Swarms of giant moths have descended on Malaysia, invading homes and even disrupting a national football match.

Thousands of the furry insects, with a wing span of up to 16cm (6in), interrupted a semi-finals match at the Darul Makmur Stadium last week.
Over 800 sightings were also reported in neighbouring Singapore last month, sparking intense online debate.
The Lyssa Zampa tropical moth, which is also known as the Laos brown butterfly, is native to South East Asia.
Biology lecturer N Sivasothi said that while the moth sightings appear to be "unprecedented", it is not a new phenomenon.
"The moths are actually present during other times of the year but in very small numbers, so they are usually not noticed by people," Mr Sivasothi said, adding that the creatures typically emerge between April and August every year.
Ecologist Anuj Jain said moths' use of light for navigation often causes them to head to built-up areas.
"Their tendency to emigrate in search of new uneaten host plants attracts these moths to light in urban city areas," he said.
Experts said that while people suffering from asthma may be sensitive to hairs on their wings, the nocturnal creatures do not pose any threat.
"The moths are harmless and the public has nothing to be afraid of," said Lena Chan, Director of the National Biodiversity Centre at the National Parks Board in Singapore.
"There is no need for people to protect themselves against these moths as they do not cause any allergies or diseases. In fact, they are important pollinators and are beautiful to watch."
Many Malaysians and Singaporeans however, took to the internet to share their moth encounters and to upload photographs of the winged creatures.
Although many seemed to welcome the arrival of the furry insects, others remained cautious.
"In China, moths are viewed as symbols of death as they represent the souls of deceased loved ones," said Chinese astrologer Cindy Wu.
"It is therefore considered a serious taboo to kill moths or disturb them."


The husband of a British-Iranian woman in jail in Iran says he hopes "senior intervention" from UK and Iranian authorities will lead to her release.

Richard Ratcliffe's wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was arrested in April while visiting family with their two-year-old daughter and is accused of seeking to "overthrow the regime".
Mr Ratcliffe has asked David Cameron to help, and says the Foreign Office is doing more "as this gets more serious".
His daughter is with family in Iran.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 37, of north London, works for the London-based Thomson Reuters Foundation charity.
She travelled to Iran on an Iranian passport with daughter Gabriella and was arrested at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport on 3 April and taken to Kerman in the south-east of the country.
Her family had expected her to be released last week, but a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now claims she heads a "foreign-linked hostile network".
Mr Ratcliffe, who has been trying to get a visa to visit his wife, told BBC Radio 4 she had spent 45 days in solitary confinement and this had made her "very weak".
"When she came out she wasn't able to walk without blackouts and she had a problem with her hair falling out and she'd lost quite a lot of weight," he said.
Her condition improved during a spell living alongside other inmates and she was then told she would be released, Mr Ratcliffe said.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe left Kerman prison on 5 June but, instead of being released, her parents were told she was being moved to a different prison.
Mr Ratcliffe said the family then heard "nothing from her for a number of days", adding: "Last week we celebrated Gabriella's birthday and we had no idea where she was."
On Monday Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe called her parents to say she was in a prison in Tehran - and Mr Ratcliffe believes that may help her.
"Now she's in Tehran then, if nothing else, the Iranian authorities can look more seriously at what's going on and look at these crazy theories coming out from the provincial office," he said.
He said the reasons for the accusations against his wife were "not at all clear", but he believed they came from the Kerman branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard - and in part they might be "justifying that they've held her for 70 days".
He said the accusations were not detailed but they suggested his wife was "in charge of this great network of media organisations and espionage agencies and that she and Gabriella are there running the whole thing".
He added: "It feels this is wrapped up in Iranian politics and different factions fighting and holding her as some sort of bargaining chip."
The Foreign Office said it was urgently seeking information on Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's situation.


England manager Roy Hodgson says he wanted to invite Jack Grealish to train with the national team but was blocked by Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood.

Villa midfielder Grealish, 20, has chosen to represent England rather than Republic of Ireland but must wait for international clearance to play.
"We wanted to induct him into the England way," Hodgson told BBC Sport.
"Tim made it clear it wasn't a good idea as far as he was concerned because he is behind after missing pre-season."
Hodgson said he had "no problem" with Sherwood's view.
Grealish represented the Republic at under-21 level but turned down a call-up to their senior squad for a friendly against England in June.
The Birmingham-born player qualifies for the Republic through his grandparents.
Hodgson added on BBC Radio 5 live: "The Football Association wanted him to come up to show that they were pleased that he had chosen England.
"We often have young players training with us when we are up there. It wouldn't have been a problem.
"But the thing he has to do now of course is to make certain through his performances for Aston Villa that he merits selection. Hopefully when November comes around he will be available."
England have already qualified for Euro 2016 before their final two group games - against Estonia at Wembley on 9 October and in Lithuania three days later.


The owners of Southern rail have been fined £13.4m for poor performance, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

The government said the fine on Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) would have been higher, but most of the delays had not been Southern's fault.
The DfT said strikes and unprecedented levels of sick leave were also factors.
The RMT union was critical of the fine, saying the government had let Southern and its parent company off the hook.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told GTR strike action did "not fully explain the poor service".
In a letter to Charles Horton, GTR's chief executive, he said: "Performance on Southern has improved dramatically since Christmas, as the disruption from union activity has decreased.
"But that performance is still not good enough."
The transport secretary said the £13.4m was to be spent on "performance and passenger improvements", including £4m to fund 50 on-board supervisors over the next two years.
"Passengers who depend on Southern have been badly let down," Mr Grayling added.
A spokesman for GTR said the company accepted the fine as a "fair outcome".
He said: "The settlement acknowledges that the industrial action taken by the trade unions has been a major contributor to the disruption experienced by passengers in the past year, and we welcome the fact that a significant proportion of our claim was recognised."
Mr Horton said: "We are pleased that this issue has been concluded, and accept and are sorry that our service levels haven't been good enough for passengers."
However, general secretary of the RMT, Mick Cash, said: "This pathetic response to the abject failure by Southern/GTR to deliver on their contract doesn't even stack up to a slap on the wrist.
"No wonder the company are gloating. Chris Grayling has let them off the hook big-style.
"This is yet another case of the government and their rail industry cronies investigating themselves while the services they are responsible for are a global laughing stock."
Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, added: "There is still no end in sight to the problems of Southern.
"The DfT has failed, the transport secretary has failed, and Southern has failed."
Southern has been embroiled in a bitter dispute for more than a year with the RMT and Aslef unions over driver-only operated trains.
The Association of British Commuters (ABC) took legal action over what it described as a "fiasco", seeking a judicial review.
Bringing the case to the High Court last month, ABC argued ministers had acted unlawfully by failing to determine whether managers had breached franchise obligations.
However, Mr Justice Ouseley said he would not grant a judicial review on the understanding that Mr Grayling would come to a decision over the Southern rail crisis by 13 July.
Emily Yates, of ABC, said: "It [the fine] doesn't really touch the sides of this whole issue.
"This is a token £13.4m fine presented as an improvement package."
Southern says it has never made a profit on the service.
An overtime ban by Aslef, the driver's union, which came into force on 28 June has forced Southern to axe a quarter of its train services.
Southern is operating a revised timetable affecting services in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire.
The unions and some angry commuter groups wanted the government to sack Southern but that was never going to happen.
It would mean the DfT would have to step in and run things and that's the last thing they want.
This line is complex and fraught with engineering and industrial issues.
It would also be humiliating for ministers to have to admit that a private company couldn't handle things. Fans of nationalising the railways would have a field day.
And then there's the long term. Companies aren't exactly queuing up to spend millions of pounds bidding to take over this tricky and troubled contract.
As someone from a rival train company once told me: "We dodged a bullet there."


The family of a man murdered in County Louth almost 40 years ago are launching a legal action against authorities in Northern Ireland for alleged collusion.

Seamus Ludlow, of Thistle Cross near Dundalk, was shot dead on 2 May, 1976, as he returned home from a night out.
His family is taking civil proceedings against the PSNI, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Northern Ireland's secretary of state.
They believe this will force the disclosure of crucial evidence.
A parliamentary committee in Dublin recommended 10 years ago that a state inquiry be held into the murder, after an official judge-led report criticised the original Garda (Irish police) investigation.
It was found that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) told the Garda in 1979 that it believed four named loyalists were involved in Mr Ludlow's killing, but the information was not pursued by the Garda at the time.
No-one has ever been charged with the murder. The Barron report found that the 47-year-old had no connections with any subversive organisation.
The family are also seeking meetings with the Irish government over its decision not to launch a commission of investigations into events surrounding the murder, as recommended by the Barron report.
"The civil action being launched in the north may, we hope, cause some traction in the south to deliver truth, justice and accountability for the family of Seamus Ludlow, 40 years after his death," a family spokesman said.
After the murder, members of the Garda wrongly told the Ludlow family that he had been shot by the IRA as an informer.
They also failed to give the family adequate notice about the inquest into his death and no member of the family was present.
The parliamentary committee which investigated the circumstances expressed grave concerns about the role collusion played in the murder.
It was undisputed that two of the suspects were members of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), it found.


The new La Liga season got under way last weekend with Barcelona aiming to secure their third consecutive title, and Atletico Madrid and city rivals Real determined to stop them.

But Spanish football isn't just about the 'big three' and there are plenty more storylines to savour as the campaign unfolds including intriguing managerial changes, top-flight novices with a bizarre nickname and a draconian new rule.
BBC Sport has the full story...
They have lifted the Champions League trophy twice in three years, but Real Madrid have won only one league title in the past eight seasons - and the big question at the start of the new La Liga campaign is whether they will finally be able to wrest domestic supremacy away from Barcelona.
Zinedine Zidane's men, pipped by their great rivals by just a point last season, made a strong start, winning their opening game 3-0 at Real Sociedad on Sunday. That included two goals from Gareth Bale, who needed only 72 seconds to score the opener.
Bale's outstanding performance was timely, adding further credence to an increasingly popular theory that he is gradually usurping Cristiano Ronaldo as the key player at the Bernabeu.
The Welshman was excellent last season, bouncing back from an underwhelming 2014-15 campaign to produce his best form in Spain so far.
And with Ronaldo understandably becoming more of a penalty-box predator as he advances into his early 30s, it does seem that Bale - along with fellow former Tottenham player Luka Modric - is Real's main man in terms of developing play.
It has been an unusually quiet summer for the Bernabeu club, whose only foray into the transfer market has been re-signing former youth team striker Alvaro Morata from Juventus to compete with Karim Benzema.
But that lack of activity could prove to be a blessing for Zidane, who already possesses world-class talent in every position and could have seen the balance of his squad disrupted by the arrival of yet another unnecessary but expensive 'Galactico'.
And one new star is rapidly emerging: 20-year-old winger Marco Asensio, who spent last season on loan at Espanyol, has returned to establish himself in Zidane's plans by scoring brilliant goals in the Uefa Super Cup victory over Sevilla and the league opener at Real Sociedad. Remember the name.
Standing in Real's way, of course, are a Barcelona team who began the season in ominous fashion with a magisterial 6-2 thrashing of Real Betis at home on Saturday.
Although Luis Suarez - last season's leading scorer in La Liga - scored his fourth hat-trick in six league matches, the headlines were taken by Lionel Messi, who scored twice as part of a dazzling performance which touched dizzying heights even by his own unique standards.
There is a distinctly new look to the Barca team this season - and not just because of Messi's dubious combination of peroxide blond hair and thick ginger beard.
After a summer of strengthening in the transfer market, three players made their debuts against Betis: France defenders Lucas Digne and Samuel Umtiti, and former Manchester City youth midfielder Denis Suarez.
In addition, gifted Portuguese creator Andre Gomes has been signed from Valencia and the Catalan club are still hoping to secure a back-up striker to Luis Suarez before the transfer window closes. Valencia's Paco Alcacer is the leading candidate.
Although none of the signings - except, perhaps, Umtiti - are likely to feature in Barca's strongest XI, manager Luis Enrique now has more opportunity to rotate his squad and therefore prevent the burnout which nearly derailed their title challenge last season.
But the key for Barca remains, of course, their astonishingly successful 'MSN' forward line - Messi, Suarez and Neymar - who have combined for an incredible 260 goals in their two (and a bit) seasons together. If that trio stays fit and in form, the champions will take some stopping.
After finishing just three points off top spot last season, there is every reason to believe Atletico Madrid will mount another serious challenge for the title they snatched from under Barca's noses in 2014.
When two Champions League finals are added to their consistent high finishes in La Liga, it's clear they have transformed themselves into genuine superpowers since the arrival of Diego Simeone in late 2011.
The all-encompassing power of Barca and Real, however, means Atletico rarely receive their share of the limelight - even in their own city - and are routinely overlooked by pundits and bookmakers, who rate Los Rojiblancos as big as 14/1 shots for the title. Barca are slight odds-on favourites ahead of Real.
Although Atletico's campaign got off to a disappointing start as, without suspended star striker Antoine Griezmann, they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Alaves last weekend, it would surely be unwise to write them off too soon.
The indefatigable Simeone has kept hold of the squad which came so close to glory last season and added further quality in the form of livewire French striker Kevin Gameiro, whose goal in Sevilla's Europa League final victory over Liverpool was his 29th of the season.
The all-French partnership of Euro 2016 top scorer Griezmann and Gameiro is a tantalising prospect, and we don't have to wait for long to discover whether Atletico can be contenders again - they travel to Barcelona on Wednesday, 21 September.
Basque club Deportivo Alaves reacted to winning the Segunda Division at the end of last season in a strange manner: they sacked their promotion-winning coach and got rid of most of the players.
But, last weekend, the new-look team, now led by former Valencia boss Mauricio Pellegrino and featuring seven debutants, partially vindicated that ruthlessness by making an impressive start to their first top-flight campaign since 2006 with a draw against Atletico.
Alaves, best known for their 5-4 defeat by Liverpool in the 2001 Uefa Cup final, are perhaps not even the most famous sports club in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz. The town's basketball team, Baskonia, are among the most successful in Spain and last season reached the semi-finals of Euroleague, the continent's leading club competition.
In fact, Josean Querejeta, the chief executive of both clubs, reportedly had a novel response this summer when Barcelona's basketball team attempted to sign one of Baskonia's star players - he asked if Alaves could have Barca's reserve full-back Douglas in return. Neither deal went through.
Elsewhere, another newly promoted team, Leganes, fared better on the opening weekend with a 1-0 victory over Celta Vigo.
Leganes, where Samuel Eto'o started his senior career after a loan move from Real Madrid, are undoubtedly the fairytale team of the new season, with their 8,000-capacity Batarque stadium preparing for the first top-flight campaign in the club's history.
The Madrid-based minnows are also notable for possessing maybe the strangest nickname in football: The Cucumber Growers. This summer they have been running a marketing campaign entitled 'Now Try Our Cucumbers', while their victory in Vigo came in their change strip... all green, of course.
The other newly promoted side are more familiar, with Osasuna returning to the highest level after an absence of two years.
La Liga's great entertainers should be Sevilla under the bold leadership of new coach Jorge Sampaoli, who made his name by winning three domestic titles in Chile before taking the national team to Copa America glory on home soil in 2015.
Sampaoli is a famously attack-minded coach, and Sevilla's playing formation in last weekend's opener at home to Espanyol could best be described as 2-3-2-3, featuring wing-backs who spent very little time anywhere near 'back'.
In a sign of things to come, Sevilla beat Espanyol 6-4 - the first time there has been such a scoreline in La Liga since 1956 - with all the home team's goals scored by summer signings. Franco Vazquez, a new arrival from Palermo, is one man to watch in particular.
Another team to keep an eye on are Las Palmas, who were one of Spain's best sides in the latter stages of last season and made the summer's most eyebrow-raising signing with the capture of former AC Milan star Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Boateng scored a brilliant header on his debut as Las Palmas maintained their pre-season optimism with a 4-2 away victory over Valencia on Monday, and they could well prove to be this term's surprise package.
Elsewhere, two familiar faces are back in the dug-out as former Real Madrid and Tottenham boss Juande Ramos takes charge of a promising team at Malaga, while ex-Brighton and Sunderland chief Guy Poyet has been appointed by Real Betis.
Don't worry Gus, you don't have to play Barcelona every week...
If you are watching a La Liga game and notice fans seem to be crammed into certain parts of the ground while other areas are left vacant, there is a good reason.
Increasingly aware of the need to compete with the English Premier League for the lucrative overseas television market, La Liga's bosses have realised a game played in front of packed stands provides a much better TV product, conveying a sense of atmosphere and excitement.
To counter the unfortunate fact many Spanish grounds are often well below capacity (not helped by the league's unhelpful fixture scheduling), the authorities have taken the drastic step of introducing a new rule which will see clubs fined if the stand facing the main TV camera is less than 75% full.
The league's rule book "strongly recommends accommodating season-ticket holders and other spectators" in the necessary seating, with judgments to be made on the decidedly low-tech basis of photographs taken by delegates after 30 minutes of each match.
It's too early to tell how strictly the league will apply their bizarrely authoritarian new 'incentive', but there is comfort for clubs such as Deportivo La Coruna and Real Sociedad in the notoriously wet northern regions of Spain - the rule does not apply when it rains.
Fitness permitting, Cristiano Ronaldo should reach a significant milestone midway through the season.
The Real Madrid star is 22 goals behind England legend Jimmy Greaves as the leading all-time scorer in Europe's major five leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain).
Considering Ronaldo's usual rate of scoring, he should overtake that mark sometime in January or February.


North Korea's attempt to launch a test missile is concerning and UK officials are closely monitoring the situation, the Foreign Office has said.

The US said the launch of a land-based ballistic missile from the eastern port of Sinpo was detected but it had exploded almost immediately.
It comes after the regime warned the US it would not shy away from conflict.
Earlier, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Pyongyang must adhere to UN resolutions.
US Vice-President Mike Pence is flying to the South Korean capital, Seoul, where he is expected to discuss the best way to deal with North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes.
North Korea has already conducted five nuclear tests and a series of missile launches.
On Saturday, it marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, Kim Il-sung, with a huge military parade in Pyongyang amid speculation that current leader Kim Jong-un could order a new nuclear test.
The event, which appeared to include new intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles, was a deliberate show of strength.
The US Pacific Command confirmed the failed test had taken place hours later, with officials saying a missile had exploded within seconds of the launch.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are concerned by reports of a missile test by North Korea and are monitoring the situation closely."
Speaking before the launch attempt, Mr Johnson said:  "We have been here before but continue to monitor the situation carefully.
"We stand alongside our international partners in making clear that North Korea must adhere to UN resolutions designed to secure peace and stability in the region and stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons."
US President Donald Trump has urged China to use its influence with North Korea but said the US is ready to act alone to deal with the nuclear threat.
Ahead of the parade, tension was continuing to rise in the Korean Peninsula with a US aircraft carrier group heading towards the region.
Speaking on Saturday, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said Mr Johnson and Prime Minister Theresa May needed to use what influence they had with Mr Trump to tell him that "aircraft carrier diplomacy is not what the world needs".


The leader of the far-right protest movement the English Defence League has been charged with mortgage fraud.

Stephen Lennon, 30, is accused of three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation in relation to a mortgage application.
Mr Lennon is due before St Albans Magistrates Court on 7 December.
He will appear with five others, from Luton, Silsoe in Bedfordshire and Watford, who were arrested as part of the same investigation.
They face charges including fraud, money-laundering and possession of drugs with intent to supply.


A Labour MP has gone on trial accused of kicking a "Yes" campaigner during the Scottish independence referendum.

Marie Rimmer, 69, MP for St Helens South and Whiston, denies assaulting Patricia McLeish outside a Glasgow polling station on 18 September 2014.
Giving evidence, Ms McLeish, 52, said the Merseyside MP spoke aggressively before kicking her on the shin outside Shettleston Community Centre.
The trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court, has been adjourned until July.
The MP is also accused of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner on the same day, by repeatedly approaching volunteers and pointing in the face of Dennis Ashcroft.
Ms McLeish told the court that Ms Rimmer and another "No" campaigner were outside the centre on the day of the referendum while she and another "Yes" campaigner handed out leaflets.
She told the court: "The accused came in to my face twice, very very close up to my face, invaded my personal space I would say."
Procurator fiscal depute Adele McDonald asked: "Did you see where she had come from?"
Ms McLeish said the first time Rimmer came from behind her adding: "She just approached me face on after I gave somebody a leaflet but didn't say anything, which I found strange."
She claimed that around 10 minutes later the same thing happened again.
The prosecutor asked how she felt the first time it happened and the witness replied: "I thought it was odd, I thought it was quite intimidating behaviour for somebody to do, you don't expect that at a polling station, you don't expect that anywhere, in fact, you don't expect that from an adult.
"Second time she done it again I was getting concerned I thought what's she trying to do here."
The court heard Ms Rimmer then, in an aggressive tone asked Ms McLeish: "Are you a shop steward?"
Ms McLeish said it was as if she was "demanding an answer".
She claimed that in an "equally aggressive" tone, Ms Rimmer asked where she worked and that she replied it was local government.
Ms McLeish said: "I said 'where do you work?' which I would never ask anybody on a polling station and that's when she answered 'I'm the leader of St. Helen's council'.
"And at that point I just disbelieved her because the manner she reacted before I just thought this person is obviously delusional because the leader of a council wouldn't act in that manner and I just tried to ignore her at that point."
The court heard Ms Rimmer and Ms McLeish had a disagreement about Liverpool councils in the 1980s.
Ms McLeish said that a short time later she gave somebody a leaflet and Rimmer "came in to her face again" and assaulted her.
Ms McDonald asked if she did anything when she came over to her and she said: "Never said anything again, just in to my face but this time she kicked me."
The witness told the court: "It was definitely deliberate."
Ms McLeish claimed: "I said 'I'm astounded, I have been doing this for 30 years at polling stations, I have never encountered anything like that let alone from another female, an older female at that', I said 'it's a disgrace'."
The court heard she reported the incident to the person in charge of the polling station and the police were called.
She also said she spoke to local Labour party members and told them what happened, including Councillor Frank McAveety.
Ms McLeish claimed she told the police she did not want to press charges, believing Ms Rimmer had mental health problems.
She said she was told that there was a "zero tolerance policy" that day and all incidents had to be reported.
The trial, before Sheriff Kenneth Hogg, will resume in July.


It's already taken Â£1m in ticket sales and it's only just been released in cinemas.

But as Fifty Shades of Grey had its UK premiere campaigners protested against the franchise claiming it glamorises domestic abuse.
However, the cast, director and author have all told Newsbeat that's not true.
Some threw flyers while one protester was removed after attaching a banner reading "Mr Grey is a Rapist" to the railings.
Natalie Collins, who leads the 50 Shades is Domestic Abuse campaign, told us a separate group of protestors were responsible and removed.
The 30-year-old also explained what her campaign was about: "We set up the campaign two and a half years ago when the books came out.
"We felt really concerned about the way the books romanticise abuse and glamorise an abusive person.
"We are really concerned about the way that he stalks her, he coerces her into sex, he coerces her into giving up her car, he harasses her, he's emotionally abusive.
"We are against that, we're not against the kinky sex, we are not against BDSM at all."
The trilogy of books the film is based on follow the relationship between student Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson, and emotionally-damaged billionaire Christian Grey, played by Jamie Dornan, who enjoys controlling sexual encounters.
Campaigners say some of the sexual behaviour carried out by Dornan's character crosses into abuse.
When asked about the criticism, Dakota Johnson told Newsbeat: "It's exciting to be involved in something controversial that some people like and some people don't.
"I wonder if they wouldn't mind waiting until they see the movie. I don't think it's that way at all."
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson said: "I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
"What Dakota and I did throughout the journey of Anastasia was to empower her.
"Every sexual encounter that she has with Christian is one that she's gone into willingly and complicity until the moment he crosses a line.
"And when he crosses that line it's a very firm no and she has the final word - she has all the power and he's the vulnerable one so I don't think there's any glamorisation of it."
Four and a half million tickets have already been sold in the 39 countries where Fifty Shades of Grey will be released this weekend.
While children as young as 12 can watch Fifty Shades of Grey in France - it has an 18 rating in the UK.
Seventeen-year-old Iriana has joined the 50 Shades is Domestic Abuse campaign.
She said: "I think it's a disgrace they are still showing this. My friends think it's OK for girls to be part of this and it's a new experience in their opinion.
"It doesn't matter if it's an 18 - it's the fact it's degrading women."
Security removed a banner and flyers from the grey carpet moments after the book's author EL James had stopped to pose for photos with fans.
When we asked her about the criticism she said: "Why do you think there are so many women here if it's about domestic abuse and domestic violence?
"Don't get me started. No it's not - OK?"
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BT is creating 100 new jobs in Swansea as part of a move to take on 1,000 new staff across the UK by April 2017.

The other jobs will be spread across BT's other UK contact centres although exact details have yet to be announced.
The move comes after the company pledged that in 2016 it will respond to 80% of its customers' calls at UK offices.
Fifty extra advisors have already been taken on at Swansea.


A man accused of killing a UK-born toddler in Australia in 1970 once gave information to police about her possible resting place, a court has heard.

Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer went missing from a shower block at a New South Wales beach.
A 63-year-old man, originally from Britain, was arrested in March and charged with her abduction and murder.
A court heard the man confessed in 1971, but police had not believed him.
The man, who was 17 at the time, had also given details about the possible location of her remains, the Wollongong court heard on Wednesday.
Police initially discounted his information, believing it was inaccurate, but it had since been supported by other evidence, a magistrate was told.
The accused man cannot be named because he was a minor at the time.
Police have said they do not believe Cheryl's body will be found.
Defence lawyer Laura Fennell questioned whether the new evidence should be admissible because it was given by a minor who had been suffering mental health issues.
But the magistrate denied bail, saying the prosecution case appeared to be strong.
The man has not formally entered a plea.


Rhys Williams has reason to feel aggrieved about his omission from Team GB's squad for the Rio Olympics, says former 110m hurdles world record holder Colin Jackson.

The Welsh 400m hurdler, 32, met the Olympic qualifying time in May, but failed to win automatic Rio selection at the British Championships.
The 2012 Olympian failed in his appeal against the decision.
"I'm pretty disappointed he hasn't been selected," Jackson told BBC Sport.
"I think what he's capable of is under 49 seconds - I truly believe that - and if you can get under 49 seconds, you can be in the final."
A British Athletics statement explained that because Williams was only eligible in round four of the organisation's selection process, the "selection panel would need to believe he would win a medal in Rio or at a future Olympic Games" in order for him to be included.
Williams has never won an Olympic medal, but did claim gold at the 2012 European Championships.
Asked if Williams could feel hard done by, Jackson said: "I think so. I have really mixed emotions with that [British Athletics' stance]. Sometimes it feels like they favour some athletes over others.
"They say Rhys may not be able to do it [win a medal], but I know Rhys had a really good, consistent winter and he's put a lot of time and effort in there and has no injuries.
"He's always scrapping for that great result he's capable of, and when you've had the winter preparation he has, he's more than capable of doing that.
"You just never know what you can do when you go to a major championship. It's not like he won't get through the first round - he's likely to get through to the semi. And when you get through to the semi, anything can happen."
Williams, who received a four-month ban for doping in 2014, had previously spoken of his belief that he could be selected for Rio.
But he was left out of the squad after missing out on a place in the top two at the British Championships in June and finishing fifth at the European Championships in July.
Seren Bundy-Davies was the only Welsh track and field athlete named in Great Britain's team for the Olympics when it was announced on Wednesday.
It means Wales will have just one athletics competitor at an Olympics for the first time since the 1952 Helsinki Games.


Doctors and nursing unions have called on political parties "not to play games with the health of the nation" after the failure of the public health bill.

Plaid Cymru voted against the bill, including a partial e-cigarette ban, because of a row with Labour.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said it was "deeply disappointed" the bill had fallen at the final stage.
Tina Donnelly, Royal College of Nursing Wales director, called it "both disappointing and unsettling".
Dr Phil Banfield, BMA Welsh council chairman, said there had been "a huge collaborative effort over a number of years, to improve the health and well-being of the nation".
He added: "Alongside our nursing colleagues, we issue a joint call for all political parties present in the next assembly to put aside game playing and to come together to develop long-term, cross-party solutions to ensure the lasting health of the nation."
Other organisations involved in the legislation's consultation exercise expressed their disappointment.
Much of the controversy came over the plans to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed public places - with health organisations divided.
But the legislation also covered other public health areas where there was a general consensus.
It would have created a national register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products and restricted smoking in public playgrounds, school grounds and hospital grounds.
Suzanne Cass, chief executive of ASH Wales Cymru said it was "disappointed" the bill had fallen at the last hurdle.
"We know that smoking is an addiction of childhood, a classroom full of children take up smoking every day in Wales.
"The retail register would have been a fantastic opportunity to give enforcement agencies a clear idea of where tobacco is being sold legally and illegally."
The law would have created a mandatory licensing scheme for businesses and practitioners carrying out acupuncture, body piercing, electrolysis and tattooing.
It would also have prohibited intimate and tongue piercing on those under 16 years old.
Rik Stevens, president of the Tattoo and Piecing Industry Union said it was a "great pity."
"This has been stopped in its tracks and for no particular good reason - and not related to the workings of the bill."
It would have changed the way pharmaceutical services are planned to meet the needs of local communities - to help provide community services beyond just dispensing where there were gaps - such as stop smoking sessions, needle exchanges and support in tackling obesity.
Steve Simmonds of the National Pharmacy Association in Wales said he hoped the legislation regarding pharmacies could still be brought back and presented in its own right after the assembly election.
"There was a lot of loosely related legislation held together in one Bill but there was an expectation that it was going through.
"It's shame when something which would have made a difference to the health of the population has been sidetracked by what are essentially political considerations," he said.
"There was a lot of common sense stuff there."
Councils would have been expected to produce a local toilets' strategy and to involve shops and other businesses in providing "creative solutions" to meet local needs.
Graeme Francis, head of policy at Age Cymru, "regretted" the public toilet provisions would not become law and urged the next Welsh Government to go even further by making it a statutory duty for councils.
"Public toilets are essential to making communities age friendly and a lack of them can have a debilitating effect on older people, preventing people from accessing key services and increasing loneliness and isolation," he said.
Julie Barratt, director of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health in Wales, said she was "very disappointed" and said it would have made a big difference to public health over a wide area, from tattoo parlours to toilet provision.
"A lot of really good work has gone into this Bill over a long time - and it's disappointing particularly that it's not been lost over the minutiae of the detail but over politics."
"The work has been done, a great deal of consensus has been found on much of it and my hope is whatever colour party is in power or if there is a coalition it will be brought back.
"We would have seen these regulations being implemented by next year but now there will be at least a delay or maybe they've gone for good."
The public consultation to the legislation brought 238 responses from different organisations, an A to Z running from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Wales to Zandera, a e-cigarette manufacturer.
There were another 434 individual responses and another 766 people took part in a survey.


Comic book hero Tintin is getting a musical makeover.

The intrepid reporter and his faithful dog Snowy are starring in an open-air opera in Belgium.
The Castafiore Emerald, a musical adaptation of the 1963 adventure by Belgian author Herge, made its debut on Thursday at the Chateau de la Hulpe.
Produced by Belgium's Opera For All, the lyrical comedy features characters including Captain Haddock and the Thompson Twins.
The plot features opera diva Bianca Castafiore, during a visit to Marlinspike Hall - Captain Haddock's country retreat - and the subsequent theft of her jewellery.
It is noted for being the only book in the Tintin series where the characters remain at Marlinspike Hall.
"I've always found it the most musical of Herge's books," director Francois de Carpentries told AFP, adding that turning Tintin into an opera "is a childhood dream come true".
The musical's dialogue is set to some of opera's best-loved tunes.
Tintin was adapted into a live action film by Steven Spielberg in 2011, while David Greig and Rufus Norris adapted Tintin in Tibet for the stage in 2005, with Russell Tovey in the lead role.
The Castafiore Emerald runs for 10 days at Chateau de la Hulpe, with expectations that it will tour thereafter.


A man has denied he murdered his wife in a jealous rage a day after he found out about an alleged affair.

Stuart Gallear, 51, admits fatally stabbing his wife Mandy, 42, at their home in Hindley, Wigan in October 2016.
He said he had no intention to kill her and punish her lover, joiner Mark Prescott.
"Why would I plan to murder the mother of my children and leave them without a mother?" he told the jury at Manchester Crown Court.
His barrister, Simon Csoka QC, asked him: "On October 6 what was it that was bothering you the most?"
Mr Gallear replied: "Probably the fact my marriage was breaking up and I was losing the woman I loved for 20 years."
Mr Csoka asked: "Do you think about what happened?"
Mr Gallear responded: "I end up crying my eyes out. It's a never-ending nightmare."
During cross-examination Mr Gallear said he did not know why he picked up a knife from an open cutlery drawer in the couple's kitchen.
"There was no intent, I don't recall picking it up... I loved her to bits," he said.
Mr Gallear, who is originally from Wolverhampton, said his wife first told him in April 2016 of an extra-marital relationship, but told him she would end it.
He thought the marriage was "going a lot better" until 5 October 2016 when the son of Mr Prescott's partner told him about Mrs Gallear's affair, jurors heard.
The trial continues.


Premiership Rugby deputy chairman Bruce Craig has warned that Pro12 clubs face "financial oblivion" if administrators try to thwart the Rugby Champions Cup.

Craig has been central to setting up an event intended to replace the Heineken Cup, which he claims is "finished".
If the competition is not approved then that would have absolutely catastrophic implications for Celtic rugby
"If the competition is not approved then that would have absolutely catastrophic implications for Celtic rugby," Craig told BBC Sport.
"Celtic teams would be without significant revenues."
He added: "The Heineken Cup is finished, it's over. The Rugby Champions Cup is a way to save European rugby."
Premiership Rugby, the umbrella company representing top-flight English teams, and their French counterparts, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), announced the creation of the Rugby Champions Cup for the 2014-15 season on Sunday.
All the Pro12 clubs - from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Italy - currently participating in the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, which is run by the company European Rugby Cup (ERC), have received invitations to join the Anglo-French breakaway competition.
Craig, who is chairman of Bath, believes every Pro12 team is prepared to sign up to the new competition, but that they are being held back by their national governing bodies.
He has warned the national unions from interfering, and also indicated that they and the International Rugby Board (IRB) could face court action if they attempt to stop the Rugby Champions Cup.
"If all 38 [European] clubs were actually given the opportunity to come into the Rugby Champions Cup, I believe all 38 would probably agree," said Craig, a former scrum-half with Paris side Racing Metro. "It's basically the Celtic unions that would stop them from participating.
"Everyone would prefer that we didn't go down the legal route. We all want a competition that is a fabulous European competition.
"The reality though is that if there was to be a blockage there are obvious questions around restraint of trade. This new Champions Cup would generate in the region of 60 to 70 million Euros minimum, which would actually cut out a big percentage of the English and the French clubs' losses."
The English and French clubs gave notice 15 months ago of their intention to quit the Heineken Cup in 2014, citing preferential qualifying criteria for Celtic sides and uneven distribution of revenues.
Craig contends that while English clubs each receive around £800,000 annually for participating in the Heineken Cup, the figure is closer to £3 million for some Celtic clubs.
That leaves the latter severely financially exposed in the event of there being no European club competition next season, he claimed.
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"The amounts of money that is generated in the English and French games through our domestic leagues accounts for approximately 80% of our revenues, so the implication of not playing in a Heineken Cup is much less serious for French and English clubs as it is for the Celtic nations," said Craig, who confirmed there would be no English or French club representatives at the next ERC stakeholder meeting in Dublin on 23 October.
"At the moment, for the 2014-15 season there is no European rugby. This competition is one in which all the clubs are invited to play and there will be an equal distribution of money on a per team basis.
"The reality of it is that if the Rugby Champions Cup doesn't happen, then the Celts will not be playing in a competition and they won't have those distributions from that competition.
"People say the English and French clubs are greedy. The fact is we are losing money.
"In terms of sustainability and the future of the game, this is an opportunity for us to increase revenues into the English and French club game which gives it more viability. The unions should be approving that so there is continuity in English, French and Celtic rugby, because if there is isn't there would be financial oblivion for the Celtic countries."
2013: Toulon (France)
2012: Leinster (Ireland)
2011: Leinster (Ireland)
2010: Toulouse (France)
2009: Leinster (Ireland)
2008: Munster (Ireland)
2007: Wasps (England)
2006: Munster (Ireland)
Craig, who is bilingual having built up and sold a multi-million-pound pharmaceutical business in France before buying Bath, has been Premiership Rugby's chief negotiator with the French clubs, working closely with Paul Goze, president of the Ligue National de Rugby.
But a stumbling block for the Anglo-French tournament could actually come from within France, with the French Rugby Federation (FFR) having this week announced its support for ERC.
However, Craig claims that the FFR's show of support for the Heineken Cup represents an about turn. The federation had previously given notice to leave ERC too, he claimed, and had also proposed the creation of a Swiss-based company to run a new tournament.
"I find it very ambiguous that the FFR is now saying that they are not approving a competition which, in effect, they did approve," said Craig. "The negotiations with European Rugby Cup are finished.
"We've only got 12 months left until the new competition needs to start. We need to organise the event and we can't do that a month before the competition's going to start. That's why we've said the time is up now."


America's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for only the second time in 10 years.

The Federal Reserve increased rates on Wednesday by 0.25% to a range of 0.5% to 0.75%, citing a stronger US economy.
When the Fed changes policy on rates, it ripples across the globe. So, how does it affect people in the UK?
The short answer is not a lot.
There might have been a time when a rate rise in the US could have added to pressure here to raise rates.
But the Bank of England is in a very different place now.
It cut interest rates in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union - and it is expecting growth to slow next year.
Policy makers are unlikely to be swayed by anything the Federal Reserve does at this meeting.
UK interest rates are not expected to rise in 2017, and indeed are more likely to be cut further from the current historic low of 0.25%, according to Anna Stupnytska, global economist at Fidelity Investment Management.
But in the US, the Fed now thinks that there could be three rises next year, up from the two that were predicted in September. That's because of the expansionary policies expected to be introduced by President-elect Donald Trump.
So, in the UK you might not be immediately affected, but for those of you looking at longer term mortgages - such as a 10-year fixed rate - these are influenced not just by the UK's base rate, but also by the global bond market, which is already seeing yields rise.
And if US rates continue to increase, that may continue to push bond yields higher, in turn pushing up some mortgage rates.
It might.
Traditionally a rate rise means that an investor can get a better return on their investment and that usually benefits the currency, so the dollar might rise in response.
However, this rate rise has been so well signalled that investors have effectively "priced it in", in other words they are already acting on the assumption that it will happen.
The pound has already fallen significantly against the dollar since the referendum (about 14%) and it's likely that EU exit negotiations will have a major influence.
But Ms Stupnytska points out that if Mr Trump does have a positive effect on growth, and the US economy picks up next year while the UK's deteriorates, then that too could exacerbate weakness in the pound.
For the holidaymaker it's not such a good thing as it makes your trip more expensive, but for a UK exporter it is a positive influence as it makes their goods cheaper abroad.
Well, as mentioned earlier, investors have been pretty much working on the assumption that the rate rise was coming.
Initial reaction from US share markets was muted following the Fed's decision.
Meanwhile, the dollar strengthened, rising slightly against major currencies including the euro, sterling and yen.
That could boost shares in companies which generate their profits in the US currency - and there are many on the London stock market (chiefly miners, pharmaceuticals and oil companies).
Again, a weaker pound helps exporters so they may benefit.
On the flipside, utility, healthcare and consumer staple companies could see their shares underperform compared to others, says Ms Stupnytska.
She points out that they are often referred to as "bond proxies" because they are high dividend payers and offer an alternative income investment to bonds.
But with yields rising in bond markets, the relative attraction of equity bond proxies has diminished.
"If interest rates rise and bonds become more attractive, bond proxy sectors might underperform," she says.
For countries with a lot of US debt in dollars, their repayments are going to be a bit more expensive.
"This rate rise has been so well trailed that the impact on emerging markets is likely to be limited," says Philip Shaw, economist at Investec.
The main surprise was the indication that Federal Reserve members are expecting three rate rises next year and not two as had been previously expected, and that pushed the dollar higher.
However, Mr Shaw points out that the "dot plot" (as the forecasts are known) has not been a reliable guide to what has actually happened.
"In particular, a year ago the Federal Reserve was looking for four hikes in 2016 - it did one!" he says.
Ms Stupnytska says countries most sensitive to rising rates are Turkey, South Africa, Malaysia and Mexico, because a large amount of their debt is held by foreign investors and their economies are relatively weak.


Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are elected using the Single Transferable Vote system or STV.

There are 90 seats to be filled, a reduction from the 108 seats elected in May 2016.
With STV, candidates are elected according to the share of the vote they receive, the size of the electorate, and the number of seats to be filled.
On ballot papers, voters rank candidates in order of preference, giving each a number. They can choose as many or as few as they like.
When polls close and vote counting begins, the first step is to work out the 'quota', which decides how many votes a candidate needs to be elected.
To calculate the quota, you divide the number of valid voting papers cast by the number of seats to be filled plus one, and then add one.
Candidates who exceed the quota are elected straight away.
Votes are then redistributed among the other candidates in two ways.
1. Some candidates may be elected by many more votes than the quota. These extra votes are called the surplus, and are redistributed in proportion to the total number of preferences for other candidates in an elected candidate's ballots.
2. The lowest ranked candidates are eliminated, and the preferences on their ballot papers are distributed among the other candidates.
The process continues, with votes redistributed in these two ways, until all the seats are filled.
To illustrate how the process can work, consider an election for the three most popular Shakespeare characters.
Here is the result from the first round of voting:
To calculate the quota: There were 109,525 valid votes cast and three seats to be filled.
So, 109,525 divided by (3 seats +1)4, +1 = 27,382
Hamlet has clearly achieved this, so is elected in round one.
There are 29,406 surplus votes from Hamlet to be redistributed - and all of his ballots are examined to decide the proportion.
Some 23% of Hamlet's total ballots were found to have second preferences for Cleopatra.
Therefore, of the 29,406 surplus, 23% is awarded to Cleopatra = 6,763.4
Quota: 27,382
Cleopatra now exceeds the quota and is elected at stage 2.
The other candidates receive proportional transfers from Hamlet's surplus.
There are 6,148 surplus ballots from her new total to redistribute. Again, all of her ballot papers are examined and the new surplus is redistributed in the same way as before.
Quota: 27,382
However, no one reaches the quota in stage 3 so the last placed candidate - Lady Macbeth - is eliminated.
Any preferences on her ballots are transferred to the remaining candidates.
Any votes with only one preference - for Lady Macbeth herself - are discarded, and known as 'non-transferable'.
Quota: 27,382
Stage 4 concludes with no candidate surpassing the quota.
Last-placed Romeo is now eliminated and his preferences transferred to the remaining candidates.
Quota: 27,382
Desdemona is elected in the final round when Romeo's second preferences are transferred.
A candidate can win without meeting the quota when there are no more votes available for transfer.
In this particular scenario, surpluses were only redistributed in the first two stages.
However, in an election where more seats need to be filled, and with more candidates, the process can happen repeatedly through many stages of counting.
The summary scoreboard shows first preference votes and vote share to indicate electoral support across the country.
The bar chart at the top of the page shows the top 5 or 6 parties in terms of seats won in the assembly.
If more than 6 parties win seats, the parties with fewest seats are amalgamated into a grouping called Others.
In the event of a tie - for example two parties have two seats - the party with the most first preference votes nationwide will be named.
Each constituency page displays a summary of all parties' and candidates' first preferences.
You can follow how the stages of counting unfold on the 'stage by stage' tab. This shows who is elected and eliminated in each round and the transferred votes at each stage.
Seat change will not be shown at national or constituency level in this election. This is because the reduction in seats from 108 to 90 makes a valid comparison extremely difficult.
On smaller mobile screens, parties are sometimes abbreviated to 3 or 4 letter codes. Codes used in Northern Ireland are:
APNI: Alliance Party
CCLA: Cross Community Labour Alternative
CON: Conservative
CSA: Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance
DUP: Democratic Unionist Party
GRN: Green Party Northern Ireland
IND: Independent
PBPA: People Before Profit Alliance
PUP: Progressive Unionist Party
SDLP: Social Democratic & Labour Party
SF: Sinn FÃ©in
TUV: Traditional Unionist Voice
UKIP: United Kingdom Independence Party
UUP: Ulster Unionist Party
WP: Workers Party
OTH: Others


An investigation into the smell from a smouldering rubbish tip is under way by the Environment Agency.

People living close to the tip at Long Lane, Great Heck, North Yorkshire, have said their health is being affected.
Sarah Webster has three children, aged three, six and eight, and said they had all been "really poorly" due to the smell.
The tip was run by Wagstaff TWM Ltd which has gone into liquidation, the Environment Agency said.
The agency said it was investigating alleged waste offences and monitoring the odour from the site, near the M62 motorway, that stockpiled mixed recyclable waste.
It said any health concerns should be discussed with a general practitioner.
It is thought there could be more than 10,000 tonnes of rotting rubbish that could cost Â£1m in landfill tax to dispose of.
Graham Brocklesby, the owner of the site, said: "We need some help... whoever can lighten the impact of the cost that is going to be incurred here."
Laura Watkinson-Teo, a campaigner, said the smell was "awful, pungent and it lingers - you get a sensation at the back of your throat and it's nauseating."
During a visit to the site Nigel Adams, Conservative MP for Selby, said the smell was "absolutely rancid".
It was "altogether unacceptable as well as unpleasant", he added.
No one from the business was available for comment.
According to its website the company is a "responsible and professional total waste management company".


A £20m deal signed by a Carmarthenshire firm will create up to 40 jobs over the next three years.

Hydro Industries, based in Llangennech, will work to improve water treatment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The new jobs will be needed to help fill orders to the UAE.
Speaking on a visit to the company, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said: "Hydro Industries is a great example of Welsh innovation at its best.
"The positive impact its growth is set to bring to the supply chain industries is great news for the Welsh economy."


An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in jail for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his rule.

It is the first verdict he has received since his overthrow and is one of several trials he faces.
Morsi was deposed by the military in July 2013 following mass street protests against his rule.
Since then, the authorities have banned his Muslim Brotherhood movement and arrested thousands of his supporters.
Morsi and 14 other Brotherhood figures escaped a more serious charge of inciting the killing of protesters, which could have carried the death sentence.
Most of the other defendants were also given 20-year prison sentences. Morsi's legal team have said they will appeal.
This verdict is just one of several Mr Morsi faces. They include:
What's become of Egypt's Morsi?
Morsi stood accused of inciting supporters to kill a journalist and opposition protesters in clashes outside the presidential palace in late 2012.
As crowds grew outside the palace, Morsi ordered the police to disperse them.
They refused, so the Muslim Brotherhood brought in their own supporters. Eleven people died in the ensuing clashes, mostly from the Brotherhood.
Hearing the verdict, Morsi and the other defendants gave a four-fingered salute, a symbol of the deadly clearance of Brotherhood supporters at the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in 2013.
A senior Brotherhood figure, Amr Darrag, called the ruling a "travesty of justice".
"They want to pass a life sentence for democracy in Egypt," he said.
Ramy Ghanem, a lawyer for one of those injured in the clashes, expressed surprise that Morsi escaped the more serious charge, but told the AFP news agency the sentences are "not bad".
However the brother of one of the victims said he wanted to "enter the cage and pull out his [Morsi's] intestines", according to Reuters.
Morsi has rejected the authority of the courts, shouting during his first trial that he was the victim of a military coup.
On Monday, a court sentenced 22 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death for an attack on a police station in Cairo, part of an ongoing crackdown against the Islamist movement.
Morsi was Egypt's first freely-elected president, but protests began building less than a year into his rule when he issued a decree granting himself far-reaching powers.
A court dropped charges of conspiracy to kill protesters against Morsi's predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, last year.


Patrick Bauer left it late to rescue a point for Charlton by equalising deep into stoppage time against Sheffield United.

The game was immediately disrupted on the opening whistle as Addicks fans pelted the pitch with miniature footballs and taxis in protest against absentee Belgian owner Roland Duchatelet.
Josh Magennis saw a ninth-minute effort cancelled out for offside, while Charlton keeper Dillon Phillips' blushes were spared when his clearance hit Leon Clarke and flew just off target.
Sheffield United broke the deadlock on 32 minutes when John Fleck's free-kick was played short to Mark Duffy inside the box, who cleverly lifted an angled shot from the right of the area and into the net.
Billy Sharp almost added a second with the last kick of the opening half but instead fired straight at the Charlton keeper.
Sharp's overhead kick was easily dealt with by Phillips early in the second period and moments later the home stopper was at full stretch to tip behind Fleck's long-range drive.
Phillips came to the rescue once again for Charlton with a top class save to somehow deny Duffy and was on hand to prevent substitute Caolan Lavery heading home 10 minutes from time.
They paid the price deep into stoppage time when Bauer met Adam Chicksen's free-kick and prodded in from close range to spoil Sheffield United's day.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Sheffield United 1.
Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 1, Sheffield United 1.
Goal!  Charlton Athletic 1, Sheffield United 1. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Chicksen.
Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United).
Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Kevin Foley.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic).
Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Jason Pearce.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Botaka replaces Andrew Crofts.
Attempt saved. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Chris Basham (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Novak (Charlton Athletic).
Hand ball by Kevin Foley (Charlton Athletic).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Stefan Scougall replaces Mark Duffy because of an injury.
Delay in match Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) because of an injury.
Foul by Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic).
Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Hand ball by Lee Novak (Charlton Athletic).
Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Jason Pearce.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces Leon Clarke.
Leon Clarke (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leon Clarke (Sheffield United).
Attempt blocked. Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by John Fleck.
Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Chris Basham (Sheffield United).
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Lee Novak replaces Nicky Ajose.
Attempt blocked. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Dillon Phillips.


UK tech firm Micro Focus is buying the software business of a division of Hewlett-Packard for $8.8bn (£6.6bn).

The deal makes Micro Focus one of the UK's biggest tech companies, with total annual revenues of $4.5bn (£3.4bn).
It is acquiring assets from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), including former UK tech champion Autonomy which HP bought in an ill-fated deal in 2011.
Micro Focus was promoted to the FTSE 100 last week, replacing ARM after it was bought by Japan's Softbank.
A string of acquisitions has turned Micro Focus, based in Berkshire, England, from being a relatively small player to being worth over £5bn, with revenues doubling in 2015.
Shares in Micro Focus closed 14.5% higher at £22.38 after jumping as much as 21%, making it the biggest riser on the FTSE 100.
The rise and rise of Micro Focus
Kevin Loosemore, Micro Focus executive chairman, said the deal marked a significant milestone for the company.
Mr Loosemore said he approached Hewlett Packard Enterprise in February about a deal and was not put off by the market turbulence that followed the Brexit vote in the UK.
HPE has more than 50,000 customers including many of the biggest US companies.
We are accustomed to headlines bemoaning another UK industrial champion falling to a foreign predator. This morning the tide, if only briefly, is flowing the other way.
Micro Focus, a fast-growing technology firm based in Newbury, Berkshire, is merging with a division of the original Silicon Valley titan, Hewlett-Packard.
Although the combination will have a slim majority of shareholders from the US company, this is a British takeover. The new Micro Focus will keep its listing on the London Stock Exchange, and the management will be British.
The new entity should have a stock market value north of £10bn - about twice the market cap of Sainsburys.
While it is tempting to see this as a swallow that might herald a golden summer of takeovers by ambitious British companies, it has more to do with the weakness of an ageing tech giant rather than a resurgence of appetite on this side of the Atlantic.
Hewlett-Packard is rightly credited with having founded Silicon Valley, nurturing a string of high-tech entrepreneurs and technology companies that went on to conquer the world.
In 1968, it put the first personal computer on sale - a snip at $5,000. Only two years ago it still employed 210,000 people; after today's deal, that number falls to 50,000.
For Hewlett-Packard it is part of a dramatic downsizing from having been a giant of the computer industry with annual revenues of more than $100bn.
Under chief executive Meg Whitman the group has been stripped down to what she believes is its core strengths.
HPE was one part of Hewlett-Packard which split into two last year. The other part, HP Inc, focuses on computers and printers.
The software spinoff follows HPE's announcement of the sale of its business services division to CSC for $8.5bn.
"We are taking another important step in achieving the vision of creating a faster-growing, higher-margin, stronger cash flow company well positioned for our customers and for the future," said Ms Whitman.
The sale is also being seen as a way for Hewlett-Packard to finally shed itself of its ill-fated purchase of Autonomy.
After the takeover, Hewlett-Packard wrote off about three-quarters of Autonomy's value, claiming that "accounting misrepresentations" had led it to overpay for the firm.
Autonomy denied that, and a slew of legal action then followed.
Its founder, Mike Lynch, told the Financial Times that the deal "was a good thing".
"They can't really screw it up any more than it was. Hopefully there are still some gems in there," he told the paper.


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Huddersfield opened their Super League campaign with a comfortable 28-16 victory at Widnes Vikings.

Widnes led early on through Charly Runciman's try, but Jermaine McGillvary crossed to put Giants 6-4 ahead.
The visitors dominated from then on, as further tries from McGillvary, Lee Gaskell and Tom Symonds gave them a 14-point lead at half-time.
Stefan Marsh and Rhys Hanbury went over for Widnes, but tries from Aaron Murphy and Leroy Cudjoe sealed Giants' win.
Vikings finished seventh in Super League last season, but they have since seen influential stand-off Kevin Brown join Warrington, while scrum-half Joe Mellor will miss the first two months of the season through injury.
The hosts were punished for their inability to handle Giants' kicking game in the first half, as a number of spilled catches gave Giants good field position to punch over the line.
Huddersfield secured their position in Super League through the Qualifiers last season, but will hope for better this campaign after winning their first first season opener since beating Wigan in 2014.
Widnes head coach Denis Betts told BBC Radio Merseyside: "You could see it unfolding in front of your eyes, we were solid, defended well and controlled the collisions. We scored a really good try, I thought the practice is coming together and then we gave a couple of penalties away and Danny Brough's kicking game caused us problems.
"We were getting left on the floor and suddenly all the things we'd spoken about determination energy and effort we needed through the middle to control their hard-running middle unit went away.
"We're a decent side, run into a couple of things with injuries, but that was a good enough side that should have given us a performance to win the game. We're a miles better side than what we showed tonight."
Huddersfield Giants head coach Rick Stone told BBC Radio Leeds: "It wasn't too bad, we controlled the first half well, made a few little errors and Widens came pretty hard in the second half so there's a little bit to work on. But it's nice to go away and get a win in the first half.
"We had some good intent, played nice and direct and had good intent, some good last tackle options through Danny Brough.
"We came up with some decent plays to score some points and give ourselves a buffer that we needed in the end."
Widnes: Hanbury; Thompson, Armstrong, Runciman, Marsh; Bridge, Gilmore; Dudson, White, J Chapelhow, Whitley, Houston, Leuluai.
Replacements: Heremaia, Cahill, Olbison, T Chapelhow.
Huddersfield: Gaskell; McGillvary, Cudjoe, Mellor, Murphy; Brough, Brierley; Ikahihifo, Hinchcliffe, Ta'ai, Symonds, Ferguson, Lawrence.
Replacements: Wakeman, Leeming, Roberts, Clough.
Referee: Jack Smith.


Poor visibility caused by thick fog has led to the cancellation of about 50 flights at Heathrow airport, a spokeswoman said.

Passengers have been warned about foggy conditions across the UK and Europe causing disruption to flights. They are advised to check with their airlines.
The airport did not expect any further cancellations or delays.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog.
It is expected to become widespread and dense in the London area from Sunday night into Monday morning.
Passenger Ed Drewett wrote on Twitter: "Stuck on the ground at Dublin due to fog at Heathrow. Gonna miss my flight to LA."
Tim France also tweeted that he was delayed leaving Dublin.


IBF world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua describes how he got into boxing, why he loves it and his recipe for success.

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"It's a real passionate thing - once you're involved in it you just can't get it away from it," he says.
"The work you put in always pays off - and that's why I love it."
If you're inspired to have a go at boxing why not read our special guide?


A girl who died after she was hit by a car in Bangor, County Down, has been named as five-year-old Katie Grace Bogle.

She was struck by a grey Hyundai at Irvine Park in the town shortly after 17:00 BST on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said two off-duty nurses tried to help the girl, along with paramedics.
She was taken to the Ulster hospital by ambulance but died from her injuries.
The driver of the car is helping the police with their inquiries.
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them on the non-emergency number 101.


Gary Wilson hit six boundaries in a top score of 45 as Ireland cruised to a five-wicket Twenty20 win over Papua New Guinea in Townsville on Saturday.

Craig Young, Andy McBrine and Kevin O'Brien each took two wickets as PNG managed just 92-9 in their 20 overs.
Ireland were 30-3 before a stand of 53 between Wilson and O'Brien (19) helped them to 97-5 in just 12.1 overs.
It was the first in a three-game T20 series between the sides, with matches on Sunday and Tuesday to follow.
Wilson scored his 45 off 33 balls in the one-sided affair in Australia.
"It felt good when I was out there - I've been hitting the ball nicely so hopefully I can continue that form for the rest of the tour and beyond," Wilson told Cricket Ireland.
"It was a comfortable chase in the end, even though we lost a couple more wickets than we should have at the end of the innings.
"The bowlers set the tone very well, hitting the deck hard. The pitch was a little two-paced, so getting them for a low score was key."


The new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) has come into force, requiring employers to pay workers aged 25 and over at least £7.20 an hour.

It is expected to give 1.8 million workers an immediate pay rise.
The policy was announced in last summer's Budget by Chancellor George Osborne, in an effort to create a higher-wage, lower-welfare economy.
Workers aged 21 to 24 will continue to be paid the National Minimum Wage of £6.70 an hour.
Some 1.3 million workers are paid the minimum wage, while another 500,000 who earn slightly more than the current £6.70 an hour will also benefit.
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Adam Sowter, a hotel employee in York, told BBC Breakfast the extra money would help him pursue his ambition of becoming an actor.
However, his colleague Clare Vernon will be about £1,000 worse off over the next 12 months, because she is under 25. "We do the same amount of work," she said.
"The hours are really unsociable, so me getting 50p an hour less to work until 03:00 can get a bit annoying - I've only got another four years to wait."
The intention is for the NLW to rise to more than £9 an hour by 2020.
However, there are fears of job losses as companies struggle to pay the new higher wages.
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility has warned that 60,000 jobs could go as a result.
Sir George Bain, former chair of the Low Pay Commission, dismissed fears that the NLW could cost jobs.
"I think the claims are overblown, but I think it is too complicated to call in advance," he told Radio 4's Today programme.
The Living Wage Foundation, which inspired the idea but does not set the level of the NLW, welcomed its introduction, but urged businesses to "aim higher" and pay more than the statutory minimum.
Some employers have already pledged to do this.
The TUC said the government needed to ensure that everyone benefited from the NLW.
"Britain desperately needs a pay rise, and this increase is good news for those aged 25 or older," said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady.
"But the government must ensure that younger workers are not left behind; 21 to 24-year-olds will not be seeing an increase.
"This is not fair. Future wage increases must narrow the pay gap between old and young."
For its part, the Living Wage Foundation pointed out that its own suggested level of pay - £8.25 an hour and £9.40 in London - was higher than the NLW.
"The job is not done when it comes to tackling low pay," said the foundation's director, Katherine Chapman.
"Businesses who can afford to pay a rate that reflects the real cost of living should do so and join over 2,300 employers signed up to pay our higher voluntary Living Wage.
"For profitable business or those who see themselves as innovators and leaders, simply not breaking the law on pay is not enough. Many businesses want to aim higher."
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told Radio 5 live: "This is going to have, in the longer run, a huge effect on the British labour market, because it's going to affect such a large fraction of workers."
The NLW will also have a bigger impact in regions such as the North, North East and the South West than in London. "It will have a ripple effect up the earnings distribution, because you will be taking the lowest-paid up to a level close to, or in some cases above, the next rung or two up the ladder."


The US government has criticised Azerbaijan for acting against a Western-funded pro-democracy project called the Free Thought University.

US Ambassador Richard Morningstar met the pro-democracy activists and said he was "troubled by the government's reaction to protests this year".
The chief prosecutor linked the project to a youth movement called N!DA, seven of whose members have been arrested.
The US ambassador condemned the arrest and interrogation of young activists.
"I was particularly disappointed to hear that authorities closed Free Thought University's office just last night," he said, adding that as "a friend of Azerbaijan" he wanted to see "government engagement with citizens, especially its young citizens, to address their legitimate concerns".
The chief prosecutor's office denied that the university had been closed, but said its officers had seized documents from the project.
The university's founders insist that it has "no affiliation with any other organisation".
Seven N!DA activists are being held on charges of possession of drugs and firearms, which can incur a penalty of five to eight years' imprisonment.
Local television broadcast confessional videos of the accused, who said they had wanted to "cause trouble" and throw petrol bombs at the police.
There have been several unusually big street protests in Azerbaijan this year - an election year for President Ilham Aliyev. Human rights groups have accused his government of stifling dissent and harassing journalists.
Crowds in the capital Baku twice protested against a rise in non-combat deaths in the army. They were dispersed by police using baton charges and water cannon.
Senior members of the ruling party have sharply criticised youth activists who organise on social networking sites, calling them "radical" and "wayward".


Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week:

Africa is expected to account for more than half of the globe's population growth between now and 2050, according to UN predictions.
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A survey of the best universities in Africa, judged by the Times Higher Education journal on the impact of their research, has put Nigeria's University Port Harcourt in sixth place, with six South African institutions in the top 10.
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During his historic visit to Kenya last weekend, the US president greeted one audience with street slang phrases "Niaje wasee?" and "Hawayuni?", meaning "How are you folks?" The last phrase was popularised by top Kenyan comedian Daniel "Churchill" Ndambuki - and is a corruption of the English "how are you?".
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There was much talk about President Obama's armoured limousine, nicknamed "The Beast", during the US leader's visit to Kenya. When he left, one of our correspondents pictured another one:
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Ahead of the America's National Basketball Association (NBA) first-game in Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday, the NBA said the continent had produced more than 35 players for its league.
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In 2000, Scott Culp wrote a terrific essay on computer security.

It was entitled the 10 Immutable Laws Of Security.
Fifteen years is a long time in cybersecurity, so it seemed like a good time to revisit these "laws" and put them in the a context you might encounter this Christmas - a time when there's often a spike in attacks.
Observing them could prevent a festive season you'd rather forget.
Most hacks begin this way - you receive an email, or SMS, you visit a link and are given a convincing reason why you have to install something.
Or, you receive an email with a document attached, open it and it installs the malware for you.
Think twice, click once.
If something is unexpected don't trust it: delete it.
Be careful where you buy that Christmas present from or you may get more than you bargained.
Even reputable manufacturers have been found to install elements into an operating system that cause major security headaches.
If at all possible, buy devices that give you the necessary data - original keys and software - to reinstall the operating system.
A fresh install is the only way you can be certain of what you're getting.
It's a pain but it's worth it.
Most people are completely unaware of how vulnerable their machines are to uploading malicious software simply by allowing someone to plug in a USB stick.
Even if your computer is powered off, a hacker might be able to boot off a USB stick and install malware or add hidden elements.
Unless you want to superglue shut all of the physical connections on your device - not recommended - just do not give anyone "alone time" with you precious machine.
And, if at all possible, encrypt your hard drive so it is more secure when powered off.
With over a billion active websites in the world, hackers don't just target individuals' machines.
They can upload code in unexpected ways.
We have seen major brands breached as they didn't prevent hackers injecting code into web forms. We have seen malware being passed onto visitors via embedded adverts.
Website developers typically don't think like hackers. They design their sites to be helpful and friendly.
You need professional cynics who will advise on how hackers can abuse such features.
Nothing destroys a brand faster than a website that visitors think cannot be trusted.
Passwords are a terrible way of securing systems, but sadly they are here for a while longer.
You need to practice good password hygiene: use complex passwords, don't share passwords - between people or systems - and don't write them on white boards or post-it notes, especially if a film crew is in the office.
Most people know how to deal with passwords but we're all lazy and take shortcuts.
Don't learn the hard way that this is not a good idea.
The "insider threat" is a growing problem.
Remember that if you give someone privileges on your systems, you are giving them the keys to the crown jewels.
Plus don't assume that simply because someone works in technology that they are not subject to human frailties.
They can be scammed out of logon credentials just the same as mere mortals, and unless your systems are configured to prevent it, those credentials could enable a hacker to walk away with data.
Make sure valuable data needs more than a simple username and password for access.
Some major data breaches have happened this way.
Encryption can be a great tool to prevent criminals getting at data if a machine is stolen.
But, as computers increase in power, decryption becomes simpler unless you have a key that is long enough.
Look for encryption that is known to be strong - for example the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - and has keys that are considered "long".
Also, most encrypted devices have some means of recovering data if, as we all do, we forget our passwords, or something similar.
If you've ever encrypted a disk you'll probably find you were asked to make a recovery key using a USB stick or even to print out some long sequence of letters and numbers.
If you store this recovery information with the protected device it's hardly worth the effort of encrypting it in the first place.
Lock your recovery keys away somewhere safe and don't carry it with you.
Malicious software is being adapted at an increasing rate.
Hundreds of thousands of new variants appear each year in addition to completely new strains.
The set of malware that your virus checker knew about when you first installed it is out of date very quickly.
Hackers do still try to use older versions of malware but they know many of us fail to keep our systems up to date, so they tweak the malware in the hope that the virus checker will miss it.
Update your virus checker as regularly as you possibly can, and do the same for your operating system.
If you tend to turn on your machine infrequently then do your updates before you start checking those emails or visiting your banks website.
Not everyone who wishes to browse the web anonymously is doing so for illegal reasons.
But be aware that many technologies out there that can provide anonymity need to be used correctly otherwise you can be tracked.
And remember that being tracked is becoming the norm online.
If you're not a paying customer you are probably the product, as marketers track you to more accurately target you.
Try using a browser that has "private mode "or "do not track".  It doesn't always work but it may lessen the degree to which you are monitored.
Don't assume that just because your machine is using the latest versions of everything, and you have the full array of security software installed, that you are fireproof.
The weakest link in any security chain is us: humans. We fall for scams, we do silly things and we suffer from security fatigue very quickly.
Worst of all we assume it won't happen to us - until it does.
Phones, tablets or wearables are all essentially small computers, and the laws written back in 2000 apply to these devices as much as they ever did to the computers of 15 years ago. In fact, there is a real danger that we are forgetting the lessons of the last 15 years as hackers hope to catch us off guard.
These rules have proven to be fundamental in nature, so keep them in mind no matter what form your "smart" technology takes.
And if in doubt ask someone who knows.
That way you can avoid the hackers having a Merry Christmas.


Tributes have been paid to a celebrated Indian body-builder, Manohar Aich, who has died in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), aged 104.

Mr Aich died of age-related "complications" on Sunday, his family said. He is survived by four children.
Mr Aich was the first Indian to become Mr Universe in 1952, five years after the country's independence.
The 1.49m (4ft 10in) tall bodybuilder was popularly known as "Pocket Hercules".
He began his career as a stunt man performing with a famous magician and would often enthral the audience by bending steel with his teeth or resting his belly on swords.
Mr Aich, who once stood for election and lost, gave his last performance at the age of 89.
"He was an inspiration to everyone, young and old. Death is inevitable but Manohar Aich will be remembered by all, across every sporting discipline," footballer Chuni Goswami told The Indian Express newspaper.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Mr Aich's death had "ended a historic era".
"He made us proud," Ms Banerjee said.
After getting a job as a physical instructor in the Royal Air Force in British India in 1942, Mr Aich led his team to rebel against what he felt was the "oppression" of their British commanders.
An argument ensued and Mr Aich ended up slapping a British officer, for which he was sent to a Calcutta jail a year before India achieved independence from British rule in 1947.
With little else to do in jail, Mr Aich practiced his metal-bending skills on the bars of his cell.
After the triumphs of his youth he continued to display his strength at shows across India and is credited with inspiring millions of Indians to get fit.
When Mr Aich competed in the 1952 Mr Universe contest in London, his statistics were awe-inspiring: bicep 46cm, chest 1.2m when swollen, forearm 36cm and wrist 16.5cm.
"I have been blessed with this body," he told the BBC in 2012. "What else does one want?"


The United States' likely new spymaster, Mike Pompeo, is a hardline Republican Congressman and a national security hawk with a background in military and intelligence affairs.

Mr Pompeo said he was "honoured and humbled" to accept US President-elect Donald Trump's job offer as Central Intelligence Agency director.
The 52-year-old, a three-term tea party Republican from Wichita, Kansas, is a vehement critic of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran.
He has also defended the National Security Agency's bulk data collection programme and opposes shutting the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
After visiting the detention facility in 2013, he remarked that some inmates who had declared a hunger strike looked like they had put on weight.
Mr Pompeo also defended the CIA after the 2014 release of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture, which detailed such interrogation practices as waterboarding.
He declared: "These men and women are not torturers, they are patriots".
The CIA tactics, he declared, "were within the law, within the constitution".
Mr Pompeo graduated first in his class at West Point and graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of its Law Review.
He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 with the support of the Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch.
Mr Pompeo became a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Before joining Congress, Mr Pompeo founded an aviation parts firm and an oilfield supply company.
He was accused of Islamophobia for remarks he made following the deadly 2013 Boston marathon bombing.
Mr Pompeo took to the House floor to suggest some Islamic faith leaders might be tacitly encouraging terrorist attacks.
"When the most devastating terrorist attacks on America in the last 20 years come overwhelmingly from people of a single faith and are performed in the name of that faith a special obligation falls on those that are the leaders of that faith," he said.
"Instead of responding, silence has made these Islamic leaders across America potentially complicit in these acts and, more importantly still, in those that may well follow."
While he was a congressional candidate in 2010, one of his campaign aides sent a tweet linking to an article that labelled his Indian-American Democratic opponent Raj Goyle a "turban topper".
Mr Pompeo apologised; his campaign also sent out billboard ads urging everyone to "vote American".
He also served on the House Select Benghazi Committee, a special panel created in 2014 to investigate the deadly attack two years earlier on a US diplomatic compound in Libya.
Democrats described it as a political witch hunt against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Mr Pompeo released a report afterwards accusing her of intentionally misleading Americans about the nature of the attack to help President Barack Obama's re-election bid.


Leaky pipes, broken boilers and sudden evictions are routine hazards for Britain's nine million private tenants.

Most landlords are perfectly decent, of course, but many tenants dream of a world where renting is altogether less hassle.
That other world is about to arrive in the UK.
Corporate renting - where the landlord is a company, not an individual - has been long-established in the United States.
Now, backed by cash from US pension funds, one UK company is planning to offer 5,000 corporate flats for rent in London alone.
It is claiming to be the first to do so on such a scale.
So will this change the rental landscape, or will most tenants find the concept unaffordable?
"Getting rid of bed-bugs can be a problem with tenants - so the rooms are designed to be steam-cleaned," says Ian Merrick, the operations director of Essential Living, as he gives me a glimpse of what the first flats may look like.
We are on the top floor of Archway Tower in north London, which will eventually offer 118 apartments to tenants.
Even though it is two years before the residents will move in, fresh lemons and bottles of designer olive oil are already in place, together with a Jamie Oliver on the bookshelf.
This brand is already an expert in rental chic.
And everything about the apartments has been designed to encourage tenants to stay for several years, rather than the 18 months which is typical.
"If they stay, we've made hundreds of thousands of pounds," says Ian.
"If I could get them to three or four years, I'm laughing," he adds.
He is also doing everything he can to keep costs down. That includes adjusting the bevel on the skirting board, so they can be cleaned with just a flick of a feather duster.
The company will also change all the light bulbs itself. It is apparently cheaper than giving the responsibility to tenants, who are prone to breaking them.
On the face of it, there are many advantages to renting from a company. For example:
That last idea sounds particularly inviting to renters who have had bad experiences with landlords.
Venice Allan complained once too often about a faulty boiler and exposed electrical wires, and was then given her notice on Christmas Eve.
A corporate landlord might offer her greater security.
"You're not going to be asked to leave," she says.
"If you pay your rent on time as a good tenant, there's going to be no reason why you couldn't stay there indefinitely. That's really attractive," she adds.
But some tenants' groups are sceptical about Essential Living's plans.
Generation Rent, which used to be known as The National Private Tenants Organisation, believes the flats will be too expensive for most ordinary earners, like teachers or nurses.
"I'm sure I'd like to live there myself," says Generation Rent's Alex Hilton.
"But the fact is I won't be able to afford to live in the Essential Living development in Archway - or any of their proposed developments," he says.
Essential Living says it has not yet worked out what it will charge by the time the flats are let in 2016.
But it rejects the accusation that it is aimed only at wealthy tenants.
"We're not high-end, luxury. That's a small sector of the market," says Ian Merrick.
"We want to be that middle tranche. So we're not going for the top end."
When questioned about whether a nurse at the nearby Whittington hospital might ever afford to rent one of the properties, Mr Merrick says there's no reason why not - if done jointly with a partner.
So will this change the rental landscape in the UK?
The truth is this will depend on scale, as well as price.
Hundreds of other companies would need to come on board, and corporate renting will need to prove as profitable in other UK cities as it is likely to be in London.
But UK pension funds are keen on the idea, as the business provides a steady stream of income for years to come.
And the model has a curious and fascinating logic behind it - make tenants happy, and the cash will come rolling in. That has got to be good for tenants, as well as investors.