price had 21 days to appeal against the decision, with the suspension not starting until the appeal period was over or concluded.


Eleven candidates have joined the race for the French presidency, and the campaign is now in its final days ahead of the election on 23 April.

There are four front-runners and, as none is likely to secure an outright majority, a run-off between the two leading candidates is now expected on 7 May.
For the first time in 15 years, the far-right National Front has a realistic chance of winning the race under Marine Le Pen. Centrist Emmanuel Macron is challenging her in the opinion polls.
The former favourite, centre-right Republican François Fillon, is still in the race despite being investigated over alleged misuse of public funds. So is far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is enjoying a late surge in support.
For the first time in modern French history, the incumbent - Socialist President François Hollande - is not running for a second term because of poor ratings.
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She took over the FN leadership from her father in January 2011 and came third in presidential elections the following year. She brought the party big electoral gains in regional elections in late 2015.
Opinion polls suggest she is neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron but unlikely to defeat him in the second round.
The Marine Le Pen story
In 2010, before being elected leader, Marine Le Pen compared Muslims praying in the street to the German occupation. But since 2011 she has softened her tone and the FN has also tried to build bridges with the Jewish community.
As the election approached her position hardened again, with a pledge to suspend all legal immigration while new rules are drafted. She also caused outrage by wrongly suggesting that France had no responsibility for the Paris round-up of 13,000 Jews deported in World War Two.
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Marine Le Pen, 48, trained as a lawyer and headed the FN's legal department. After years of fighting and losing French parliamentary elections, she was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 and remains an MEP, representing North-West France.
She is twice divorced with three children, and lives in the western suburbs of Paris.
What she wants:
At 39, he has a real chance of becoming France's youngest-ever president because polls suggest if he reaches the run-off on 7 May he would defeat Marine Le Pen.
He is not an MP and has never stood for election before but his political rise has been meteoric.
A brilliant student who went on to become an investment banker, Emmanuel Macron worked as economic adviser to President Hollande before taking up the post of economy minister in 2014.
He forged a reputation with his "Macron Law", a controversial reform bill that allowed shops to open more often on Sundays and deregulated some sectors of industry. He championed digital start-ups and prompted a long-distance bus market.
While a breath of fresh air for France's business community, his policies aroused opposition among the left of the governing Socialists.
But when he set up En Marche as "neither left nor right" in April 2016, his position in the Socialist government became increasingly untenable and he resigned before launching a presidential bid. He has attracted the support of veteran moderate François Bayrou as well as Socialist ex-Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
Mr Macron is married to his former French teacher Brigitte Trogneux, 20 years his senior, and has seven step-grandchildren.
What he wants:
Emmanuel Macron's meteoric rise
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When Mr Fillon, 62, won his centre-right party's nomination for the presidency he immediately became the favourite.
The two men he defeated, Nicolas Sarkozy and Alain Juppé, have over the years been dogged by controversy, but now Mr Fillon is too.
His campaign has been rocked by allegations that his wife and two children improperly received public funds. Initially he said he would step aside if he was placed under formal investigation but as it became clear that was on the cards he changed his mind.
He complained he was the victim of a "political assassination" and said the voices of "millions of votes have been muzzled".
Despite the inquiry, he is not far behind the two front-runners in the polls and his campaign team remains confident.
Mr Fillon studied law and married his Welsh wife, Penelope Clarke, in 1980 in Llanover, near Abergavenny. They have five children and their home is a 12th-Century manor house near Le Mans in western France.
What he wants:
With the Socialists seeing a meltdown in popular support, far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 65, has sensed a possible opening in the race.
He is among the four frontrunners, polls suggest, and being hailed as a serious contender.
"Once again, they are announcing that my election win will set off a nuclear winter, a plague of frogs, Red Army tanks and a landing of Venezuelans," Mr Mélenchon commented wryly in response.
He has seized the limelight with his razor-sharp wit during televised debates and impressed the public with his hi-tech use of holograms, projecting his image to rallies in six cities simultaneously.
Backed by France's Communist Party, he says the means of production, trade and consumption must be changed, and cites climate change as one of his concerns.
He said: "This is a tremendous opportunity to loose the bonds that paralyse us today."
A former supporter of European federalism, he argues that the EU's economic liberalism and "ideological obsessions" with avoiding debt have sapped its ability to deliver democratic change.
He left the Socialist Party in November 2008 to found the Left Party with French deputy Marc Dolez. He joined the Left Front electoral federation and was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, where he still serves.
What he wants:
Renowned as a left-wing rebel within the Socialist party, ex-education minister Benoît Hamon decisively won the race for the party nomination, defeating former Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
Known as the "French Bernie Sanders", Mr Hamon, 49, is struggling to make headway in the presidential race, partly because of competition from Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He has also struggled to secure broad support across a divided Socialist party.
With his designer stubble and cheeky grin, he has some of the most eye-catching policies, from taxing the wealth created by robots to a universal monthly payment for French citizens. He has since had to revise his basic income plan, reducing its cost from €400bn to €35bn.
"The money party has too many candidates in this election," he told supporters. "One says 'Get rich!' and the other two say 'Make us rich!'", he complained, referring to Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen and François Fillon.
What he wants:
Mr Hamon's partner is Gabrielle Guallar and the couple have two daughters.
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Six other candidates are standing in the 2017 presidential vote.
Nathalie Arthaud, Lutte Ouvrière (Workers' Struggle), 46, Trotskyist: seeks to prohibit redundancies and job cuts, increase of salaries and pensions to €1,800, impose worker control on enterprises and ownership of means of production.
François Asselineau, Union Populaire Républicaine (Popular Republic Union), 59, Nationalist and anti-US: seeks withdrawal of France from the EU, euro and Nato, to renationalise big industries and private corporations.
Jacques Cheminade, 75, Ex-civil servant in economy ministry seeks to ditch the EU and abandon the euro. A follower of US conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Debout La France (Stand Up France), 55, Gaullist: wants to leave the euro and scrap the EU, higher ethical standards for elected officials, put the fight against jihadist terrorism at the centre of foreign policy. Claims he received texts from the Fillon campaign urging him to withdraw his candidacy.
Jean Lassalle, 61, centrist, independent MP who wants to renegotiate European treaties; staged a 39-day hunger strike in 2006 in a bid to save 140 jobs at a factory and walked 5,000km across France in 2013. Hailed for his "refreshing" bursts of rhetorical frankness, as when he coarsely dismissed the value of opinion polls.
Philippe Poutou, 50, New Anti-Capitalist Party Ford factory worker who wants to lower retirement age to 60, reducing the working week to 32 hours and make abortion and contraception free and accessible. Many hailed him the star of the second presidential TV debate when he attacked Mr Fillon and Ms Le Pen over allegations of corruption.


A dispute that led to strikes by drivers of the Luas, Dublin's public tram system, has ended after staff voted to accept pay rises of up to 18%.

The four-month stand off between workers and management resulted in 12 full days of strike action, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.
It was resolved on Friday after 66% of Luas drivers voted to accept a pay rise deal recommended by the Labour Court.
Irish Transport Minister Shane Ross welcomed the results of the ballot.
He said it was a positive outcome for the travelling public.
The drivers were represented by the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU).
Owen Reidy from SIPTU said the Labour Court recommendation would see drivers in line for pay increases of between 15% and 18% over the next four years.
However Luas operator, Transdev Ireland, said the dispute had been difficult and damaging for the firm, its staff and its customers.
Gerry Madden from Transdev told Irish state broadcaster RTÃ‰:  "We've said all along there would be no winners in this - the company hasn't won, I don't think SIPTU will be saying they've won, the customers haven't won."


Real Madrid are two points clear at the top of La Liga with 10 games remaining after overcoming Alaves to record a fourth straight league win.

Karim Benzema put Zinedine Zidane's side on course for victory after meeting Dani Carvajal's fine cut-back.
Deyverson and Edgar wasted chances to equalise for Alaves before two goals in three minutes sealed the points.
Isco made it 2-0 before Nacho headed home after Gareth Bale's free-kick had rebounded off the bar into his path.
Later on Sunday, nearest challengers Barcelona won 4-1 at 10-man Granada to keep the gap at two points.
Relive the action from the Bernabeu
Despite a victory which nudged Real closer to their first league title since 2012, this was a far from vintage display by the European champions.
For long periods their players looked jaded after long trips during the international break.
Mid-table Alaves, promoted as champions of Spain's second-tier at the end of last season, beat Barcelona 2-1 at the Nou Camp last September and the Basque club will be frustrated they did not pick up at least a point at the Bernabeu.
With Real leading 1-0, Brazilian forward Deyverson headed wide in front of a gaping net while Edgar stabbed a first-time shot wide from close blank range.
It was only in the closing stages that Real put the game out of sight.
Cristiano Ronaldo slipped a delicious pass into the path of Isco to make it 2-0 before Nacho's header left Alaves to reflect on a harsh scoreline.
Earlier, Sevilla slipped out of the top three after being held to a goalless draw at home to struggling Sporting Gijon.
Match ends, Real Madrid 3, Alavés 0.
Second Half ends, Real Madrid 3, Alavés 0.
Pepe (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Manu García (Alavés).
Offside, Alavés. Christian Santos tries a through ball, but Manu García is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Rodrigo Ely (Alavés) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Óscar Romero following a set piece situation.
Foul by Isco (Real Madrid).
Óscar Romero (Alavés) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal!  Real Madrid 3, Alavés 0. Nacho (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Manu García (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Manu García (Alavés).
Goal!  Real Madrid 2, Alavés 0. Isco (Real Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Attempt saved. Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Isco.
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christian Santos (Alavés).
Substitution, Alavés. Christian Santos replaces Víctor Camarasa.
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Karim Benzema.
Corner,  Alavés. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
Danilo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Deyverson (Alavés).
Substitution, Alavés. Aleksandar Katai replaces Edgar Méndez.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danilo.
Attempt missed. Manu García (Alavés) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Óscar Romero following a set piece situation.
Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
Óscar Romero (Alavés) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Edgar Méndez (Alavés) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Deyverson.
Substitution, Alavés. Óscar Romero replaces Ibai Gómez.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Mateo Kovacic replaces Luka Modric.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
Attempt missed. Deyverson (Alavés) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Edgar Méndez with a cross.
Attempt missed. Edgar Méndez (Alavés) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Zouhair Feddal with a cross.
Hand ball by Edgar Méndez (Alavés).
Attempt missed. Deyverson (Alavés) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gaizka Toquero with a cross.
Offside, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Danilo (Real Madrid) because of an injury.


Rugby Union's leading referee Nigel Owens has backed plans to introduce "sin bins" in football.

The Football Association announced it will trial what it calls "temporary dismissals" in England's local league football in the 2017-18 season.
Players shown a yellow card for dissent will leave the field for 10 minutes - as they have in rugby union since 2000.
"I think football needs it. It will cut out the dissent, or certainly will help cut it out," said Owens.
The 47-year-old Welshman officiated the 2015 Rugby World Cup final and will take charge of his third successive European Champions Cup final when Saracens play Clermont Auvergne in Murrayfield on 13 May.
Owens believes the sin bin would discourage dissent and encourage managers to improve players' discipline - particularly if it leads to teams conceding goals while they are a man down.
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"In rugby ... on average there are about seven or 10 points scored against the side that has had a player sin-binned," he added.
"A goal in football when someone is off the field and his team is down to 10 men would be a huge difference.
"And it will ensure that the manager instils discipline in his players as well and in the way they conduct themselves on the field as far as respect and dissent goes so it's hugely important I think that they do bring it in."
The FA plans to introduce the rule in England's step seven - six tiers below the National League - and the leagues below.
It will also be tested in Sunday League and male and female youth football.
Step seven is the bottom level of English football's National League System, which feeds into the country's professional leagues.


A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in west London.

Officers discovered the "unresponsive" man at an address in Harrow Road, Ladbroke Grove, on Sunday after they were requested by an ambulance crew.
The man, in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Police have said his next of kin have been informed.
The woman is currently being questioned at a central London police station.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place at Westminster Mortuary on Tuesday 17 November.


Rovio's Angry Birds 2 has been added to Apple and Google's app stores.

30 July 2015 Last updated at 13:35 BST
The title is in fact the 12th title in the six-year-old series, not including spin-offs, such as Bad Piggies.
Early user reviews have been mixed, in large part because of a new life system that encourages users to make in-app purchases. If players want to avoid the fee, they face having to wait about 30 minutes for their characters to "regenerate".
The Finnish games developer reported a 9% fall in revenue last year, and some experts have questioned whether it is too dependent on the Angry Birds brand.
Its aeroplane title Retry has proved less popular, while its puzzle game Amazing Alex was pulled from sale in April after lacklustre demand.
"The strategy they are following with Angry Birds makes sense - but like any company operating in the mobile space, coming up with another massive hit is an incredible challenge," commented Piers Harding-Rolls from the IHS consultancy.
In the video above, Rovio's creative director Patrick Liu explains why the new game was given its sequel status and defends its in-app charges.
Produced by Chris Foxx