Ugandan police stepped up security in the capital Kampala following a "specific threat" of a planned attack on its main international airport.

The US embassy warned of a threat to attack Entebbe airport between 21:00-23:00 (18:00-20:00 GMT), but no incidents were reported in that time.
The army said troops had been deployed at the airport and in the city.
Militant Islamists al-Shabab bombed two Kampala restaurants during the 2010 football World Cup, killing 70 people.
On Thursday, the US advised its citizens to review plans to travel through Entebbe International Airport.
The airport's security unit later said in a widely publicised document: "According to intelligence sources, there is a specific threat to attack Entebbe International Airport by an unknown terrorist group... Such a threat cannot be taken lightly."
Army spokesman Paddy Ankunda said troops had been deployed at the airport and in the capital, about 35km (20 miles) from Entebbe.
"People must be vigilant in the face of this threat, report any suspicious individuals seen in their areas," he said.
He called on people to "stay calm and alert".
A reporter with AFP news agency said there was a heavy security presence in Kampala, with soldiers marching along city streets.
Security forces also erected barriers and closed some roads, Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper reports.
Several international conferences were taking place in the city and the security forces wanted to make sure that visitors were safe, Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Patrick Onyango is quoted as saying.


Projects worth £58m to regenerate areas across south Wales have been approved.

They include schemes to revamp Newport and Bridgend centres, move people back into empty homes in Port Talbot and make properties in Pontypridd energy efficient.
Vacant flats above shops in Swansea will also be converted into homes and derelict sites in Merthyr Tydfil will be built on.
Schemes totalling £36m for north Wales were announced by ministers last week.
The funding is from the Welsh government's Vibrant and Viable Places initiative.
Housing and Regeneration Minister Carl Sargeant said he was "delighted" with the range of projects being supported.
"There are several excellent projects targeted at renovating empty properties, derelict buildings and empty shops, attracting more people to live in town centres and making the necessary improvements to existing housing stock," he said.
"I've also approved significant funding for a wide range of different projects, from a state of the art business facility in Pontypridd to an integrated transport hub in Port Talbot.
"Facilities like these, in conjunction with the new homes, will create jobs, improve links and breathe new life into town centre centres."


Former England batsman Graeme Hick has signed a deal to become Australia's batting coach until March 2020.

Hick, 50, has been Cricket Australia's high performance coach since 2013.
He said: "The opportunity to work with some of the best players in the world is something I am looking forward to."
Head coach Darren Lehmann said Hick would prove "invaluable" with England set to host the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, as well as an Ashes series and an ICC World Cup, both in 2019.
Zimbabwe-born Hick played 526 first-class matches between 1984 and 2008, scoring 136 centuries at an average of 52.23 - but only averaged 31.32 in 65 Tests between 1991 and 2001.
The former Worcestershire right-hander will begin his new role before Australia's Test series against South Africa in November.


A man has appeared in court charged with killing his four-week-old son.

Liam Laverick, of Beeford Grove, appeared at Hull Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with the manslaughter of Tommy Lee Laverick-Whitworth.
The baby boy died at Leeds General Infirmary on 25 September after an ambulance was called to an address in Anlaby Road, Hull two days earlier.
Mr Laverick was remanded in custody and will appear at Hull Crown Court on 3 June.


Nearly 300 Britons have travelled to Zurich to die with the help of the Swiss suicide group Dignitas.

Most have done so without any publicity.  But cases like that of Jeffrey Spector, a 54-year-old father of three who had an inoperable tumour on his spine, reignite the debate about whether assisted dying should be legalised in Britain.
In the last session of Parliament, the Assisted Dying Bill, got further than any previous attempt to change the law in England and Wales.
The Bill, introduced by the former Labour Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, ran out of time before the election.
Lord Falconer said he would enter the ballot for private members bills after the Queen's speech but told the BBC's World at One:  "If it's not selected, that will make entirely chancy whether or not it's possible to pursue the bill in the Lords.
"It's very odd that Parliament may be deprived of the opportunity of debating this important issue. Whatever view you take about the issue, I think everybody agrees Parliament should be debating it."
The bill would give those with have less than six months to live, who are of sound mind and a settled opinion, the right to a lethal prescription of drugs.
Two doctors would have to agree and their decision would be reviewed by a High Court judge in each case.
In Scotland, MSPs will vote on Wednesday on the first stage of the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill.
This would allow a lethal dose to be prescribed to those with terminal and life shortening conditions where the individual regarded their quality of life as unacceptable, with no prospect of improvement.
The lower age limit in England and Wales would be 18, in Scotland it would be 16.
Neither bill would have helped Jeffrey Spector in the short term, as his condition is not said to have been immediately life threatening.
But campaigners say changing the law would give people like him the reassurance that they could "die with dignity" in their own country at a much later point.
Mr Spector said in an interview: "I am going too early because of the law in the UK."
Dignitas does not restrict assisted deaths to the the terminally ill.
In 2008, Dan James, a 23-year-old paralysed former rugby player died with the help of Dignitas.
Mr James, who had played rugby for England Under-16s and had been tipped as a future star of the game, was paralysed from the chest down after an accident in training.
In 2006, Dr Anne Turner ended her life in Zurich - the retired doctor had a progressive and incurable degenerative disease.
Dr Turner and her three children invited the BBC to travel with them as part of a campaign to change the law.
I was in Zurich to witness her last day and remember her telling me that she had felt compelled to travel to Switzerland to die while she was still capable of acting independently.
Her case became the subject of a BBC drama "A Short Stay in Switzerland" starring Julie Walters.
This issue remains highly divisive - provoking impassioned feelings on both sides of the debate.
Opinion polls suggest the public support a change in the law, with 82% in favour in a poll last month, conducted for the campaign group Dignity in Dying.
Those opposed argue that changing the law would break the bond of trust between doctor and patient and that a right to die would eventually turn into a duty to die for the weak and vulnerable.
James Mildred from Christian Action Research and Education told the BBC:  "We want to send a positive and compassionate message - that society will help you to live as comfortably as possible at the end of life and that you are not a burden."


Only the Liberal Democrats can keep Scotland inside both the UK and EU, the party has claimed as it launched its general election manifesto.

The Lib Dems have put a second EU referendum at the heart of their manifesto, saying it would "give the final say to the British people".
They have also proposed legalising and taxing cannabis across the UK.
Scottish Lib Dem candidate Jo Swinson said the party would also take positive steps to support the Scottish economy.
But the SNP argued that the Lib Dems "can't be trusted to stand against Tory cuts", pointing to their "record of betrayal" by forming a coalition government with the Conservatives between 2010 and 2015.
Elsewhere on the general election campaign trail, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson visited a nursery school to highlight fresh efforts to boost literacy and numeracy standards.
Highlighting last week's figures which showed literacy standards have slipped in Scottish schools, she said: "It is simply not acceptable that we have children in our schools who can't read or count properly, and a first minister at Holyrood who won't listen."
And Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale used a speech to target voters in Scotland who backed remaining in the EU and the UK.
Ms Dugdale said these voters are a "majority for change" who are not served by the "extremes" of either the SNP or the Conservatives, who she accused of hijacking the results of the independence and EU referendums for their own ends.
The Liberal Democrat manifesto pledges to hold a second referendum on the terms of any Brexit deal, with the party hoping to gather support from Remain-backing voters.
The party believes there is no deal that could be as good as continuing EU membership and would campaign to stay in, cancelling Brexit.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said Brexit represented "the biggest fight for the future of our country in a generation".
"The Liberal Democrats want you to have your choice over your future," he said.
"You should have your say on the Brexit deal in a referendum. And if you don't like the deal you should be able to reject it and choose to remain in Europe."
Ms Swinson, who was the Liberal Democrat business minister in the coalition government before losing her seat two years ago, said hers was the only party campaigning to stay in both the UK and EU single markets.
She said: "The Conservative hard Brexit puts at risk up to 80,000 Scottish jobs, according to the respected Fraser of Allander Institute.
"The SNP want to break up the UK single market that is worth four times as much. Labour voted with UKIP at Westminster to support hard Brexit.
"We are the only party that will work to keep Scottish business in the UK and EU markets, and offer practical support for business and a transformative investment in education."
She also said the Liberal Democrats were calling on the Scottish government to focus on education as the best route to a strong economy, instead of their "obsession with independence".
The manifesto proposes a new start-up allowance to help budding entrepreneurs in Scotland with living costs in their first six months running a business.
And it pledges to expand the work of the British Business Bank, which it said already helps 2,000 companies in Scotland to grow and create jobs.
Responding to the manifesto launch, SNP candidate John Nicolson said Scotland "has not forgotten the Lib Dem record of betrayal propping up the Tories in government."
He added: "For five years they rubber-stamped Tory austerity - cutting Â£2.3bn from Scotland's budget for public services.
"They trebled university tuition fees despite promising to abolish them, they scrapped the Education Maintenance Allowance, introduced the bedroom tax, cut disability benefits, and backed Tory changes to the State Pension that deny millions of women the pension they deserve."


An unmarked police car on an emergency call has crashed into customers sitting outside a restaurant in London.

Two people were hurt in the collision outside Soho House's Pizza East in Highgate Road, Kentish Town.
One man suffered non-life threatening injuries, while a woman was treated for minor injuries, the Met Police said.
The crash happened after the police car was in collision with another car, at the junction between Sanderson Close and Highgate Road, at 19:44 BST.
Two police officers were treated for whiplash injuries, following the crash.
Both victims are believed to be aged in their 30s, police said.
Freelance newsreader Zora Suleman tweeted: "One minute everyone was chatting and drinking next sirens then a huge bang and ppl screaming."
The other vehicle involved stopped at the scene and the driver is assisting police with their inquiries, the Met said.
No arrests have been made, and local road closures are in place.
"As a matter of course, this incident has been referred to the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards," the Met confirmed.


The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Northern Ireland fell by 800 in January to 37,800.

The claimant count has now fallen by more than 10,000 in the last 12 months.
The other measure of unemployment, the Labour Force Survey, fell by 0.1 percentage points to 5.8% from October to December 2015.
That is higher than the UK unemployment rate which stands at 5.1%.
The proportion of people aged 16 to 64 in work, the employment rate, increased over the quarter and over the year to 68.8%.
That is just 0.1 percentage point below the peak employment rate of 68.9% in April - June 2007.
However it is still below the UK average rate of 74.1% and the lowest of the twelve UK regions.
The economic inactivity rate, which refers to percentage of working age adults who are neither in work or looking for a job, was down slightly over the quarter and over the year.
The number of economically inactive people was estimated at 313,000, a rate of 26.8%.
The Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell said the reduction in the unemployment claimant count was welcome particularly against a backdrop of continuing global uncertainty and reduced demand worldwide.
The figures suggest that Derry and Strabane remains the council area with the highest unemployment.
The percentage of working age claimants is 6.4% which compares to just 2.2% in Lisburn and Castlereagh.


Sinn Féin are to lodge a complaint against DUP MLA Jim Wells, following an incident in the assembly on Tuesday.

Video footage shows Sinn Féin's Megan Fearon leaving the assembly chamber.
As she was leaving, Mr Wells rose from his seat and appeared to confront her at the door. Mr Wells says he warned Ms Fearon that comments she made on social were defamatory.
A separate complaint about alleged sexist comments by Mr Wells was made on Tuesday.
Sinn Féin say that the alleged altercation between Mr Wells and Ms Fearon was witnessed by other MLAs.
In a statement, the party said: "Sinn Féin have submitted a formal complaint with Assembly Commissioner for Standards Douglas Bain about the behaviour of Jim Wells towards MLA Megan Fearon in the assembly.
"The complaint has been made on the grounds of equality, respect and good working relationships between members."
On Tuesday, a complaint was lodged against Mr Wells after he was recorded making alleged sexist comments.
A video featuring Mr Wells and UUP MLA Ross Hussey sparked criticism on social media.
The video was recorded during a Public Accounts Committee meeting and had been on the assembly site since last week.
Mr Wells said his remarks had been totally misunderstood while Mr Hussey said they were clearly meant as a joke and were self-deprecating.
East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has written to the assembly commissioner for standards, Douglas Bain, to see whether the comments represent a breach of Stormont's code of conduct.
In the video, Mr Wells apparently tells Mr Hussey he was "scared out of his wits" when a female civil servant he says reminds him of DUP leader Arlene Foster enters.
Seconds later, Mr Wells is heard telling Mr Hussey: "I'm brilliant with women under the age of eight and great with those over the age of 80 - it's the ones in between I can't cope with, between eight to 80."
It could be, given that this has got a lot of newspaper coverage, that this will go further.
It could contribute to that sense that I'm increasingly getting that those in the DUP leadership would quite like Mr Wells to be replaced as a candidate in South Down by somebody else, rather than [for him] to potentially get them into the kind of hot water that happened during the Westminster election.
But what they will be worried about would be if he would stand as an independent and potentially put their seat there at risk.
Mr Dickson said: "I have asked the commissioner to investigate urgently whether the assembly has been brought into disrepute.
"I look forward to his response and Mr Wells' explanation of his alleged comments."
In an email, Mr Wells said that his comments had been "totally misunderstood".
He said many of the comments appearing on social media in relation to them "are defamatory in the extreme and I will not hesitate to take legal proceeding against anyone who repeats these or the false interpretation of what I said to Ross Hussey".
Mr Hussey told BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show said he did not know "what Stewart's [Dickson] doing with this".
"It was a simple off-the cuff remark between myself and Jim Wells," he said.
"Jim Wells was not offensive to anybody, he was having a go at himself that he couldn't cope with women over the age of eight and under the age of 80 - it was a jocular remark.
"He wasn't being sexist, it was a joke remark against himself."
Last October, it was announced that Mr Wells would not be prosecuted for comments he made about gay marriage during a hustings event for the Westminster election.


A 32-year-old man has been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of arranging funding for terrorism as part of an investigation linked to Syria.

He was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at a house in west London on Wednesday and questioned at a south London police station.
The man, who was also held on suspicion of fraud, has been bailed until August.
Police said 12 addresses were searched as part of the investigation - one in Hertfordshire and 11 in west London.
They said the enquiries related to an investigation into suspected terrorist activity in Syria.


US employers added fewer jobs than expected in May, but the unemployment rate dipped further as the economy headed toward full employment.

The unemployment rate last month was 4.3%, falling a 10th of a percentage point to its lowest level since 2001, the US Labor Department said on Friday.
But payrolls increased by just 138,000. Economists had expected growth of more than 180,000.
Official job creation figures for March and April were also revised down.
The jobs report is a closely watched barometer of the US economy and one of the metrics the US central bank considers as it sets interest rates.
A number of reports have shown that US growth in the first quarter was weak. Federal Reserve officials have said they are monitoring the figures, but believe the slowdown is temporary.
Some slowdown in job creation has been expected, as the labour market heads deeper into one of the longest expansions in US history.
But the 138,000 jobs added in May marked a sharp deceleration from the average monthly gain of 181,000 over the previous 12 months.
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Job creation kept pace with population growth in May, but it was not what financial markets were expecting, said Paul Diggle, senior economist at Aberdeen Asset Management.
"Today's numbers probably won't stop the Fed from raising rates next week. But they might well influence what happens next," he said.
"If wage growth doesn't improve, the Fed is going to want to soften its stance on how many rate rises are to come this year and next."
Private sector employers added 147,000 jobs over the month, led by the professional and business services, health care, and leisure and hospitality sectors. Construction and mining payrolls also rose.
But losses in the retail sector continued, with payrolls falling by 6,100 over the month. Government was also a drag on job creation, with 9,000 fewer positions. Employment in manufacturing also dipped.
The decline in the unemployment rate came as the number of people outside the labour force - neither working nor looking for work - increased in May.  The labour force participation rate was 62.7%, retreating from earlier this year.
The revisions to March and April, which come as the Labor Department receives more detailed information, also meant there were about 66,000 fewer gains over the two months than previously reported.
Gus Faucher, senior economist at PNC Financial Services, called Friday's report "disappointing". He said some of the slowdown came as some employers had trouble finding workers with the right skills.
Wages are up, but not as much as might be expected, he added.
Average hourly earnings were $26.22 last month, rising 2.5% over the year.
But economists at Moody's Analytics said the soft jobs number in May might omit summer hiring that occurred later in in the month. They wrote that they expected to see future gains, even if the overall pace of expansion slows.
"Because of the peculiarities inherent in the May report, we are minimising its importance," they wrote. "There are few risks on the horizon that suggest that the economy is at risk of downturn."


The controversial businessman Sir Philip Green sold the BHS business to dodge responsibility for its insolvent pension schemes if the firm should go bust, says the Pensions Regulator.

The claim is made by the regulator in its report on the sale of BHS in 2015 and its collapse a year later.
In February, Sir Philip finally agreed, after months of pressure, to pay £363m into the BHS pension schemes.
A spokesman for Sir Philip said only "the matter is now closed".
However the report gives, for the first time, some details of the warning notice that the regulator gave to Sir Philip in November last year as negotiations over resolving the BHS pension scheme deficits dragged on.
"The main purpose of the sale [of BHS] was to postpone BHS' insolvency to prevent a liability to the schemes falling due while it was part of the Taveta group of companies ultimately owned by the Green family, and/or that the effect of the sale was materially detrimental to the schemes," the regulator says.
The sale of BHS for £1 in early 2015 to a former bankrupt, Dominic Chappell, and its collapse a year later along with its two pension schemes, led to one of the biggest pension scandals of the past decade.
When the retail chain went bust, with the eventual loss of 11,000 jobs, the pensions of some 19,000 current and past employees of BHS came under severe threat.
The affair also prompted MPs to vote for the cancellation of Sir Philip's knighthood, with a joint report of two parliamentary committees describing him publicly as the unacceptable face of capitalism because of the way, under his ownership, he extracted several hundred million pounds from BHS via dividend payments while running down the business.
The saga also led to some fierce criticism of the Pensions Regulator itself, which was accused by some MPs of being asleep on the job and not acting quickly enough to protect the interests of the BHS scheme members, despite knowing the schemes were in a parlous position.
Now, the regulator admits it should indeed have acted much more quickly and says that it will be more pro-active in the future, especially where it appears that an employer is trying to avoid its responsibility to fully fund a pension scheme
"We are committed to using our statutory powers more often where we believe there is avoidance activity," the report says.
"Key areas where we recognise that we could have performed better are the timeliness of our engagement and the clarity of our communications.
"In particular, we recognise the importance of setting out clearly and robustly our expectations to pension trustees and sponsoring employers in cases where the affordability of deficit repair contributions is an issue for the employer," the regulator added.
To do this, the regulator will ask the government for extra funding and will beef up its staffing.
John Ralfe, a pensions expert who advised the two parliamentary committees, said: "The report demonstrates that the regulator is prepared to behave in a more activist fashion."
The regulator's report confirms that £343m has been put by Sir Philip into an escrow account to fund a new pension scheme for BHS scheme members.
A further £20m has been put aside by him to cover various administrative expenses of the rescue deal.
Existing members of the BHS schemes have three options:
Overall, members of the new scheme will receive pension benefits worth only 88% of those promised by their old BHS scheme, as the new arrangement will offer reduced levels of inflation protection.
The regulator's report said that since agreeing the funding arrangement with Sir Philip the scheme now had a £100m surplus.


As he visits troops bolstering Nato's eastern border in Estonia in response to rising tensions with Russia, General Sir Nick Carter - the British army's top soldier - explains how the armed forces need to win support for their changing mission.

Public support in Britain for the Army has been consistently strong. But General Carter says there are risks here as well as benefits.
"That public support," he says, "is very much based upon sympathy and not necessarily upon empathy.
"And I think if we wish to sustain our numbers, and indeed the sort of attitude you would want your army to have, I think it's important that the cursor swings more towards empathy than sympathy, so that people understand more about what an army does and why you need an army, and therefore what its final task might be."
Of course the Army is about much more than that final task - "closing with and engaging the enemy".
But the unpopularity of some of Britain's recent wars, the lack of understanding about military matters among much of the public, and the increasing sensitivity to casualties, have all meant that the term "boots on the ground" - putting soldiers into harm's way - has become almost toxic.
General Carter has some sympathy with this view.
"I think the term 'boots on the ground' has become difficult for people to comprehend.
"The trick of course is for boots on the ground to be applied in a way that is not necessarily risk-free, but is done for appropriate gain and benefit."
This issue of the relationship between Britain and her army is a central aspect of General Carter's thinking.
He is speaking at an Estonian army base in Tapa, a garrison town a little under 100 miles from the Russian border.
The general is visiting the British-led multi-national battle group, which is there as part of a Nato deployment to reassure the Estonians and to demonstrate the alliance's cohesion to Moscow.
"Young people join an army to be used and that is important to us," he says.
"So the opportunity to do something like we are doing up here in Estonia is important.
"But we also need to be prepared to be used in other ways as well, providing we can be used in an effective fashion."
For the British army, this is a period of unprecedented change as it transitions away from a dominant focus on counter-insurgency operations in the heat of Iraq and Afghanistan, and re-builds its capability to fight modern high-intensity combat - the sort of conflict it trained for day-in and day-out during the Cold War years.
The strategic picture is also changing dramatically.
The potential threats are becoming more complex, the dividing line between peace and war ever less clear.
Some people argue that the modern, Western way of war is at arm's-length - exemplified by armed drones and stand-off weapons fired at great distances from their intended targets.
By such readings the traditional army - leaving aside maybe the special forces - seems strangely out of step with the apparent new reality.
But General Carter disagrees.
"I don't subscribe to the view that we find ourselves in a new era of warfare where you can do it all with stand-off; you can do it all with bombing; you can do it all with special forces and you can do it all with proxies," he tells me emphatically.
"Those are all simply fallacies. The bottom line in all of this is that, in the final analysis, people live on land and it is ultimately the land component that has to 'mix it' where people live. History proves that that is a requirement.
"Our policy makers absolutely understand that you have an army because, in the final analysis, armies are the business when it comes to a decision, and ultimately it's about a decision."
Britain's army is of course an awful lot smaller than it once was.
How big should it be in part depends upon what the country can afford. So does General Carter think that he has enough soldiers?
"The straightforward answer to that question is that given the tasks that we have currently got, we have adequate numbers," he says.
"If the tasks change or the tasks increase then we might have to ask questions about it."
On equipment he is confident that the Army will get things that it needs, though "how quickly it arrives is always a question".
But the Army itself is going to change even more dramatically in the years ahead. And this too is something that General Carter is pushing forward.
Traditionally the Army - like most others - is what he terms "bottom-fed".
In other words, "it recruits people who are youngsters and we grow them through a career".
But he believes that as the Army requires and takes on more specialists, it is going to have to offer a very different career structure.
"I suspect," he says, "that maybe as much as 30% of the army may be specialists in the future - and how we supply those specialist career schemes is something we have to think about."
This could mean a lot more of what the Army calls "lateral entry" (ie joining at a much later age, probably from an established career) or indeed sharing people with industry.
Nonetheless, at least in his lifetime, General Carter does not expect the combat arms of the Army "to look particularly different" to the way they do today.
"I think we will still deliver that effect through a bottom-fed delivery system in the way that we understand it."
But he says specialists will need to be recruited differently and that will have significant implications requiring a review of ranks, career structures, working practices and so on.
General Carter thinks that the Army is about a year or two away from taking on regular personnel by this lateral entry method.
But the core business of the Army is not going to change.
While its roles go way beyond just training for high-intensity combat, as here in Estonia, it remains part of the nation's insurance policy.
So being so close to the Russian border, what security challenge does the general worry about most?
"Probably the greatest risk at the moment," he says, "is the risk of miscalculation.
"Understanding your potential opponents," he says, "and having the communications systems in place and the processes in place so that you realise what messages you are sending is fundamental.
"Miscalculation is the thing that we probably need to watch."


A colourful speaker that brings Amazon's voice-controlled assistant Alexa to your fridge is one of the products being put on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.

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The Triby can receive picture messages, make phone calls and answer questions you ask it.
It is the first third-party device to feature Alexa.
BBC's technology desk editor Leo Kelion asked the company's chief Serge Renouard why anyone would need such a gadget in their lives.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has finally nominated a new army chief, choosing an officer who was number three on the seniority list.

BBC Urdu's Asif Farooqi in Islamabad says that Gen Raheel Sharif - who is not related to the prime minister - is seen by many as a straight-talking, professional soldier with no political ambitions, a factor which is of some importance in Pakistan, with its history of military coups.
But others question whether he is really the best choice.
Gen Sharif's last appointment was as the inspector-general of training and evaluation at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi.
He has also been the head of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) at Kakul, Abbottabad.
In both these positions his role was primarily to deal with the evaluation of military doctrines and war strategies - with a view to shaping future training programmes.
It is believed that the general played a key role in presiding over a change of military thinking since 2007, under which the focus of the army's work is geared more towards fighting Taliban militants rather than confronting traditional arch-enemy India.
"Sharif has played a big role in convincing the army that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and assorted militants inside Pakistan are as big a threat [as India]," one senior officer told the Reuters news agency.
In addition he has led the Gujranwala Corps, based at one of the army's more important corps headquarters.
Our correspondent says that he brings a sound mix of academic and field experience to the job, which many consider to be the most powerful in Pakistan.
Those who know Gen Sharif say that during his last tenure he reshaped nearly all the important training courses, bringing them in line with the challenges of internal terrorism.
He has also developed training manuals for counter-insurgency operations, an area which was not previously part of the traditional military training courses.
Gen Sharif, 57, has put many of these manuals into practice during his time at the PMA, introducing training courses in low-intensity warfare for army recruits.
During his time as the Gujranwala corps commander he introduced field exercises that focused on counter-terrorism operations.
Many believe that his role in "orchestrating" the new military thinking in the Pakistan army will enable him to cope with the forthcoming challenges more effectively.
But there are others who think his choice may not have been based purely on merit.
Some army circles say that he may have been recommended to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by Abdul Qadir Baloch, a retired army general and now a minister in Mr Sharif's cabinet.
Gen Baloch was a superior of Gen Sharif during his time in the army, and is known to have a liking for him.
In a recent conversation with Prime Minister Sharif, Gen Baloch is understood to have told him that he trusted Gen Sharif "more than his own children".
Other officers think Gen Sharif's family connections with Prime Minister Sharif may have influenced the decision.
But there is no doubting Gen Sharif's military credentials - he comes from a family of soldiers.
His father, Mohammad Sharif, retired as an army major while his brother, Maj Shabbir Sharif, was decorated with the country's highest military award for bravery, Nishan-e-Haider, after he died in action in the 1971 war with India.
Many say that his father had a close relationship with Prime Minister Sharif's father, Mohammad Sharif.


A firearms officer has been arrested and interviewed under caution over the shooting of a man.

Jermaine Baker, 28, was shot dead on 11 December during an alleged attempt to spring two convicts from a prison van in Wood Green, north London.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) told a meeting held to address community tensions that the officer was arrested on Thursday afternoon.
The IPCC has opened a homicide inquiry.
IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said evidence suggested Mr Baker was in a black Audi when he was shot.
"In that car was what appeared to be a non-police issue firearm," she said.
She told the meeting the IPCC was taking detailed statements from a number of significant witnesses but at this stage no relevant CCTV had been found.
Further forensic examinations were taking place on the firearm found in the car and the gun discharged by the police officer, she added.
The Police Federation said it wanted to find out why the IPCC was "bandying words about" like homicide.
"I've never heard of that before," said spokesman Ken Marsh.
"It's a week before Christmas and this individual's [the officer] life has been thrown into disarray."
Haringey Borough Commander Victor Olisa said police did not believe Mr Baker was a gang member, as had been suggested in some newspapers.
Community spokesman Darren Henry said: "The police officers murdered Jermaine.
"He was asleep when he was shot. There are witnesses who are afraid to step forward because of the witness intimidation in the Mark Duggan case."
Some in the audience raised the fact that after Mr Duggan's death there were promises that body cameras would be worn by all police but it had yet to happen.
Mr Duggan, 29, was shot by armed police in Tottenham on 4 August 2011. The shooting sparked rioting across London and other parts of England.
An inquest in January 2014 found he had been lawfully killed.
Passions were high at Tottenham Town Hall, where the main room was filled with 100 or more people.
There was anger whenever the shooting was described as a "death" with calls of "murderers" and "liars" echoing around the room.
Forced laughter was clearly audible when the police and IPCC said they "respected all lives".
The Rev Nims Obunge of the Peace Alliance had to intervene to try to quell the, at times, hostile mood.
There were also stern words for the many journalists pressed against the back wall for the way some had described the area and its history and "made up" sources about gangs.
Mr Baker was fatally shot at 09:00 GMT on Friday 11 December close to the back of Wood Green Crown Court.
He died from a single gunshot wound, the IPCC said.
The shooting took place as Erwin Amoyaw-Gyamfi, 29, and Erun Izzet, 32, were due to be transported to the court for sentencing having pleaded guilty to a range of offences, including possession of a sub-machine gun.
The sentencing went ahead a short time later with both jailed for 14 years.
Earlier on Thursday, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe described the action by the IPCC to launch a homicide investigation as an "unusual turn of events".
He said: "The difficulty for me, and for us, is that we don't know what's led to their conclusion.
"If we got it wrong let's understand that, if we didn't let's understand that and deal with it quickly. I don't think it should linger on for the community's sake."
The Met said it had suspended the firearms officer while the investigation was conducted.
Following Thursday's meeting, Haringey Borough Commander, Ch Supt Victor Olisa, said: "We are all keen that they establish the full facts, as quickly as possible.
"I have reminded those attending the meeting tonight that this is why the IPCC will be diligently and independently examining the exact circumstances that led to Jermaine's death.
"It is only right and proper that any officer who has made the decision to use lethal force fully accounts for their actions.
"To this end it is only through a transparent and meticulous investigation that the best interests of justice and of all those affected can be served."


Chris Wood scored a second-half equaliser as Leeds United were held to a fourth successive Championship draw by neighbours Sheffield Wednesday.

Marco Matias put Wednesday ahead in the Yorkshire derby with a stunning opener.
The winger controlled Liam Palmer's long pass forward and flicked the ball over the head of Leeds defender Liam Cooper before volleying past goalkeeper Marco Silvestri from 18 yards.
Wood levelled for Leeds, turning in a Stuart Dallas cross from close range.
Leeds have now drawn all four league matches under head coach Uwe Rosler, while Wednesday are a point above them in the Championship table having failed to hang on to their one-goal lead at Elland Road.
A dull first half was lit up by a superb goal from Matias eight minutes before the break, the Portuguese winger scoring for the first time in English football.
Clear chances were otherwise scarce before half-time, with Leeds coming closest to an equaliser when Wood failed to divert Dallas's cross-shot into the net just before the interval.
The hosts introduced midfielders Alex Mowatt and Luke Murphy from the bench 10 minutes into the second period, and Leeds were level soon afterwards as Dallas nutmegged his defender before sliding an inviting ball across the six-yard box, which Wood tapped home for his second goal in two games.
Silvestri kept out Palmer's header, while Wood nodded Charlie Taylor's cross wide as both sides tried and failed to find a winner.
Leeds head coach Uwe Rosler: "We say the glass is half full, not half empty.
"It was our fourth game in nine days, which is very hard, especially at this early stage of the season, but we have come through those games unbeaten and I am delighted.
"We went behind to a wonder goal - congratulations to them for that. I haven't seen a better goal than that, but we did well to come back and score a very good goal of our own, which showed the character we have in the team."
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal: "Marco is a player who has come into the Championship and he was a big influence in our team today.
"He will be an even better player in the future because he was very tired when he came off with 15 minutes left and we have played a lot of games in a very short time.
"Marco's goal was very special. He showed excellent technique. He wasn't so good against Reading in midweek but he made up for that today."
Match ends, Leeds United 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Offside, Leeds United. Liam Cooper tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Souleymane Doukara (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt blocked. Mirco Antenucci (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Souleymane Doukara.
Offside, Leeds United. Charlie Taylor tries a through ball, but Mirco Antenucci is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Álex López (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Alex Mowatt (Leeds United).
Rhoys Wiggins (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Liam Cooper (Leeds United) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Alex Mowatt with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Álex López.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Rhoys Wiggins.
Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Mowatt.
Attempt blocked. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Palmer.
Attempt blocked. Jeremy Helan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Hutchinson.
Offside, Leeds United. Gaetano Berardi tries a through ball, but Chris Wood is caught offside.
Substitution, Leeds United. Souleymane Doukara replaces Stuart Dallas.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Álex López replaces Josè Semedo.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sol Bamba (Leeds United) because of an injury.
Charlie Taylor (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Foul by Mirco Antenucci (Leeds United).
Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jeremy Helan (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luke Murphy (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeremy Helan (Sheffield Wednesday).
Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaetano Berardi with a cross.
Foul by Tom Adeyemi (Leeds United).
Josè Semedo (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Josè Semedo tries a through ball, but Atdhe Nuhiu is caught offside.
Foul by Mirco Antenucci (Leeds United).
Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Mirco Antenucci (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Mirco Antenucci (Leeds United) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sol Bamba.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Jeremy Helan replaces Marco Matias.
Attempt saved. Alex Mowatt (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Hand ball by Sam Hutchinson (Sheffield Wednesday).


Boris Johnson is not the first foreign secretary to be booed.

Lord Castlereagh, architect of the post-Napoleonic European order, was jeered in 1822 as he lay dead in his coffin, the crowd outside his Westminster Abbey funeral showing their anger at his domestic repression, not his diplomatic renown.
Geoffrey Howe was booed in Hong Kong in 1989 by local people fearful of Chinese rule.
Jack Straw was jostled and called a traitor when he visited Gibraltar in 2002 amid talks about joint sovereignty with Spain.
It is quite something, though, to be booed on your first full day as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Yet that was the fate that befell Mr Johnson as he attended a reception at the French embassy.
And there was worse. His French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, called him a liar.
And then within hours, he was expressing his shock and sadness at what he called the "appalling events in Nice and the terrible loss of life."
For a foreign secretary, this has been an extraordinary start to his term of office.
He has some baggage to shed, some newspaper columns to explain away, some rudeness to retract.
I particularly look forward to his apology for suggesting in a poem that the Turkish president had sexual relations with a goat.
His foreign forays as mayor of London produced gaffes and diplomatic incidents.
His time as Brussels correspondent for the Daily Telegraph so annoyed the Foreign Office they set up a special team to deal with his anti-EU articles.
One could not dream up a candidate for foreign secretary who on paper appeared so inappropriate.
The Economist has concluded it is like "putting a baboon at the wheel of a Rolls Royce".
Yet this is to misunderstand both Mr Johnson and his appointment.
His past columns in the Telegraph should not be considered the new holy writ of British foreign policy.
Some piece of whimsy he dreamt up on deadline is just that, a piece of commentary designed to entertain as much to inform.
I am sure there are hundreds of poor diplomats across Europe scouring the newspaper archives to glean Mr Johnson's views on the world. Yet this would be pointless.
For Mr Johnson qua journalist is nothing if not nimble on his feet. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, he has opinions and if you don't like them, he has others.
That is not to suggest, however, that Mr Johnson qua politician is without principle.
He has been appointed not because the prime minister wrote "F-Off" against his name and some civil servant misinterpreted her instruction (h/t Twitter), but because of his principles, above all for Brexit.
He - and Liam Fox at International Trade and David Davis at the Brexit department - have been put there to make it happen, to take responsibility for the compromises and concessions that that will involve, and then sell them to a sceptical electorate at home.
Theresa May has deliberately ensured that Brexiteers like Boris Johnson own the negotiations so there can be no cries of betrayal when the final deal is done.
Mr Johnson will not be at the heart of the detailed negotiations.
That will be the job of Mr Davis. But he will be at the heart of the operation to smooth furrowed brows in Brussels, to try to persuade continental chancellories that Britain is changing its relationship with the EU not turning its back on the world.
That is the message Mr Johnson brought when he addressed his new staff at King Charles Street, that Britain wants to remain "a great global player".
Mr Johnson's role will be to fly the flag.
He did this for London with great success during the Olympics at the beginning of the decade: his task will be to try to do the same for Brexit UK at the end of the decade.
He will hope to be a kind of super ambassador, doling out Ferrero Rocher and reassurance around the world.
The gamble that Theresa May has taken is that Mr Johnson's charm and bonhomie will overcome the mistrust and the gaffes.
Mr Johnson's job, though, is not just Brexit. That will not happen for years.
In the mean time, like any other foreign secretary, he will spend many days on the Eurostar heading to Brussels for routine foreign affairs councils.
He will attend his first on Monday. And suddenly a man not known for his focus on detail will find himself discussing the nitty gritty of Syria and Libya with the US Secretary of State John Kerry over breakfast.
With his EU colleagues, he will discuss relations with Cuba, the peace process in Colombia and the crisis in Venezuela. Oh, and China and migration within the EU will also be on the agenda.
And it is here that Mr Johnson's actual views will matter.
What does he really think about the EU's policy towards Russia? Should sanctions on Moscow be retained as strongly as now?
He has in the past been critical of the EU's policy towards Ukraine. What are his real views about Turkey and its fight against the Kurdistan Worker's Party or PKK, an organisation for which he has in the past showed some sympathy?
What are his views on the conflict in Yemen where British support for the Saudi-led offensive has not been without controversy?
How much support does he think Britain should give to President Rouhani in Iran amid weak economic growth and rising support for the fundamentalists?
He has in the past backed Tehran having a nuclear weapon. And where does he stand on Libya?
Does he place Britain's diplomatic eggs in the fledgling administration in Tripoli? Or does he flirt with other power centres in the east of the country?
Will he court China with as much enthusiasm as George Osborne?
Of course, British foreign policy in recent years has been formulated largely in Downing Street and the national security apparatus that David Cameron set up around him. And that is expected to continue under Mrs May.
But these are all issues where Boris Johnson's opinion matters because it will be he who is sitting at the top table with the likes of John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister.
It is here that the detail matters. It is here that the hard graft has to be done.
The last foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, lapped this stuff up and gained the respect of his counterparts. This is now the challenge for his successor.
Colourful grandstanding in the name of Britain has to be matched by serious and credible negotiation in the national interest.
When John Major was appointed foreign secretary in 1989, he grabbed all his briefing papers and headed off to a colleague's holiday home in Spain.
For several weeks he sat by the pool and read, and returned to London the most informed newly appointed minister FCO officials had seen for years.
Boris Johnson will not have that luxury of time in which to do his homework.
And unlike John Major, he will hope to stay in the job for more than three months.


Alex Smith fears experienced managers are being overlooked for jobs in Scottish football as part of a thirst by clubs to appoint younger bosses.

Smith has managed eight Scottish clubs, including St Mirren and Aberdeen, winning the Scottish Cup twice.
The 77-year-old also chairs Scotland's League Managers' Association.
"A lot of good, experienced managers get ignored now because they are experienced, they have set ways of working," Smith told BBC Scotland.
"You see a lot of trends where clubs will go and get the experienced manager in when they're in a desperate situation. He'll get them out that situation, but then they want a young manager.
"There's no set rule - the ideal situation is to have a good, experienced manager with very good young coaches."
In Scotland's top flight, half of the league's 12 teams are under the stewardship of first-time managers.
Ian Cathro, 30, is in charge at Hearts, former club stalwart Richie Foran, 36, manages Inverness, and ex-Hamilton defender Martin Canning, 35, has the reins at New Douglas Park.
Meanwhile, Kilmarnock have 39-year-old Lee McCulloch in charge and Dundee are led by Neil McCann, 42, with both men in charge on an interim basis.
Partick Thistle handed Alan Archibald, 39, his first managerial role in 2013 and the former defender remains in situ four years on as the division's longest-serving manager, having guided the Jags to a maiden top-six finish this term.
Despite his advancing years, Smith remains active within the Scottish game, working with Falkirk manager Peter Houston as the club's technical director.
"At Falkirk we have Peter, who is excellent, and has served his apprenticeship throughout the game as a coach in several clubs and as manager with Dundee United," Smith added.
"But he's got two very good coaches with him in James McDonaugh and Alan Maybury. These two bring their enthusiasm and their freshness to the table. And Peter has the knowledge and experience."
During a tumultuous two-year spell at Dundee United, Smith says he drew on his experience to haul his side from perilous situations.
Trailing by two goals to St Johnstone at half-time, United were heading for relegation in the penultimate weekend of the 2000-01 season.
Smith believes a younger, less seasoned manager would not have had the nous to make the requisite changes, and rouse his players to snatch a dramatic 3-2 victory, all but securing their top-flight status.
"A young manager couldn't have done that," Smith said. "He could have had the anger, he could have had the aggression, but the knowledge in his head wouldn't have been as complete.
"Because whilst you were angry and ranting a bit, what you were saying was absolutely bang-on, and you were depending on your experience of past situations to get you through that game.
"That's where it becomes vital, and the young manager then picks that up and he takes it forward with him."
Former Dundee United midfielder John Rankin believes players need an experienced lieutenant to guide them through their first steps in management.
"When you make that transition from player to manager, I think you need a more experienced member as an assistant to help you along and bridge that," said Rankin, who is PFA Scotland's chairman.
"Ultimately if you've got that man on your shoulder, he would be able to help and advise you."


The government is under pressure to reverse its decision to pause the £500m electrification of the Midland Mainline.

The route, which goes through the East Midlands, was due to be electrified but rising costs have halted the project.
Jon Ashworth, Labour MP for Leicester South, said people in the region feel let down by the decision.
Alberto Costa, Conservative MP for South Leicestershire, said he wanted to work with Mr Ashworth on the issue.
Mr Ashworth said: "Experts in the rail industry were warning about this back in November and it was in the Conservative Party manifesto.
"Cabinet ministers came to the Midlands to marginal seats and made these promises.
"That's why people feel let down."
Mr Costa said he was giving Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin time to speak with professionals ready for an update on the project.
He said: "Jon [Ashworth] and I stand as one, we want to see this and I'm happy to work with him on this."
Mr McLoughlin is due to be questioned by MPs over his decision on Monday.


Newport Gwent Dragons fly-half Dorian Jones is expected to be out for several months with a chest muscle injury.

The 23-year-old left the field during the first half of the Dragons' defeat by Ospreys on New Year's Day.
"Dorian has had a pectoral injury, which looks quite serious," said Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones.
"It could be a few months, which is a blow to us because he's right on top of his game, starting to challenge for national honours behind Dan Biggar."
Scrum-half Sarel Pretorius was also forced off at the Liberty Stadium with a recurrence of a calf injury.
But the Dragons will welcome back Hallam Amos and Tyler Morgan later this month.
The Wales internationals have not played since suffering shoulder injuries during the World Cup but at least one could be fit in time for the crucial European Challenge Cup ties at home to Castres on 15 January.
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"They are big-time players who can offer something different," added Dragons boss Jones.
"There's a good chance one of them will be back [to face Castres], which one I'm not sure.
"They've made really good progress and the medical department need to be congratulated for getting them back with such speed.
"They've recovered very well and we expected both of them to be playing some part in the European competition shortly."


A madcap inventor has built an underground lair in his back garden.

The 10ft (3m) deep "apocalyptic bunker" created by Colin Furze measures 16ft by 20ft (4.9m by 6m) and is accessed via a hidden hatch in his shed.
Mr Furze, a 36-year-old former plumber from Stamford in Lincolnshire, has kitted out the concrete-covered den with a flat-screen TV, drum-kit and several video consoles.
He said the "ultimate man cave" had been a childhood ambition.
The bunker, which is covered in 16 cubic metres of concrete, is a "fully functional" room complete with a kitchen and "party area".
It took Mr Furze two months to construct with the help of a friend and three-year-old son Jake.
"It's a metal box in a hole - if you can weld and cut bits of metal then you can make one - the actual mechanics of it is quite simple, but it's a huge project," Mr Furze said.
The inventor, who has almost 1.7 million YouTube subscribers for his videos, is the brains behind a variety of unusual creations, including an ejector bed, vacuum-cleaner shoes and "the world's fastest pram".
"This bunker is like my adult version of what I used to do as a child in a quarry near where I lived," he said.
"This has been a proper dream to build."
The plumber-turned-filmmaker said he had threatened his partner, who is expecting their second child, that "I'm in the bunker" if their baby does not sleep through the night.
"People have ideas, but don't have time to make them and that's where I come in," added Mr Furze, who describes himself as the "most famous inventor you've never heard of".
"I'm dedicating my life to making stuff we all want to see."
Speaking about his latest creation, which in the event of an apocalypse is kitted out with a variety of "weird self-defence" gadgets, he said: "If I do turn into an internet super-villain, it's my hideout and lair.
"If there's a massive disaster, it's there to be used, but in the meantime it's a set for more videos."


A Muslim detective made an MBE for her charity work is suing the Met Police for alleged racism and sexism.

Det Con Nighat Hubbard alleges male colleagues made discriminatory comments to her and other female officers when she worked at the force.
She also claims she was held back while white colleagues were allowed to work on more complex investigations, the Sunday Times reports.
The Met said it was aware legal action had been brought.
The claims date between 2013 and 2014.
In a statement, the force said: "We are aware of an employment tribunal claim brought by Det Con Nighat Hubbard against the Metropolitan Police Service alleging race and sex discrimination.
"We are unable to discuss further while proceedings are ongoing."
In 2014 she was awarded an MBE for her charity work, reportedly making her the first Muslim policewoman to be honoured by the Queen.


Belgium's Thomas de Gendt took an impressive solo victory on the opening stage of the Criterium du Dauphine.

The Lotto Soudal rider dropped France's Axel Domont (AG2R) on the final climb of the 170.5km stage to win by 44 seconds in Saint-Etienne.
Britain's Chris Froome finished 15th in a group 59 seconds behind De Gendt.
The Team Sky rider is bidding to win a fourth Dauphine title.
The Dauphine is the traditional warm-up event for the Tour de France, which runs from 1-23 July this year.
Froome, 32, went on to win the Tour after each of his previous Dauphine victories in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
De Gendt, 30, and Domont, 26, were part of a seven-rider breakaway earlier in the stage, before the pair move cleared with two laps of the finishing circuit to go.
After De Gendt's decisive attack, Domont held on to claim second place in front of the chasing Diego Ulissi, Pierre Roger Latour and Emanuel Buchmann.
Britain's Ben Swift (Team UAE Emirates) was ninth, 59 seconds behind De Gendt.
Britons Simon Yates (Orica) and Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky) finished in the same group as Froome and are all one minute nine seconds behind De Gendt, who took 10 bonus seconds for winning the stage.
Monday's 171km stage two is another hilly route from Saint-Chamond to Arlanc, while the race concludes on Sunday, 11 June.
1. Thomas de Gendt (Bel/Lotto Soudal) 4hrs 17mins 04secs
2. Axel Domont (Fra/AG2R) +44secs
3. Diego Ulissi (Ita/Team UAE Emirates) +57secs
4. Pierre Roger Latour (Fra/AG2R) Same time
5. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger/Bora) Same time
6. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) +59secs
7. Julien Simon (Fra/Cofidis) Same time
8. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) Same time
9. Ben Swift (GB/Team UAE Emirates) Same time
10. Michael Valgren (Den/Astana) Same time
Selected others:
15. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +59secs
44. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) Same time
45. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) Same time
1. Thomas de Gendt (Bel/Lotto Soudal) 4hrs 16mins 54secs
2. Axel Domont (Fra/AG2R) +48secs
3. Diego Ulissi (Ita/Team UAE Emirates) +1min 3secs
4. Pierre Roger Latour (Fra/AG2R) +1min 07secs
5. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger/Bora) Same time
6. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita/Bahrain-Merida) +1min 9secs
7. Julien Simon (Fra/Cofidis) Same time
8. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) Same time
9. Ben Swift (GB/Team UAE Emirates) Same time
10. Michael Valgren (Den/Astana) Same time
Selected others:
15. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1min 9secs
44. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) Same time
45. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) Same time


Arsenal's latest financial results show a record £110.5m spent on players, and an increase in turnover to £191.1m, for the six months ending 30 November 2016.

During the summer, the club signed midfielder Granit Xhaka for £38.25m, defender Shkodran Mustafi for £34.85m, and forward Lucas Perez for £17m.
The club's profit before tax was £12.6m, compared to a loss of £6.2m for the same period in 2015.
Arsenal's cash reserves stand at £100.5m, down from £135.9m a year ago.
The results were announced as speculation continues over the future of manager Arsene Wenger following last week's 5-1 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Gunners chairman Sir Chips Keswick said: "The financial results for the first half of the year are robust. As expected, increased Premier League broadcasting revenues have had a direct impact on player costs both in terms of transfer prices and player wage demands.
"We have invested in our playing squad at record levels. It has also been exciting to see more young players emerging from our academy.
"We are very focused on producing a positive and exciting closing run and with the support of our fans, I believe together we can achieve a successful and memorable end to the season."


It has been more than four months since 43 students from a rural teaching school in Ayotzinapa, in Mexico's south-western state of Guerrero disappeared.

They were last seen alive during a protest in the town of Iguala.
Police fired on them and rounded them up, eventually handing them over to members of the Guerreros Unidos drug gang, who are widely thought to have killed them.
But the students' families refuse to believe they are dead. They say they want more answers and will not give up looking for them.
So how can Mexico move on?
Last week Lourdes Caballero Sanchez took to the streets of the capital with thousands of other Mexicans to call for justice.
It was a personal journey for her. Lourdes's 21-year-old brother Israel is one of the missing.
Her belief that she will find him is unwavering.
"I have an intuition that he's still alive. That's why we are here, asking [President] Pena Nieto to give us back our boys," she told me.
"As a sister, I'm desperate. I miss him, I want to see him. I feel so powerless to not be able to do anything for him."
But less than 24 hours later, Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam delivered a blow.
He declared that the students were dead.
His team, he said, had interviewed 99 people including members of the criminal gang that he alleges murdered the students.
Based on 386 declarations from interviewees, 16 police raids and two reconstructions, the conclusion was that the students were killed by the gang and their bodies burned at a rubbish dump.
The students' families angrily rejected this scenario.
At a press conference held later in the day, one mother stood up and claimed that her son was not missing, he was being held by the government.
Accusations that the government needs to be called to account have been flying at the same time that the authorities have been trying to draw this questioning to a close.
The prosecutor reassured the families the case would not be shut yet, but even President Enrique Pena Nieto has said Mexico needs to move on.
For many though, that is not an option.
"I can understand the political logic of trying to put this behind the country, but I don't think there are the objective conditions for the country to turn the page," says independent security analyst Alejandro Hope.
"The government has provided a narrative of what happened but hasn't yet provided an explanation. In the absence of a detailed version of why, this case will not be closed."
The war on drugs has taken a brutal toll on Mexico in the past decade.
More than 100,000 people have been killed and the latest official figures put the number of missing at 23,271.
This week, some of the parents of the missing students travelled to Geneva to appeal for help from the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission also published a report ahead of the visit.
Commission President Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez criticised the impunity in Mexican society, which he believes dates back to the 1970s and 1980s: decades when the government and left-wing student groups clashed with deadly results.
He gave several recommendations to be discussed at the UN's sessions, one of which was a more systematic database of the missing to understand the true extent of the problem.
One of the big concerns among human rights groups is that although many of the suspects arrested have been charged with kidnapping and murder, none have been charged with the crime of enforced disappearance.
"It reflects that the Mexican government is reluctant to recognise that in Mexico enforced disappearances occur," says Denise Gonzalez, of the Miguel Agustin ProJuarez Human Rights Centre.
"They are trying to water down their responsibilities. They are reluctant to recognise that state officials have engaged in enforced disappearances in Mexico."
In a country used to the high number of dead in the drug war, this case of the Ayotzinapa students has stood out.
The feeling, say experts, is that these young men should not be viewed as collateral in a narco-war.
It has forced people to push for change.
"The majority of Mexicans are now empowered and feel a personal responsibility to change things in the country," says John M Ackerman, a law professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University.
"This is an invaluable achievement since it implies an historic break with the learned pessimism and passivity encouraged daily on the principal television and radio networks in Mexico."
Their disappearance has forced the government to make changes, too.
In November, President Pena Nieto announced plans to put all local police units under federal control and allow Congress to dissolve local governments infiltrated by drugs gangs.
But with mid-term elections later this year, there are question marks as to whether these sweeping announcements will all get voted in.
"It was a watershed moment for Mexican society, maybe," says Alejandro Hope. "But a watershed moment for government policy? I don't think so."
Despite the feeling of stalemate among many, the investigation is not over yet.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) signed an agreement in November with the Mexican government and representatives of the disappeared students to look into the events of Ayotzinapa.
They will be holding their first meeting later this month.
There are still many questions surrounding the students' disappearance.
The hope is that perhaps the IACHR will provide some answers to try and prevent another Ayotzinapa from ever happening again.


Adi Yussuf struck a last-gasp winner as Mansfield netted twice in the final four minutes to win at Morecambe.

The hosts led when Paul Mullin tucked away a penalty after Nicky Hunt had pulled down Kevin Ellison.
Tom Barkhuizen wasted a good chance to double the home side's advantage when he dragged wide, and Chris Clements capitalised by levelling from close in.
Substitute Yussuf then won it for Mansfield, prodding in from six yards after Lee Collins' shot was saved.
The Stags now move to ninth and within a point of the play-off places, albeit having played four more games than seventh-placed Accrington, while Morecambe stay 14th.


Notts County have re-signed Nottingham Forest midfielder Jorge Grant on a season-long loan.

The 22-year-old played a key role in helping the League Two side avoid relegation last season, scoring six goals in 17 appearances after joining in January.
Grant signed a signed a new three-year contract with Championship team Forest in June.
He has played a total of 20 games for the Reds, scoring one goal.
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All the rollicking expletives and verbal manipulation of Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It's fearsome spin doctor, could never conceal the extent of Scotland's crushing humiliation in the Women's Six Nations Championship.

The Scots have not won a game in this tournament since 2010.
They have failed to score a single point in 15 of the 25 matches played in the subsequent five championships.
Their points difference stands at 67 for - an average of 2.68 per match, less than a penalty or drop-goal - and 1,061 against.
They have breached their opponents' try-line eight times. Eight tries in 25 games.
If Scotland's men have swum against the tide in recent Six Nations, the women have been kayaking into a tsunami.
Playing catch-up against its international counterparts, Scottish Rugby channelled a portion of its £20m 2014 BT sponsorship into recruiting Sheila Begbie, successful in a similar role with the Scottish Football Association, to head up and restructure the female game.
A year later, Shade Munro, the former Scotland and Glasgow Warriors assistant coach, was appointed to marshal things on the training paddock.
Munro is around seven months into his new role and paints the picture of a pitifully constrained Scotland, labouring merely to cross the start line as their rivals hare off down the track.
"Even speaking to the other [Six Nations] coaches, they're much further down the road than we are," he says.
"They're certainly better-resourced in terms of personnel, money; they have professional players.
"We're still very much amateur; still very much stuck in that amateur culture and ethos. That stems from the club game in Scotland.
"The SRU have done well introducing academies - the difference in players involved in academies and those that aren't is marked. It's just constantly banging that drum really."
This will be as challenging a project as Munro will ever undertake in coaching given how far the set-up is from even the most modest of professional environs.
"When you're a professional coach you know exactly what you're doing every day, the resources are there - it's actually quite easy," he explains.
"This is a different way of coaching, which is actually a good thing.
"My perception when I came in was that the women players weren't very good, they didn't really train that hard. For the last five years, they haven't won a game in the Six Nations, so what are the reasons for that?
"I thought it must be the players themselves. That perception was totally wrong. It's not the players at all - they're hard-working, they have a real desire to succeed, they're willing to learn, they're really coachable.
"It's just not been properly resourced. There aren't that many players in Scotland, which is another reason, but partly the gap is growing because the other teams are moving on down the professional route and we aren't."
Munro has to peel away all the intricacies of coaching elite teams, immerse himself in the realities of his new surroundings.
The old Warriors playbook has been slid back on to its shelf for now and the process of gradually bettering his players, step by punishing step, is underway.
"I started by looking at last year's Six Nations and it's pretty obvious what needs to be worked on," he says.
"Upskilling the players, getting them fitter, improving their all-round skills, getting them to enjoy playing again.
"I'm not saying they didn't enjoy playing last year, but you imagine losing every game, every time you put a Scotland jersey on, it's very tough.
"It's building their confidence back up, allowing them to try things rather than them being scared to do so, pointing out things they're good at."
The towering ex-lock, with seven Scotland caps to his name, will not burden his players with undue emphasis on results in this year's tournament.
Their campaign begins with a Calcutta Cup duel on Friday evening against a visiting England team that has dipped since lifting the 2014 World Cup, but still stuck eight tries past the Scots a year ago.
"That's not the way to coach them at the moment," he says. "What I'm trying to do is break the game down into compartments - defence, set piece, attack, contact - and refer back to that.
"If you succeed in all those areas, you'll win games. So when you don't win games, one, maybe two of those areas you haven't achieved - that's what you then focus on.
"If I can improve them, which I have no doubt I will, and if they can get a win, then fantastic," he adds.
"That may be a time coming, but you never know."


The UN's top climate diplomat, Christiana Figueres, has said she will leave her post in July.

Ms Figueres said she would not accept an extension of her appointment which finishes this summer.
As executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, she played a key role in the talks that lead to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Her contribution to the negotiation process was praised as "really extraordinary".
Ms Figueres became executive secretary in the wake of the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009, widely perceived to have been a failure.
Over the past six years she helped rebuilt the momentum for a global compact, which saw 195 nations sign the Paris Climate Agreement after weeks of intense negotiations in the French capital last December.
In her letter to the UN confirming that she was standing down, the 59-year-old Ms Figueres highlighted the importance of that deal.
"The Paris Agreement is a historical achievement, built on years of increasing willingness to construct bridges of collaboration and solidarity. It has been an honour to support you along this path over the past six years," she wrote.
Before taking the UN post in 2010, Ms Figueres had been part of Costa Rica's climate negotiating team since the mid 1990s.
Her contribution to the successful outcome of the talks in Paris was praised by climate economist Lord Stern.
"Christiana's contribution to international climate negotiations over the [past] six years has been really extraordinary," he said.
"She is gifted with an outstanding ability to see where we need to go as a world and to bring people together.
"Christiana is one of the great leaders of our time. She no doubt has much more to contribute in the coming years. The challenge for everyone is to build on her achievements, and I am sure she will be part of that."
Ms Figueres has announced her decision to stand down in the same week as the President of the Paris conference, Laurent Fabius, announced he was stepping aside from that role. He is being replaced by French environment minister Segolene Royal.


A robber got away with a "significant" amount of money in a raid on a high street bank in Hampshire.

The raider burst into the Lloyds branch in Station Road, New Milton at about 15:30 BST while customers were inside.
He "made a threat he had a weapon" but did not produce one, Insp Scott Johnson from Hampshire Constabulary said.
No one was injured and police, who have not revealed the exact amount stolen, are taking witness statements and analysing CCTV footage.


A massive reform of pensions has been announced by the government which will change the way many people fund their retirement.

The new proposed rules will come in from April 2015, but some of the current rules will be relaxed from 27 March, 2014.
The changes affect those over 55 who have savings in a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, such as a personal pension. In a DC scheme, the pension depends on the amount of money you, and perhaps your employer, have saved in the scheme.
The position for those in defined benefit (DB) - or final salary - pensions is unlikely to change, although there may be a restriction preventing people in public service pension schemes from transferring into a DC scheme.
The chancellor announced plans for some temporary rules until the full proposed reforms come into force. These will run from 27 March, 2014 to 6 April, 2015
If you are aged over 60 and have not touched your pension pot, and your total pension savings are no more than £30,000, you can withdraw all of the savings.
The first 25% of the money you take out is tax-free, and the rest is taxed as the top slice of your income in the tax year of withdrawal.
To take some fictional examples: Clara is 62 and has no other income, but does have a £20,000 DC pension pot. She withdraws all £20,000 in one year.  She receives £5,000 (25%) tax-free and pays no tax up to her personal allowance of £10,000. She pays 20% tax on the remaining £5,000.
Denise's pension pot is also £20,000. She is still working, and earns £65,000 a year.  She decides to empty her pension pot. Like Clara, the first £5,000 would be tax-free, but the balance of £15,000 is taxed at 40%, because she has already used all her basic rate tax band.
If you want to take advantage of the new rules, you should first check what tax you will pay on the money you take out.
What is an annuity?
If you have a pension which is in "capped drawdown", so that you are taking some money out each year, the amount you can withdraw from your drawdown fund will increase from 120% to 150%.
Alternatively, if you are in capped drawdown and have at least £12,000 a year of "secure pension income", including the state pension and annuities in payment, you can move to "flexible drawdown" which gives you complete freedom over how much you take out of the pension pot.
Before 27 March you could only move to flexible drawdown if you had secure pension income of at least £20,000 a year. Remember that any money you take out of your drawdown fund will be taxed at your marginal rate, so you may want to take the money out in stages so as to minimise the tax cost.
The government is consulting on the rules which will apply from 6 April, 2015, but it is expected that you will be able to take your entire DC pension savings as a lump sum and spend or invest it as you like, as long as you are over 55.
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Up to 25% of the money will be tax free, as now, but the balance will be subject to tax at your marginal rate.
For example, Emily is 60 and has taxable income of £50,000. She has £250,000 in her pension pot, and takes all this money out on 7 April, 2015.  She will receive £62,500 without tax (25%) and the balance will be taxed at a mixture of 40% and 45%. She also loses her personal allowance because her total taxable income is over £100,000.
She would have paid less tax if she had spread the withdrawals over several years.
There is very little time left in this tax year - only just over a week between 27 March and 4 April.  If you want to take out some money from your pension using the rules which apply from 27 March, you should contact your pension scheme or adviser without delay.
It will be very challenging for these companies to deal with the flood of requests they are likely to receive.
Meanwhile, if you have already used your pension savings to obtain an annuity, then this change is not expected to affect you. You will continue to get your annuity from your pension provider as before.
These changes give pension savers control over their pension pots. But do not forget that taking the money out now may trigger a tax charge. You should check out how much the tax will be before you take the money.


A man has been left with potentially life-threatening injuries after being crushed while unloading a lorry.

The 31-year-old from Bridgend was crushed by a mechanism on the HGV which was parked on Faraday Road, Plymouth.
Police were called to the incident at around 10:15 GMT on Thursday and the casualty was taken to Derriford Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
Devon and Cornwall Police have appealed for witnesses.
Officers from the CID, the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit and the Health and Safety Executive are carrying out a joint investigation.


Celtic have appointed former Chelsea head of scouting Lee Congerton as their new head of recruitment.

Welshman Congerton has previously worked as a coach with Liverpool and the Welsh FA.
He was technical director at Hamburg and, most recently, sporting director at Sunderland.
"It is a huge honour and I can't wait to get started in making my contribution to such a fantastic institution," he told Celtic's website.
"In recent years there has been some great work done at the club in the recruitment and development of some high-quality playing talent. I am really looking forward to adding my experience in this area and ensuring that we continue this high level of achievement."
Brendan Rodgers' Celtic are top of the Scottish Premiership and need two more wins to secure the championship, which would be a sixth consecutive title success.
The club say Congerton, who worked with Rodgers when the Northern Irishman coached at Chelsea, will head up recruitment of players and the scouting network, domestically and abroad.
"Player recruitment is such a crucial function of the club and we are delighted to welcome Lee to Celtic to oversee this area," said chief executive Peter Lawwell.
"Given the importance of this appointment we have gone through a thorough process and taken our time to identify the right person.
"Lee was the outstanding candidate for this position and we are sure he will deliver real impact and benefit to the club."


Hearts fear a long-term injury to defender John Souttar as they prepare to sign midfielder Alexandros Tziolis and striker Esmael Goncalves.

Souttar was stretchered off during Sunday's 4-0 defeat by Celtic.
Hearts head coach Ian Cathro said: "Right now it is a worry. It is a concern surrounding his Achilles."
He confirmed interest in Anorthosis Famagusta's Goncalves and Greek international Tziolis, who has left PAOK Salonica in his homeland.
"It has already been spoken about, probably from the other end, in the case of Goncalves, and Tziolis is now a free agent," said Cathro.
"We are working on both of those things. It is possible, but there is still a little bit of work to be done."
The 31-year-old Tziolis, who has played for Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Monaco, has been capped 62 times for his country but left PAOK after failing to make an appearance this season for the Greek Superleague club.
Goncalves had a loan spell in 2013 with St Mirren from Portuguese club Rio Ave, where Cathro was assistant.
The 25-year-old is presently with Anorthosis Famagusta and has made 21 appearances for the Cypriot First Division club this season after leaving his native Portugal.
"We need to bring people," said Cathro. "As it stands, we are short and we need to bring more players, guys who bring different qualities, guys who bring us more strength and competition and options."
Sunday's injury to Souttar could force a rethink of his signing plans ahead of Tuesday's January deadline.
"There was a challenge and then he landed awkwardly," said the head coach. "There is a bit of concern just now, it is an Achilles issue.
"We don't know the extent of it. But, as you saw, it didn't look nice.
"It will be in the next few hours and tomorrow morning before we know exactly what it is."
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Cathro has already made six signings during January, with on-loan Stoke City winger Moha Choulay making his debut against Celtic from the bench and former Stirling Albion striker Dylan Bikey an unused substitute.
Hearts have only won twice in eight games since Cathro took charge, but he insisted he saw signs of promise despite the scoreline against the Premiership leaders.
"We should feel strong about some of the things we've done today, there's a lot of positives and I think the game was very close to swinging the other way," said Cathro, who thought his side paid for a second-half miss by Malaury Martin when Celtic were 1-0 ahead.


Daniel Sturridge scored his first two goals since March as Liverpool beat Aston Villa in an entertaining game.

Reds midfielder James Milner opened the scoring after 66 seconds against his former club from 20 yards.
Striker Sturridge doubled their lead after the break with a volley following a one-two with Milner, but Rudy Gestede pulled one back from close range.
Sturridge scored his second from Philippe Coutinho's pass, but Gestede gave Villa hope with a fine header.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers had been under pressure after six games without a win, other than Wednesday's League Cup penalty shootout victory over Carlisle.
Slightly, but probably not that much.
There were plans for Liverpool fans to dress up as Jurgen Klopp, the former Borussia Dortmund coach who some would like to see replace Rodgers, though there was little evidence this came to fruition.
Liverpool will be happy to have ended such a poor run and move up to seventh in the Premier League - but they were made to work for victory against one of the worst sides in the division.
The Reds played some decent football for their goals, but they were caught out by Villa twice. Their next Premier League games - against Everton, Tottenham and Southampton - could go a long way to deciding Rodgers's future.
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The huge boost from this game for Liverpool was the return of Sturridge's name to the scoresheet. The England international was making his second appearance since recovering from hip surgery.
While he still has some fitness to gain before reproducing the form that saw him score 24 goals in 2013-14, he was the reason Liverpool won this game.
His first strike was a brilliant volley with the outside of his foot, and the second a calm finish after a one-two with Coutinho, who backheeled the ball to him.
The 26-year-old had two chances to complete his hat-trick in the final 10 minutes. First he failed to beat Micah Richards on the edge of the box, something a fully fit Sturridge might have been able to do. Then he forced a good low save from Brad Guzan who tipped his effort past the post.
Rodgers said: "Sturridge showed what we missed for over a year - he makes the difference and helps you compete. His finishes were brilliant.
"He's nowhere near 100% fit yet. There was a couple of moments when he'd be away at his best but wasn't today. His two goals were the difference."
Gestede, who replaced the injured Gabriel Agbonlahor in the line-up, was the only reason Villa - who played quite defensively - ran Liverpool so close at Anfield.
The Birmingham side, who were unbeaten on their last four trips to Anfield, have now picked up four points from seven games and drop into the relegation zone.
They had only four shots on target against the Reds, with Gestede, a summer signing from Blackburn, scoring both of his - to take him up to four for the season.
His first was a close-range scramble and his second a brilliant towering header as he beat centre-back Mamadou Sakho to a Jordan Amavi cross.
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Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva: "We wanted to win for the manager. We know what has been said about him and I think we showed we are a group of players behind him and trying to make everything right. The pressure is on him but we wanted to play the way he wanted us to play and I think we did that."
Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood: "We can't score two away from home and lose - it happened against Leicester as well. You score twice at Anfield and you expect to leave with something. I've told the boys the goals were avoidable and we have to tighten up - Liverpool did not have to work too hard to get them, and we have to put that right.
"Our performances have merited better than one win in seven games but I said from the start it would be an uphill struggle. We need to stay in the division and if we do we will be stronger next year."
Villa host Stoke in the Premier League next Saturday, while Liverpool are at home to Sion in the Europa League on Thursday - before Sunday's Merseyside derby at Everton.


Ena Baxter - one of the driving forces behind the Moray-based Baxters food empire and the face of many of its adverts - has died at the age of 90.

The Fochabers-based family business is famed for its soups and preserves.
A spokeswoman for the company said: "The Baxter family confirm with great sadness that Mrs Ena Baxter passed away on Thursday (15 January).
"The family respectfully requests privacy at this difficult time."
Mrs Baxter and her late husband Gordon - who died in 2013, aged 95 - built up the firm from a cottage industry into an international food group over a period of 50 years.
She was born near Forgue, brought up in Huntly, and studied at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.


Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez has joined Bayer Leverkusen for £7.3m.

The Mexico international, 27, was on the bench for Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Swansea City but has not started a Premier League match for a year. He has signed a three-year contract.
Meanwhile, United's Belgian midfielder Adnan Januzaj, 20, has joined Borussia Dortmund on loan.
Goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, 31, has signed a two-year deal with West Brom.
Hernandez scored 59 goals in 156 appearances for United after joining from hometown club Chivas de Guadalajara in 2010.
He spent most of last season on loan at Real Madrid.
Januzaj has scored five goals in 60 United appearances.
He has started two of United's four league games this season, scoring the winner at Aston Villa on 14 August.
"Borussia Dortmund are a great club, the fans here are supposed to be really incredible. I want to achieve great things with the team," said Januzaj.
Denmark international Lindegaard, 31, has made 29 United appearances since joining in 2011.


A senior Chinese Communist Party official has called for Chinese tourists to behave more politely when travelling abroad.

Wang Yang, one of China's four vice-premiers, said the "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists was harming the country's image.
Among problems he singled out were talking loudly in public and spitting.
However, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Beijing says some Chinese complain they are treated badly abroad.
Foreign travel is becoming ever more popular among China's increasingly affluent citizens.
By Celia HattonBBC Beijing correspondent
Chinese people make an estimated 83 million trips outside China every year, so it is not a surprise that a minority sometimes clash with their foreign hosts.
Just a few years ago only the richest people in China could afford to travel abroad but now millions of people from China's second- and third-tier cities are applying for passports in order to gain their first glimpse of the outside world.
However, many in China also complain they are treated like second-class citizens abroad. Chinese internet forums were flooded with protests earlier this year when news emerged that a hotel in the Maldives had removed kettles from rooms occupied by Chinese tourists.
Apparently, the hotel's manager was upset that some Chinese tourists were using boiling water to eat instant noodles in their rooms, instead of spending money in the hotel's restaurants.
Still, there's little chance that the occasional clash between Chinese tourists and the outside world will stop China's booming tourism industry.
Chinese tourists spent $102bn (Â£67bn) overseas last year, up 40% on the year before, and the UN World Tourism Organisation says China is now the single biggest source of global tourism income.
Mr Wang's words were published on the website of the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's main newspaper.
"Improving the civilised quality of the citizens and building a good image of Chinese tourists are the obligations of governments at all levels and relevant agencies and companies," he said.
Mr Wang advised authorities to "guide tourists to conscientiously abide by public order and social ethics, respect local religious beliefs and customs, mind their speech and behaviour... and protect the environment".
Mr Wang's criticism has brought a mixed response on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, our correspondent reports.
"It's time to send a warning to ourselves," one user posted. "As Chinese people get richer, our behaviour gets worse."
However, others argue that a senior member of the Communist Party - which is dealing with a raft of corruption scandals - is not in a position to judge the behaviour of others.
Many in China say they are treated like second-class citizens when they travel abroad and local media is full of stories of Chinese tourists who have been robbed, our correspondent adds.
Earlier this year, officials in China's eastern province of Jiangsu warned citizens against carrying large amounts of money with them or flashing expensive jewellery.


The Sun newspaper is to pay "substantial damages" to former EastEnders boss Sean O'Connor, after wrongly accusing him of bullying.

O'Connor announced in June that he would be leaving the BBC soap after a year in the job, in order to concentrate on his film career.
The Sun admitted a front page article "wrongly suggested" the producer had been sacked for bullying cast members.
The apology appeared online and on page two of the newspaper on Friday.
Referring to a front page article from 23 June, the paper said: "We wrongly suggested that Mr O'Connor had been sacked as a result of bullying the cast of the show, and to such an extent that the actors had complained to the BBC.
"We now accept that this was wrong. Mr O'Connor had not been accused of bullying anyone, none of the cast complained to the BBC about him bullying them, and his decision to leave the BBC had nothing to do with any claims of bullying.
"We apologise to Mr O'Connor for the distress caused, and have agreed to pay him substantial damages and legal costs."
Before joining the square in Walford, O'Connor was the editor of BBC Radio 4's The Archers, and was responsible for the domestic abuse story between Helen Archer and Rob Titchener.
Speaking of his decision to leave Eastenders, O'Connor said working with the cast and crew at Elstree had been "an absolute privilege".
He is now working with Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss on a big screen feature on the murderer Neville Heath.


Kevin Braniff has moved to Ballymena United on an 18-month contract after being released by Glenavon.

Braniff, 34, was transfer-listed at his own request by Glenavon in December after losing his regular starting role with the Mourneview Park club.
His move to Ballymena was confirmed following a medical on Saturday.
The striker's four goals helped Glenavon surprise Crusaders in last season's Irish Cup semi-final, and he went on to earn a winner's medal.
Braniff signed for Glenavon in June 2014 after a brief stint in Australia.
The striker earned two Northern Ireland caps in 2010 during his time at Portadown.


A thief who stole money at knifepoint from a van driver he had just caught a lift from in Edinburgh is being sought by police.

The incident happened in Forbes Road at about 10:25. The van driver had picked up the thief in Yeaman Place in his red Renault Trafic van.
As he dropped him off in Forbes Road, the thief pulled out a knife.
He took a two-figure sum of money and left in the direction of Bruntsfield Place.
He was about 30 years old, white, about 6ft tall and of medium build. He was wearing a dark jacket with a white stripe on the sleeve and dark jeans.
Police have appealed for witnesses.
Det Con Joyce Gunderson said: "Thankfully the van driver was not injured during this robbery but he was left understandably shaken.
"We are pursuing various lines of inquiry to trace the man responsible and we are keen to hear from anyone who can assist us in identifying him.