A Labour MP has called for the Oxford University branch of the party to be suspended over allegations of anti-Semitism by its members.

John Mann MP said he wanted a "full inquiry" after the club voted to endorse Israel Apartheid Week.
Club co-chairman Alex Chalmers resigned after the vote and said many members had "some kind of problem with Jews".
Labour Students is now investigating the allegations at the club, which said it would fully co-operate.
Mr Chalmers, an Oriel College undergraduate, posted on Facebook that certain members' attitudes at the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) were becoming "poisonous".
He said "a large proportion of both OULC and the Student Left in Oxford more generally have some kind of problem with Jews".
He said the decision to endorse Israel Apartheid Week illustrated the "uneven and insincere" attitude of some members "when it comes to liberation".
According to its website, Israel Apartheid Week takes place across 150 universities and cities and "aims to raise awareness about Israel's ongoing settler-colonial project and apartheid policies over the Palestinian people".
Oxford University Labour Club said in a statement: "We are horrified at and whole-heartedly condemn anti-Semitic behaviour in all its forms."
It said the allegations would be "dealt with swiftly and lastingly".
Labour Students, the national youth body of the political party, said it was "deeply troubled" by the reports of anti-Semitism and had launched an immediate investigation.
John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, said he had written to the party asking for an investigation.
He added: "It is hugely embarrassing for the Labour Party. This is something Jeremy Corbyn should personally look into."
A spokesman for the Labour Party said it supported the investigation.
A statement from Oxford University Jewish Society said the group was "saddened by the anti-Semitic reports".
It added: "We are, however, unsurprised by this news.
"It is not the first time that Oxford JSoc has had to deal with anti-Semitic incidents within the Student Left and it will not be the last."
Oxford University said students were encouraged to officially report harassment to the university authorities.


Colombia's Mining Minister German Arce has questioned whether the result of a referendum held in the town of Cajamarca, where 98% of residents voted against a major gold mining project, will prevail.

Locals fear it will damage the environment and pollute their water sources.
La Colosa, in Central Colombia, has the potential to become South America's largest gold mine.
Mr Arce said the town's decision could not be applied retroactively.
The minister added that the South African mining giant AngloGold Ashanti had already been issued an exploration licence, which would retain its validity.
Mr Arce also said that while the land was under the control of local authorities, any subterranean riches were under the control of the national government.
The minister said that if AngloGold Ashanti was awarded the environmental licence it needs to proceed with the project, the courts or Colombia's congress would have to decide whether the local or national authorities prevailed.
Mr Arce insisted that the referendum vote would not affect foreign investment in Colombia's mining sector.
"For the first time in 20 years we will have three major projects in execution phase," he told RCN.
He said campaigners had misinformed voters.
"We're not talking about an open-air mine here," he said. "Nor are there a hundred rivers at risk."
Campaigners were angered by Mr Arce's comments.
The opposition to President Juan Manuel Santos also criticised the government's stance on the issue.
"Santos and the Mining Minister agreed to disregard Cajamarca's decision on La Colosa. Democratic mobilisation will also defeat them," tweeted opposition Senator and presidential hopeful Jorge Robledo.
Only 76 residents of Cajamarca, in the central province of Tolima, voted in favour of the mining project in Sunday's referendum, while more than 6,100 of the town's 19,000 inhabitants voted against.
Several other Colombian cities and towns are planning to hold similar votes to try to block mining projects in their area.
Correction 29 March 2017: This story has been amended to clarify the government's position on the mining ban.


Shrewsbury defender Aristote Nsiala will be banned for four games after being sent off on his debut - unless the Town are successful with an appeal.

Nsiala, 24, was dismissed for his foul on Swindon's Luke Norris in Saturday's 1-1 draw - just six days after joining the League One club from Hartlepool.
But Town are confident of winning the appeal, boss Paul Hurst claiming: "It's never a two-footed challenge.
"He clearly wins the ball. We've looked at the footage," he told BBC Sport.
Nsiala had already been sent off twice for Pools this season, which automatically increases the punishment, potentially sidelining him until 11 February.
Unless Shrewsbury win their appeal to the Football Association, Nsiala will miss the visits of Bradford City, Oldham Athletic and Bury, as well as the trip to Gillingham.
His home debut may not now come until 18 February against AFC Wimbledon.
The red card was the eighth Shrewsbury have received this season - the highest number in English football's top four divisions.
Meanwhile, Shrewsbury have allowed former Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake to return to Chesterfield at the end of his loan spell, during which he failed to score in seven appearances.
They have also allowed on-loan winger George Waring to return to Premier League side Stoke City, having opted not to extend his deal.
Hurst has also dismissed speculation linking the Shropshire club with striker James Alabi, National League side Chester's 10-goal top scorer, saying: "There's no truth in it."


Tony Pulis won his first Premier League match as West Brom manager as Saido Berahino's goal saw off Hull City.

Berahino netted with a low strike from 12 yards from an indirect free-kick after Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor picked up Ahmed Elmohamady's back-pass.
West Brom's Brown Ideye should have scored earlier on but dragged his shot wide with only McGregor to beat.
Hull created few chances after strikers Nikica Jelavic and Abel Hernandez both suffered first-half injuries.
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However, the defeat was harsh on Hull and manager Steve Bruce will be furious with the goal they conceded as Elmohamady needlessly touched the ball back to McGregor just before the keeper could pick it up.
But the Baggies took full advantage as substitute Victor Anichebe nudged a pass to Berahino to blast the ball past a number of away defenders on the goalline.
The result sees Hull drop to 18th in the Premier League, only two points above bottom side Leicester City.
Bruce could also be forced to strengthen his attacking options after Robbie Brady and Tom Ince played as emergency strikers after both Jelavic and Hernandez went off in the first half.
Apart from a Brady effort that was pushed over the crossbar by Ben Foster, Hull were restricted to speculative attempts from outside the penalty area that went well off target.
Meanwhile for Pulis, who took charge at the Hawthorns earlier this month to replace the sacked Alan Irvine, he will be desperate to keep hold of England Under-21 striker Berahino.
The 21-year-old has been linked with a January move to either Tottenham or Liverpool and was instrumental in his side's best moves.
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He should have done better than shoot wide from 10 yards out after a one-two with Stephane Sessegnon and then twice had efforts comfortably saved by McGregor.
But the Hull keeper should have been picking the ball out of the net in the 41st minute.
Ideye chased on to Berahino's through ball, but with only the Scot to beat, the Nigerian forward, who has only scored once in 11 Premier League games since a £10m move to the Baggies, dragged a horrible shot well wide.
Luckily for Ideye, that miss did not prove costly as Berahino's 78th-minute winner took West Brom up to 14th.
Pulis has never been relegated in his managerial career and this was the perfect start as he tries to keep that record intact.
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Hull City 0.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Hull City 0.
Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Hull City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James Chester.
Foul by Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion).
Curtis Davies (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by James Chester.
Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Victor Anichebe tries a through ball, but James Morrison is caught offside.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ahmed Elmohamady.
Attempt blocked. James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Anichebe with a headed pass.
Offside, Hull City. Ahmed Elmohamady tries a through ball, but Robbie Brady is caught offside.
Foul by James Chester (Hull City).
Victor Anichebe (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. David Meyler (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Hull City. Tom Huddlestone replaces Stephen Quinn.
Goal!  West Bromwich Albion 1, Hull City 0. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Back pass by Allan McGregor (Hull City).
(West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Craig Gardner replaces Stéphane Sessegnon.
Attempt blocked. Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Hull City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Robbie Brady with a cross.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Victor Anichebe replaces Brown Ideye.
Foul by Robbie Brady (Hull City).
Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Hull City. James Chester tries a through ball, but Tom Ince is caught offside.
Foul by Tom Ince (Hull City).
Chris Baird (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Baird with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by David Meyler (Hull City).
Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Jake Livermore (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ahmed Elmohamady.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by James Chester.
Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Baird (West Bromwich Albion).
Foul by Maynor Figueroa (Hull City).
Stéphane Sessegnon (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Brown Ideye.
Foul by Robbie Brady (Hull City).
Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Brown Ideye.
Foul by James Chester (Hull City).


Children in London are being put at risk because of "serious failings" in the way the Met Police deals with child sexual abuse, inspectors have found.

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary found 75% of cases were dealt with "inadequately" or needing improvement.
It said there was an "indefensible" lack of leadership in child protection, with no single officer in charge.
The Met apologised for any failures but the home secretary described the report as "profoundly concerning".
The force's assistant commissioner Martin Hewitt said the safety of youngsters was a priority but added that child protection "often involves complex social problems which cannot be solved by police alone".
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) inspectors discovered 277 of 384 cases investigated had been poorly handled.
Of those, 38 were referred back to the Met because inspectors believed the children involved may still be at risk.
HM Inspector of Constabulary Matt Parr said "far too many of the cases we looked at fell well short of expected standards".
The force was found to be the only one investigated not to have a chief officer in charge of child protection, in spite of it being the largest police service in the country.
Information about victims and offenders was kept on "isolated" IT systems and not shared between boroughs, while some staff - including borough child sexual exploitation officers - had been given no training in child sexual exploitation.
Mr Parr told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the previous mayor had set the priorities for the Met to tackle crimes such as burglary, criminal damage, theft and violence, which meant it had taken its "eye of the ball" when it came to child protection.
As a result, child protection investigations were "inconsistent" and caused issues such as a backlog of visits to registered sex offenders who were thought to be a very high risk to children.
In a statement, the Met said it already had "more than 1,300 officers" who were "dedicated to protecting vulnerable young people".
It said it had re-examined the cases highlighted by HMIC and had identified "no further harm to children and no further offenders".
With regards to accusations it had focused too much on other areas of policing, the force said "children are disproportionately victims" in those crimes.
However, it said it had "worked closely" with HMIC since the inspection and would use the report as "a launch pad" to change its approach to child protection.
Assistant Commissioner Hewitt told the Today programme: "We had already identified that we needed to change in the way that we managed child protection and we were - as the report acknowledges - we are in the process of a range of activities to change our response to child protection.
"But what this report gives us is some very clear issues that we need to look at and we need to address as we continue in that process of change."
HMIC has made several recommendations, including a London-wide oversight of child protection.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: "The findings of this report are profoundly concerning. They raise serious issues that must be urgently addressed.
"I have spoken to the mayor of London and sought his assurance that immediate action will be taken to overhaul the force's approach to child protection."
She added: "Every child has the right to feel safe and protected, and to trust that they can turn to the police for help.
"It is critical that the Met learns from its mistakes and gets this right going forward."
Current London Mayor Sadiq Khan said:  "This deeply troubling report has found that, too often, children in our city have been let down when they are most in need.
"This is simply unacceptable and things must change."
He sais he has set out a plan to improve the service, including "a new independent group of child protection experts".
Inspectors will carry out another inspection of the force to check on improvements within 12 months.


A week before he becomes President, Donald Trump has been involved in an argument with the media and with his own spy agency.

12 January 2017 Last updated at 15:10 GMT
It's all to do with secret files, spies and who is telling the truth.
It sounds like a film but it's not.
Watch this to find out more.


More debris washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is being investigated after a wing part suspected to come from missing flight MH370 was found on Wednesday.

It was thought one object discovered south of the city of St Denis may have been part of a door.
But police say it is not yet being treated as evidence and Malaysian officials cast doubt on it.
MH370 disappeared in March last year with 239 people on board.
The Malaysia Airlines flight was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
An Australian-led search effort for the plane has so far focused on a vast area of the southern Indian Ocean about 4,000km (2,500 miles) to the east of Reunion.
No physical trace of the aircraft has been found.
Missing Malaysia plane: What we know
MH370: The deep-sea hunt for missing plane
The BBC's Karen Allen, on Reunion, says one of the pieces was found on a rocky beach just north of where the suspected plane wing part was spotted.
A team of police and police photographers was called and the object was taken away.
However, Malaysia's Director General of Civil Aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman told Associated Press: "I read all over media [the new debris] was part of a door. But I checked with the Civil Aviation Authority, and people on the ground in Reunion, and it was just a domestic ladder."
Malaysia's transport ministry says it now wants to expand the search for more debris around Reunion.
Malaysia will ask regions nearby to alert it if they find any debris that could be from MH370.
The Agence France-Presse news agency said on Sunday that one of its photographers had also seen a mangled piece of metal inscribed with two Chinese characters, attached to a leather-covered handle and measuring 100 sq cm being placed into an iron case and carried away.
Some social media commentators suggested it might be a kettle.
Malaysia's transport minister earlier confirmed that the object found on a beach at St Andre on Wednesday was a wing flap from a Boeing 777 - the same type of aircraft as the one that vanished.
"This has been verified by French authorities together with aircraft manufacturer Boeing," Liow Tiong Lai said on Sunday.
The piece has gone to mainland France, where investigators in the city of Toulouse will seek to establish if it came from MH370. They will begin their work this Wednesday.
Fragments of a suitcase found on the same beach are also to be examined.
The centre in Toulouse was also involved in analysing debris from the Air France flight AF447, which crashed on the way to Paris from Brazil in 2009, killing 228 people.
Investigators believe MH370 veered off course on the way to Beijing and crashed into the sea - but they do not know why.
In January Malaysian authorities declared that all on board were presumed dead.
Its estimated last location was based on "pings" sent from the aircraft that were detected by satellite.


An open letter calling for Brexit to be halted has been signed by more than 60 of Scotland's leading public figures.

It comes as UK Brexit Secretary David Davis called on both sides in the negotiations on the UK's departure from the EU to "get down to business".
The letter, published in The Herald, said it was time for a new national debate and a rethink on Brexit.
Signatories include former first minister Henry McLeish and former Nato general secretary Baron Robertson.
They claim that disastrous consequences of the decision to leave Europe are becoming ever clearer and that Britain's international reputation has weakened.
And they emphasise the need for the UK to build a more equal society as part of a wider push, from inside the EU, for a fairer Europe.
On Monday, while launching the second round of formal talks in Brussels, Mr Davis spoke of tackling the "substance of the matter" - and placed his priority on clarifying the issue of mutual citizens' rights, ahead of the start of any trade talks.
The letter has been signed by senior figures in politics, business, academia and the arts.
Mr McLeish told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We see Brexit taking us towards a catastrophe, there are no perceived benefits, and in the meantime we see negotiations in Brussels going nowhere and we see a cabinet in government at Westminster that's shambolically handling the affairs."
Scottish Conservative MSP Adam Tomkins, who voted in favour of remaining in the EU but has since become a convert to Brexit, told the programme there was no evidence that Brexit had so far been a catastrophe.
"These are going to be the most complex negotiations the United Kingdom has entered into, probably in my lifetime," he said. "But there is a difference between saying that something is going to be difficult and complex and saying it is already turning out to be a catastrophe.
"The idea that the country has changed its mind again, there's just no evidence for it. Eighty percent of MPs in the House of Commons are in favour of withdrawing from the European Union.
"Nobody is pretending this is easy or straight forward but we are getting on with the job."
He said manufacturing was strong in the UK, the UK remained the most attractive European country to invest in and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecast for UK growth this year to 2%.
"Those three facts would indicate that post Brexit, the UK economy is strong and robust," he said.
Ex-EU ambassador Lord Kerr, biologist Dame Anne Glover, ex-Nato general secretary Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, former LibDem leader Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, Scotland's former chief medical officer Sir Harry Burns, STUC general secretary Grahame Smith, historians Prof Tom Devine and Prof Chris Smout, former European Court of Justice judge Sir David Edward, former first minister Henry McLeish, former Scottish Secretary Baron Helen Liddell, Lord (Jim) Wallace of Tankerness, businessman Ian Ritchie, Alyn Smith SNP MEP, David Martin Labour MEP, former Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson, former Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson, director of Friends of the Earth Scotland Dr Richard Dixon, Martin Sime, chief executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Prof Christina Boswell and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch
The letter says: "We see our society, economy and politics becoming ever more undermined due to the impact of Brexit.
"We recognise that a narrow majority voted to leave the European Union, but the disastrous consequences are now becoming ever clearer - every day.
"Even before the UK has left the EU, we face falling living standards, rising inflation, slowing growth and lower productivity."
It adds: "In a democracy, it is always possible to think again and to choose a different direction. We need to think again about Brexit, to have a UK-wide debate about calling a halt to the process and changing our minds.
"We call for a national debate on Brexit. We ask our fellow citizens, and our politicians, to think again. It is time to call a halt to Brexit."


Four candidates have put their name forward to replace Stewart Hosie as deputy leader of the SNP.

They include the party's Westminster leader Angus Robertson, and MEP Alyn Smith.
MP Tommy Sheppard and senior Inverclyde councillor Chris McEleny are the other two candidates.
The contest will be decided by the party's 120,000 members, with the winner announced at the SNP conference in October.
All five of the party's last leaders - Nicola Sturgeon, Alex Salmond, John Swinney, Gordon Wilson and Billy Wolfe - had previously served as the party's deputy leader.
The deadline for candidates to lodge their papers formally closed at 09:00. A series of hustings events will now take place around the country, with the first on 10 August in Peterhead.
The winner will be decided through a single transferable vote system that will see members rank the four candidates in order of preference.
Imagine the four contenders as Mr Men characters.
Angus Robertson would be Mr Experience, trading on his 15 years in the Commons where he questions the prime minister every week as the SNP's Westminster leader.
Like most in the party, Tommy Sheppard only joined through the independence referendum. He seeks to give the membership a bigger voice as Mr Grassroots.
Alyn Smith is Mr Europe. An MEP for 12 years, he sees himself as a Scottish "ambassador" to the EU and believes he could open more doors for Scotland in Europe if elected deputy leader.
Inverclyde councillor Chris McEleny is Mr Socialist. He wants Scotland to become an independent socialist republic and would like to steer the party towards more left-wing policies like higher tax for higher earners.
Each have had to secure at least 100 nominations from 20 different branches to take part in the election.
As the highest profile candidate, Angus Robertson probably starts as favourite but with more than 120,000 (mostly new) members the SNP electorate is hard to second guess.
All party members who joined before the contest was called should be able to take part.
Voters are asked to rank candidates in order of preference under the single transferable vote system.
There will be hustings around the country before the ballot starts on 21 September. Most votes will be cast online by the closing date, 12 October.
The winner will be announced at the start of the SNP conference in Glasgow on 13 October.
Mr Robertson, the MP for Moray who has already held several senior positions within the party, is widely regarded as the early frontrunner in the contest.
But with tens of thousands of new members joining the SNP since the independence referendum in 2014, the door could be open for a surprise winner to emerge.
Mr McEleny, who is the only non-parliamentarian to put his name forward, is seeking to push the SNP to the left after calling for the party to embrace more "socialist values" and to drop its commitment to keeping the monarchy after independence.
Mr Sheppard, the MP for Edinburgh East, has stressed the importance of giving the party's grassroots a bigger role, and has argued that the SNP needs an "organisational upgrade" if it is to meet the challenges to come, including any new referendum on independence.
And Mr Smith, a member of the European Parliament since 2004, has said his experience would be crucial as the SNP attempts to navigate through the post-Brexit waters.
Mr Hosie announced in May that he would be standing down from the role after newspapers reported he had been involved in an affair with a journalist.
He had recently separated from his wife, the SNP MSP Shona Robison, who is also Scotland's health secretary.


New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has signed for Birmingham Bears as an overseas player for the 2017 T20 Blast campaign.

The 30-year-old has the best T20 batting strike-rate (171) in the game.
"His batting strike-rate is unparalleled," said Bears director Ashley Giles.
"He is in the best form of his career and his ability to clear the boundary makes him one of the most exciting batsmen around."
De Grandhomme has featured for the Black Caps in all three formats.
He has played four Tests, nine one-day internationals and eight T20s for his country, and will be available from the start of the T20 Blast season on 7 July alongside fellow countryman Jeetan Patel.
Batting strike-rate is the average number of runs a batsman scores per 100 balls. Graeme Hick, who retired in 2008, tops the list for English batsmen with a strike-rate of 156.17.


Time is running out for world powers to strike a deal with Iran to cut UN sanctions in return for action to scale back its nuclear programme.

With major differences remaining, it appears likely the talks will be extended until the summer of next year, diplomatic sources in Vienna say.
Iran and the six powers it is negotiating with had set themselves a deadline of 23:00 GMT to reach a deal.
Tehran says it is not seeking nuclear weapons, but wants atomic energy.
The US, UK, Russia, China and France, plus Germany, are trying with Iran to finalise a preliminary deal reached last year in Geneva.
High-level meetings continued on Monday morning between Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry and the other five nations' foreign ministers.
Over the past few months the talks have reduced fears of a new Middle Eastern war and the ministers will be reluctant to leave Vienna without a way forward, the BBC's Bethany Bell reports from Vienna.
Diplomatic sources said the talks would be extended until 1 July.
The nuclear crisis has become part of everyday life in Tehran but with still no outcome in Vienna, ordinary people are not talking about it that much. Iranians have been listening to the same repetitive news story for the past seven days and they simply do not want to discuss it until something actually happens.
"I am fed up with these boring stories saying the same thing 24 hours a day - either do something or give up," said a middle-aged man sitting in a taxi as soon as the morning news bulletin began on the radio.
Last night's football derby in Tehran was a good opportunity for people and journalists to talk about something else. In fact, the death of a young pop star from cancer last week is still being discussed more than what may or may not be happening in the Austrian capital.
The proposed agreement hinges on the rate at which the sanctions against Iran would be lifted if Tehran agreed to highly specific limits on the amount of uranium it could enrich.
Highly enriched uranium can be used to make a nuclear bomb, but uranium enriched to lower levels can be used for energy purposes.
Under the terms of international treaties, countries have the right to develop nuclear energy, which Iran insists is its only aim.
Analysis: Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor, Vienna
Success would do much to lift Iran's isolation - which would change the strategic balance in the Middle East. That intrigues some Western diplomats. It horrifies Saudi Arabia and Israel.
A year ago in Geneva all sides in the talks saw an opportunity to deal with an issue that could potentially cause another catastrophic war. That will make them very reluctant to leave Vienna empty-handed - even if that means they will have to do more work on the details next year.
Time is limited though. Hardliners in Tehran and Washington DC will try to sabotage any agreement. Both see no reason to dilute their mutual suspicion.
Under an agreement reached in Geneva last year, Iran was to curb some of its uranium enrichment in return for sanctions relief.
However, the two sides failed to reach a lasting deal by July, as initially agreed, and extended the deadline until 24 November.
Some of the major obstacles to the deal include:
US President Barack Obama acknowledged on Sunday that "significant" gaps between the two sides remained, and that President Hassan Rouhani had "to deal with his politics at home".
"He's not the ultimate decider inside of Iran, the Supreme Leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] is," Mr Obama told US broadcaster ABC.
Both Saudi Arabia and Israel are also vehemently opposed to Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal visited Vienna at the weekend, though his country is not formally involved in the talks.
He and Mr Kerry talked in his plane parked at Vienna Airport on Sunday, diplomats told AP news agency.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country has not ruled out bombing Iran's nuclear facilities, welcomed reports that the talks were likely to be adjourned.
"No deal is better than a bad deal," he told BBC News. "The deal that Iran was pushing for was terrible. The deal would have left Iran with the ability to enrich uranium for an atom bomb while removing the sanctions."
Papers across the political spectrum display a mixture of hope and defiance. The two sides have reached the "point of no return", says the reformist Sharq, and agreement will be reached "if the other side abstains from raising its expectations", thinks Arabic-language Al-Vefagh.
The conservative Khorasan says that, even if the talks fall through, Iran's economy will take only a minor hit, as it will be able to adapt with the help of Russia and China. The reformist Etemaad is certain that world opinion will blame any failure on the West, as Iran has been "serious about reaching an agreement". The moderate paper Iran says failure is "unimaginable", as the consequences would be serious for the US.
But the conservative Resalat says that a deadline extension would mean negotiators can "continue this game for longer", and that, whatever the outcome, it will only lead to "even louder shouts of Death to America and Death to Israel".


A woman who shared a video of herself urinating on an American flag has asked that people stop targeting her family, saying they do not support her actions.

Emily Lance received online threats of murder and rape after posting the video during Independence Day celebrations.
Her account is no longer on Facebook but she previously posted that her father and his workplace had also been "targeted", reports say.
Desecrating a US flag is not illegal due to strong freedom of speech laws.
In the video, Ms Lance is seen standing over a toilet on which a US flag is draped, and urinating on it with the aid of a device that allows women to do so standing up.
She captioned it with: "F*** your nationalism. F*** your country. F*** your stupid f****** flag".
Later she made a plea for her opponents not to "take your anger out on the wrong people", saying no-one in her family "agrees with my shenanigans".
"They've got nothing to do with my decisions," she continued.
She did not explain how her father and his workplace had been "targeted".
"What don't you people understand? You're celebrating freedom while damning me for doing the same. You can't have it both ways," she said.


A bear has bitten a visitor at a Chinese drive-through wildlife park where a woman was fatally attacked by tigers last year.

The man had ignored park warnings and rolled down his car window to feed bears at Badaling Wildlife World near Beijing.
He escaped with minor injuries, according to local reports.
Local authorities have since ordered the park to tighten safety procedures, including limiting visitor numbers.
Last year a woman and her mother got out of their car at the park and were mauled by tigers. The mother later died.
In the latest incident which took place last Friday, the man, surnamed Chen, was touring the wildlife park with a friend in a car.
Despite park warnings, the two men decided to try their luck after seeing other visitors feeding the bears through their car windows without incident, he said in an interview with the Beijing Evening News.
A bear went up to their window and Mr Chen tried to roll it up, but the window malfunctioned and rolled down instead. The bear then lunged in and bit Mr Chen's left shoulder.
The men sped away and sought medical treatment for Mr Chen. Pictures of the incident, snapped by Mr Chen's friend, have circulated widely online and in Chinese media.
Mr Chen told the newspaper: "I admit that I was definitely at fault by opening the window, but at that time I was in a lot of pain and fear, and asked staff what to do. They just told me to go to the hospital by myself, and I was shocked when I heard that."
A park spokesman told the newspaper that the incident was due to visitors not observing park rules forbidding the feeding of "wild beasts", which he said were clearly displayed throughout the park.
It also released a CCTV video of the incident, which officials said showed park rangers warning Mr Chen to shut his window before the bear attack.
Local authorities have since ordered "immediate rectifications" in Badaling Wildlife World, reported the China News portal.
This includes improving visitor safety awareness, limiting the number of visitors who drive through the park, and increasing park surveillance.


McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne will be given a 15-place grid penalty at the Russian Grand Prix.

Honda is fitting a new engine to the Belgian's car after a failure in first practice at Sochi on Friday.
The Belgian is now on his fifth turbocharger and fifth heat motor generator unit (MGU-H) in three races.
The rules allow each driver four power units, made up of six separate elements, to last the full 20 round season.
Russia is the fourth grand prix of a 20-race season, reflecting the trouble Honda finds itself in with reliability.
The MGU-H is the part of the hybrid engine system which recovers energy from the turbo.
Honda said Vandoorne suffered a suspected failure of the MGU-K, which recovers energy from the rear axle, in first practice in Bahrain.
This meant Honda needed to change the engine and the company is fitting an entirely new internal combustion engine, turbo, MGU-H and MGU-K in the hope of getting him out for second practice.
The energy store and control electronics were not changed.
Vandoorne is in this trouble with engine penalties because he suffered three separate MGU-H failures at the Bahrain Grand Prix two weeks ago.
Team-mate Fernando Alonso, who also suffered an MGU-H failure in Bahrain, is on his third MGU-H and turbo in Russia and is also likely to suffer engine-related grid penalties later in the season.


Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have focused their efforts on a patch of land on the third day of a fresh search in Praia da Luz.

Officers also began using ground-penetrating radar equipment, which looks for signs of disturbed earth.
Met Police said requests to search two other sites had been granted, and has also asked to extend the current search of scrubland by an extra seven days.
Madeleine was three when she went missing in Portugal in 2007.
British and Portuguese officers have continued a search of 15 acres of cordoned-off scrubland at the Algarve resort. All search efforts on Wednesday have now finished.
The day's main search activity took place within two white tents which were erected on the scrubland, and forensic officers wearing blue overalls and face masks were seen walking in and out of them.
The BBC understands that the tents were put up over a hole in the ground - possibly a disused well - and officers were seen filling buckets with earth, which were then placed into a wheelbarrow. No radar equipment was used near these tents.
Earlier in the day, officers in Metropolitan Police uniforms were driven to a separate part of the cordoned-off area, where they were joined by Portuguese police and local forestry workers with strimmers.
A man in plain clothes wheeled the radar equipment onto a section of ground that had earlier been cleared.
Officers from the Met and South Wales Police were also working with sniffer dogs and using spades to help sift through the undergrowth.
They were being overseen by the Met's Det Ch Insp Andy Redwood, the senior officer investigating the case.
The painstaking search of a site in the resort of Praia da Luz has been continuing, with a forensics officer joining the police team on Wednesday.
Work seems to have been concentrated in one particular area, with police going back and forth to a section of land at the perimeter of the site. Two tents have been erected here - it is unclear if that is to prevent the media from seeing what is being done or to provide shade.
While the police can't be seen from the beach, which is packed with holidaymakers enjoying the Algarve sun, everyone here seems all too aware of the investigation.
Christina, a 35-year-old from Bournemouth on holiday with family and friends, said: "We walked down here last night and it was quite scary seeing so many police around.
"The atmosphere here feels a bit flat because of what's happening. When you're on holiday you don't want to see police around but it's completely understandable."
Her friend Suzi, 34, said: "It's a bit of a shame because it's a lovely place and this does seem to have had an effect on the economy and on the people here.
"But if that was your child, you would want everything possible to be done."
Several people the BBC spoke to had not known, before arriving at the resort, that it was the place where Madeleine McCann was last seen.
Josie, 29, from Exeter, on holiday with her partner and one-year-old son, said: "It brings it home to you, being here - it makes it feel more real.
"We didn't realise when we booked that this was the place. It wasn't until I saw my dad I knew because he told me. I don't know if we would have come here otherwise.
"But police have to do what they have to do. We all want the best for the family."
Portuguese police sources told the BBC the search might be extended if there was a significant find. Officers are believed to have been surprised by the difficulty of the terrain, while the police also need to consider the disruption to local residents.
On Wednesday morning, the national Portuguese newspaper, Correio da Manha, reported that there would be a search of the sewage network around the Ocean Club, where the McCann family was staying when Madeleine disappeared.
Officers were expected to use cameras linked to fibre-optic cables, the paper said. It also reported that the bones of cows and pigs had been unearthed by the search on Tuesday.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said there would be no running commentary on the operation.
Two sniffer dogs have been provided by South Wales Police for the search.
The Met launched a fresh investigation into Madeleine's disappearance last July, codenamed Operation Grange.
In March, they said they were seeking an intruder who sexually abused five girls in Portugal between 2004 and 2006.
Detectives said the attacks had happened in holiday villas occupied by UK families in the Algarve.
And last month Scotland Yard said a "substantial phase of operational activity" in Portugal would start soon.


Beauty giant L'Oreal has unveiled a smart skin patch that can track the skin's exposure to harmful UV rays at the technology show CES in Las Vegas.

The product will be launched in 16 countries including the UK this summer, and will be available for free.
It contains a photosensitive blue dye, which changes colour when exposed to ultraviolet light.
But the wearer must take a photo of it and then upload it to an app to see the results.
It has been developed by the firm's tech incubator department, which is a team of 25 scientists and researchers working in several cities around the world, including New York, Paris and Singapore.
The My UV Patch, which is thinner than a plaster and lasts around five days, is disposable. It can be worn on any part of the body.
"Today all the wearables you see are jewellery or wrist bands - but not wearable in the sense that you wear them anywhere on your body," Guive Balooch global vice president of L'OrÃ©al's Technology Incubator, told the BBC.
So-called flexible electronics caught Mr Balooch's eye a couple of years ago.
"Why would L'Oreal be interested in this?  When you think about our products, the people apply them all over their body," he explained.
"Being able to have this technology to measure properties of the skin in real life anywhere you want allows us to develop really new testing methods for future products."
While there are other devices on the market for measuring UV exposure L'Oreal believes this is the first example of a flexible wearable.
"Stickers on the market today go from white to blue in minutes, and then that's it," he said.
"You can use ours for days and days."
However, Mr Balooch cautioned that the patch was not intended as a reminder to re-apply suncream.
"The issue is not when to reapply, the issue is how much exposure do I have," he said.
The idea is a "pretty amazing" one according to Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at the KWP Comtech research firm.
"UV is a different focus and one that makes a lot of sense coming from L'Oreal," she said.
However, Mrs Milanesi added that the need to keep taking pictures of the patch might become frustrating for customers.
"I wonder if rather than seeing the cumulative impact in an app I would prefer to be alerted when my UV exposure will cause sun burn or worse," she commented.
Read more of our CES articles and follow the BBC team covering the show on Twitter.


A human rights lawyer who brought abuse claims against UK troops after the Iraq War has been struck off for misconduct.

Phil Shiner, from the now-defunct law firm Public Interest Lawyers, had 12 charges of misconduct proved against him by a panel of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
He had admitted acting recklessly by publicly claiming UK troops unlawfully killed, tortured and mistreated Iraqis.
The defence secretary said Mr Shiner had "made soldiers' lives a misery".
Sir Michael Fallon told the BBC he was "delighted" that Mr Shiner had been "exposed".
"The decent thing for him to do now would be to apologise," he said.
In five of the charges found proved he was found to have acted dishonestly, including agreeing to pay "sweeteners" to a fixer - named only as "Z" in tribunal papers but understood to be called Mazin Younis - to persuade him to change his evidence to the £31m Al-Sweady Inquiry.
The five-year investigation ruled in 2014 that allegations of murder and torture made against British soldiers by Iraqi detainees were "deliberate lies".
Mr Shiner previously admitted nine allegations of acting without integrity, including that he had made unsolicited approaches to potential clients.
He did not attend the hearing, having written to the tribunal to say he was unwell and could not afford to pay for a defence lawyer.
The tribunal heard in December that he accepted he would be struck off as a result of the case, thought to be one of the most expensive ever brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Andrew Tabachnik, representing the SRA, accused Mr Shiner of being "in a state of avoidance" to prevent proceedings from going ahead in full.
The hearing finished earlier than expected as a result of Mr Shiner's absence.
The tribunal heard about how British military personnel had been affected by his actions in "cold-calling" the family members of alleged Iraqi victims.
Army Colonel James Coote, who was a major stationed in Basra, said the false claims made against British troops at the Battle of Danny Boy in 2004 had been "extremely stressful and demoralising".
As a team leader at PIL, Mr Shiner authorised and procured payments and fee-sharing agreements with the agent, "Z", between 2007 and 2010.
The tribunal also ordered Mr Shiner to pay interim costs of £250,000.
A second solicitor from PIL, John Dickinson, was reprimanded by the tribunal and ordered to pay £2,000 costs after he admitted that failed he to keep Al-Sweady clients properly informed about the progress of the inquiry.
SRA chief executive Paul Philip said he welcomed the tribunal's decision to strike off Mr Shiner.
"It is important that solicitors can bring forward difficult cases, but the public must be able to place their trust in them," he said.
"His misconduct has caused real distress to soldiers, their families and to the families of Iraqi people who thought that their loved ones had been murdered or tortured.
"More than £30m of public funds were spent on investigating what proved to be false and dishonest allegations."
The tribunal aims to publish its decision within seven weeks, after which Mr Shiner would have 21 days to appeal.
Sir Michael said in a statement: "Justice has finally been served after we took the unprecedented step of submitting evidence on his abuse of our legal system.
"Phil Shiner made soldiers' lives a misery by pursuing false claims of torture and murder - now he should apologise.
"We will study any implications for outstanding legal claims closely."


James May's next TV role after standing down from Top Gear has been revealed as a new car programme for BBC Two called Building Cars Live.

Springwatch's Kate Humble will co-host along with Ant Antstead, presenter on Channel 4's For the Love of Cars.
The show will go behind the scenes of the UK's car manufacturing industry to explain the science and engineering involved.
It will consist of two 90 minute live episodes and will air in the autumn.
The programmes will track in real time the transformation from raw materials to finished vehicle and will broadcast live from BMW's Mini plant in Oxford.
A press release from the BBC announcing the show included a quote from May saying: "I can't wait to build a car. Live."
There had been speculation over May's future on Top Gear after Jeremy Clarkson was dropped by the BBC in March following a "fracas" with a producer.
There had been reports May and fellow host Richard Hammond had been offered massive pay deals to stay with the show.
But with the announcement this week that Chris Evans will take over Clarkson's role, it was confirmed the two former presenters would not be returning for the new series.
May will be seen once more on Top Gear on Clarkson's final episode which will air on 28 June.
May and Hammond will present links from the studio and it will feature two films shot before Clarkson was dropped from the show.
Meanwhile Evans has announced open auditions to find replacements for May and Hammond.


Feyenoord captain Dirk Kuyt has announced his retirement, three days after his hat-trick sealed the Dutch club's first title since 1999.

The ex-Liverpool forward, 36, described securing the Eredivisie with Sunday's 3-1 win against Heracles Almelo as "the best moment" of his career.
Kuyt started at Utrecht, moving on to Feyenoord, Liverpool and Fenerbahce, before returning to Rotterdam in 2013.
"All my dreams have come true," said the former Dutch international.
Kuyt will remain at Feyenoord, with the club saying he will "focus on gaining a position" within their technical management team.
After making his Eredivisie debut for Utrecht in 1998-1999, he moved to Feyenoord five seasons later and went on to be their top scorer in each of his three seasons.
I knew when I came back two years ago that we could win the championship and everyone laughed at me when I said so
It attracted the attention of Premier League side Liverpool, who were believed to have paid about £10m to sign him in 2006.
He helped the Reds reach the Champions League final in his first season, but only managed to win the 2012 League Cup in his six-year spell at Anfield.
After three seasons at Turkish club Fenerbahce, who won the league and domestic cup during his time there, he returned to Feyenoord.
Last season he helped them win the Dutch Cup and then scored 12 goals during this season's league triumph.
"I knew when I came back two years ago that we could win the championship and everyone laughed at me when I said so," he said on Sunday.
Feyenoord technical director Martin Van Geel said: "We are unbelievably grateful for what Dirk has done over the past two years.
"With his attitude, professionalism and passion he has added a lot - in the locker room, on the field and beyond."
Kuyt also won 104 caps for the Netherlands, including a start in the 2010 World Cup final which they lost to Spain.


Elderly people could be left "isolated" as a health board considers shutting a village GP surgery in Powys.

Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board (ABMU) is asking patients for opinions on closing Coelbren Health Centre.
Patients would have to travel to Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot - three miles (4.8km) away - but a bus service between the villages has stopped.
ABMU said Powys and Neath Port Talbot councils were working to try and find a solution.
John Brunt, Powys council member for highways, said the route was commercial and the council had no control over it being withdrawn.
Vikki Jones, who lives in the village, said: "It's quite shocking and quite upsetting. People just feel increasingly isolated and forgotten about.
"There's a running joke that we're going to put a 'closed' sign up at the entrance to the village."
An ABMU spokeswoman said Dulais Valley Primary Care Centre, which runs both surgeries, has had issues with GP recruitment and has been unable to provide the full range of services at Coelbren for a year.
She said it was not possible to safely run a main surgery in Seven Sisters and a branch surgery in Coelbren with only two doctors, and efforts to recruit more proving unsuccessful due to a national shortage.
Part of the proposal is to base support services, such as counselling and physiotherapy, at Coelbren.
The spokeswoman added there was low-cost community transport available between the villages.
Ms Jones said she had offered lifts and help to elderly and disabled people in the village.
"We're a community and, if we don't fight together as a community and make our voices heard, we are going to lose these things," she said.
"People are becoming prisoners in their own homes, having to pay Â£5 each way for a taxi to go to the doctor, if they can get one at all."
The community engagement process began on Thursday and continues until 16 February.
A public meeting is being held at Coelbren Welfare Hall at 11:00 GMT on Saturday, which will be attended by Brecon and Radnorshire AM Kirsty Williams.
Ms Williams said: "It is clearly an extremely difficult time for the community. To lose GP services and a key bus route in such a short space of time will be hugely challenging for many people in Coelbren, and is a prime example of the challenges isolated communities face.
"If people can't see their GP in Coelbren it's absolutely essential transport links are maintained to stop them being cut off and to allow them to see someone nearby".


Five children have been killed by an old mortar shell as they dug for scrap metal in South Sudan's capital, Juba.

The five were looking for metal in an old army barracks, a military spokesman told the BBC.
The BBC's James Copnall says unexploded ordnance and mines remain a big problem in South Sudan, following decades of civil war.
There are clear-up operations under way in several areas of South Sudan, but such explosions kill people every year.
The children, aged 10-14, were killed in a former barracks in Juba's Souk Sita district, army spokesman Col Philip Aguer said.
He said that a Ugandan man who was with them, presumably to buy the scrap metal, was wounded.
South Sudan gained independence in 2011 after a long conflict with the north but it remains one of the world's least developed countries.
In addition to the explosives left over from the war, rebels have been accused of laying new mines, particularly in Unity state near the border with Sudan, our correspondent reports.
This has at times made travel around the area dangerous, he adds.


It is exactly 40 years since a state of emergency was imposed in India by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

The period was marked by massive media censorship, restrictions on civil rights and a forced mass sterilisation campaign.
But today, Indian media feel a repeat of the emergency is unlikely due to a "stronger" press and a lively social media environment.
On Thursday, papers and commentators are marking 40 years of the emergency which was imposed for a 21-month period from June 1975 to March 1977.
In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for upholding "democratic ideals" in the country.
Papers feel attempts to muzzle the press in today's times are difficult.
"Social media and round-the-clock news channels along with an active civil society and judiciary can make it difficult for any such move to be even planned in a clandestine mannerâ€¦ Even if some might hanker for an iron hand at the helm, authoritarianism has limited appeal today, and we are certain that it will stay that way," the Hindustan Times says in an editorial.
The Times of India echoes similar sentiments.
"The media today is far more diverse than before, which offers a safeguard against centripetal forces," it says.
Noted historian Ramachandra Guha also feels that chances of a repeat of the emergency are "slim".
"Can India undergo another emergency? The chances are slim, in part because - as prime minister and law minister of the Janata government, respectively -  Morarji Desai and Shanti Bhushan undid the emergency-era amendments to the constitution centralising powers in the prime minister, and in part because it is far harder now to suppress the media - especially social media," he writes in The Indian Express.
However, commentators warn of the dangers of a personality cult being built around leaders.
Mr Guha says a "nationwide cult of personality" is "steadily being built around the prime minister".
"In this respect, if in no other, the Emergency is with us yet," he adds.
Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who is a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, urges the media and civil society to encourage freedom of thought.
"What we have to be wary of isâ€¦ the robotisation of our minds into a 'yogic' acceptance of one drill - majoritarianism," he writes in The Hindu.
Meanwhile, veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar expresses concern over today's "conformist press".
"Though the constitution has been amended to ensure that its basic structure is not tinkered with, it is still easy to subvert institutions by having loyalists in place. The media is stronger today but business houses owning them can be managed. The threat to judicial independence is all too obvious," he writes in The Tribune.
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Great Britain's women beat Slovenia 8-2 in their penultimate World Championship Division Two Group A match.

The win moves Britain up to third in the table, five points behind leaders and host nation South Korea, who play North Korea later on Thursday.
If South Korea win, Britain will secure a bronze medal with victory over fifth-placed Australia on Saturday.
"This was a great performance and I am really pleased for the girls," head coach Cheryl Smith said.
"There were so many excellent performances all over the ice and they have much to be proud of.
"Of course, there are things we can do better but the girls deserve this victory."


A man who raped and murdered two girls and became the first person to be convicted using DNA should be moved to an open prison, the justice secretary said.

Colin Pitchfork, now 55, was given a life sentence in 1988 for the rape and murder of 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire.
A Parole Board refused his request for release but recommended open prison.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove has now agreed with the recommendation.
In statement, the Prison Service said moving an inmate to an open prison did "not guarantee eventual release in any form", adding "public protection is our top priority".
Updates on this story and more from Leicestershire
Pitchfork, then 27, was jailed in 1988 after an unprecedented mass screening of 5,000 men in Leicestershire using pioneering DNA profiling.
He admitted the two attacks and was described by the judge as "a danger to young women" whose crimes were of a "particularly sadistic kind".
The families of Lynda and Dawn both called on the Parole Board not to release Pitchfork and a petition signed by almost 20,000 people was submitted to the panel.
Barbara Ashworth, Dawn's mother, previously said she was concerned Pitchfork could harm a member of the public if allowed out of open prison on temporary release.
"It's a process whereby he's released more gradually and gradually into the community again," she said.
Ms Ashworth added that "life should mean life".
The lord chief justice at the time said after he was jailed that "from the point of view of the safety of the public I doubt if he should ever be released".
Pitchfork was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years, but in 2009 the Court of Appeal reduced the minimum term to 28 years.
Speaking at the time of the reduction, Lord Judge said Pitchfork's progress since he was first incarcerated "goes far beyond general good behaviour and positive response to his custodial sentence, but reflects very creditable assistance to disabled individuals outside the prison system".
The police turned to the University of Leicester's Dr Alec Jeffreys for help in cracking the case.
With DNA profiling, originally used in paternity disputes, experts proved a 17-year-old boy's innocence before carrying out a mass screening of 5,000 men.
Even then, Pitchfork evaded justice by persuading a colleague to take the test for him, going so far as to replace his passport photograph.
But he was overheard boasting about the case in the pub and was eventually arrested. His DNA profile ultimately led to his guilty plea and 30-year term.
In a statement, the Prison Service said: "The independent Parole Board decided not to release this offender. Instead it recommended a transfer to open conditions and that recommendation has been accepted.
"Public protection is our top priority and transfers to open conditions can only be made after a thorough, expert, risk assessment carried out.
"A transfer to open prison does not guarantee eventual release in any form - whether that be on a temporary or other form of licence. Before that happens, offenders must meet another stringent set of tests."
The Parole Board will not recommend a prisoner's move to open conditions unless it considers it safe to do so.


Postal business Whistl - formerly TNT Post - has suspended its door-to-door delivery service in London, Liverpool and Manchester and is consulting 2,000 workers on redundancy.

Staff received the news this morning when they arrived at work.
BBC News website readers have been getting in touch with their reaction to today's announcement
We all turned up for work in Wimbledon this morning and waited an hour for our mail delivery to arrive before being read the announcement that there would not be one.
We will be paid until the end of the week, but will not be made redundant until the "consultation" is concluded.
So no money, no P45, nothing until we hear from them.
I've loved this job, all one year and nine months of it, but see little chance of it resuming. It's very disappointing.
This feels like limbo.
The news came as a complete surprise, I had no inkling whatsoever.
I am now 64. I got this job when I was 61 so this may be the end of the line in more ways than one, I will have to go back to the job centre to see what they say.
I got to know lots of people on my rounds.
I had a 30-year career before this in the directories business. This was a nice follow-on.
I was one of the first employees in Manchester. I have worked for them since 2013. I feel gutted and betrayed.
As of this morning I am not entirely sure what will happen. We had a meeting this morning where we were told we were laid off pending a consultation period.
No one knows what that means.
I usually get to work between 0600 and 0630 and by that time there is normally mail to be sorted.
It got to 0700 this morning when the team leader summoned us all and said she had some news and it wasn't good.
This is completely out of blue for the employees. We worked normally this past Saturday.
Grown men were crying this morning, it was heart-breaking.
TNT targeted unemployed people to go and work for them, and paid them the minimum wage. We were all on performance-related pay and the targets were difficult to meet.
It was a brilliant job, we loved it and it was hard to see how the business model could fail.
We will all have to go back on the dole now.
Nick Nairn, Hammersmith, London: I work as a delivery operative and cycle instructor at the Chiswick depot in West London.
I found out the news this morning when I arrived at work at 0715 and it's fair to say that I was in a state of shock. I didn't expect something like this to happen.
Despite all the criticism, Whistl is a fantastic company to work for and I would hate for something like this to be the end of it.
Sam, Manchester:  Found out today that I'm out of a job. Union were not even informed by the company, I had to find out from the news as nobody bothered to let me know.
I work five days a week, and find out that I'm not employed out of the blue. Thanks Whistl!
Charley Newell, London: I've worked for these for nearly five years now, now they want to try and make me redundant?
I feel hard done by and I'm not having it.
Laurence Heyes, Manchester: I have worked for Whistl/TNT post since the very start. I cannot believe I've lost my job - we don't even know what's going to happen.
Julius Marstrand, Cheltenham: Despite cherry-picking some of the most lucrative parts of the postal service, including commercial bulk-mailing, leaving Royal Mail to maintain the universal delivery system, even Whistl appears to have been unable to survive in the increasingly fragmented and cut-throat postal system.
TNT was the delivery company that Rupert Murdoch employed to deliver his newspapers from "Fortress Wapping".
Having done its best to undermine both the print and communications workers unions and the public postal service, I have little sympathy for TNT's shareholders, only great sympathy for its underpaid employees.
Wendy Bishop, London:  This is the best news I have heard for days. The deliverers can never be bothered to look at the addresses properly and virtually every day I have to re-post mail meant for the other flats.
Why should I trail up the stairs to do their job for them?
I suspect that not only have the deliverers not been given sufficient time to do the job properly, but also that a zero-hours contract doesn't exactly act as a motivator for staff to do a decent job!  Are we surprised? Welcome to another five years of the same.
West Londoner, Hammersmith: While I feel bad for the people who will be put out of work, this is great news for the people whose post is delivered by TNT/Whistl.
In the two years I have been living in my flat I have never received a council tax, water or utility bill, my doctors/hospital appointment letters haven't turned up on time, and when I wrote to them to complain they sent the reply by Royal Mail.  Their service is a joke I'm glad it's not expanding.


League One side Millwall have a fully fit squad for the visit of top-flight Bournemouth in the FA Cup third round.

Lions manager Neil Harris has named an unchanged XI in a four-match unbeaten run and is expected to retain the same line-up at The Den on Saturday.
Bournemouth are without captain Simon Francis, who starts a three-match ban following his red card against Arsenal.
Boss Eddie Howe is expected to rotate his squad, with Andrew Surman, Jordon Ibe and Lewis Grabban in contention.
Bournemouth assistant manager Jason Tindall:
"The FA Cup is a fantastic competition and one we want to do as well as we can in.
"Regardless of any competition, when you go to The Den, which we have experienced ourselves before many times, it is never easy. This one will be no different.
"It was not so long ago we were coming up against Millwall in the league and they were always very tough games.
"We are all aware of it and know what type of game it will be."
Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London:
"We are the underdogs against a really talented Bournemouth squad who have established themselves in the Premier League.
"It is a chance for the players to test themselves against top players and an opportunity to cause an upset. It has the makings of a really entertaining tie.
"Eddie Howe has done a phenomenal job there. He has been backed well by the owner but you still have to get decisions right.
"We had the final in 2004 and a semi-final a few years after so there is pedigree for us in this competition. But upsets don't just happen as you have to play to the best of your ability and have a bit of luck."


A blue plaque has been unveiled at the retirement home of Titanic hero Commander Harold Lowe.

Lowe was fifth officer when the liner struck an iceberg and sank in April 1912 with the loss of 1,517 lives.
Records show he commanded the only lifeboat to look for survivors, pulling four people from the freezing water.
Lowe lived in the waterfront house in Deganwy, Conwy, for 13 years until his death in 1944 aged 61. His grandson, John Harold Lowe, now lives there.
Mr Lowe, a retired merchant navy captain, said his grandfather was known locally as Titanic Lowe.
However, Mr Lowe does not remember his grandfather, who died when Mr Lowe was still a toddler.
Lowe, who was 29 at the time of the disaster, was one of four of the ship's officers to survive, and was played by the Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd in the 1997 film Titanic.
Family photographs show the Titanic officer cuddling his grandson.
Mr Lowe said: "I've always held him in great esteem. Now that he's getting some recognition, that's even better.
"Within the house, we've had various photographs up. I was proud to be associated with him, although in those days I hadn't delved into it.
"I knew he'd saved people but didn't realise the extent that he'd gone back [in a lifeboat to rescue people].
"He was very reticent to talk about it.
"He talked to his son, my uncle, about it, but it was forbidden to talk about it."
The plaque was commissioned by the History of Deganwy Group and was unveiled on Tuesday afternoon.
It comes a century to the day after the Titanic set sail from Southampton on its fateful maiden voyage, when it struck an iceberg en route to New York.
History group member John Griffiths said Commander Lowe served as a Conwy town councillor and during World War II was an air raid warden.
He said: "He was a high-profile councillor. The plaque is to remember him and his bravery."
He was born in Eglwys Rhos, Conwy, and went to school in Barmouth, Gwynedd.
During World War I he was a commander in the Royal Naval Reserve and when he died in 1944, he was buried in Llandrillo yn Rhos in Conwy.


Cameron McGeehan scored two penalties as Luton Town maintained their lead at the top of League Two with a late win over Newport.

McGeehan scored his first penalty after Jamie Turley's foul on Danny Hylton.
Jennison Myrie-Williams levelled for County direct from a corner after substitute Jon Parkin's presence caused problems in the Luton defence.
Johnny Mullins was sent-off for the hosts but McGeehan's stoppage time penalty secured victory.
Darren Jones was punished for his challenge on Pelly Ruddock, a decision which infuriated Newport players and staff.
Newport County manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales: "You could see by their [Luton] reaction that they got out of jail free tonight.
"I think the first [penalty] was a foul but we should have dealt with it. But the last one was an absolute disgraceful decision.
"I thought our boys were absolutely outstanding tonight. I think you could see the desire and passion and to get done by an absolute joke of a decision is heart breaking for them."
Match ends, Luton Town 2, Newport County 1.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 2, Newport County 1.
Foul by Jon Parkin (Newport County).
Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ben Tozer (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Darren Jones (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Luton Town 2, Newport County 1. Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Jon Parkin (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Luton Town. Pelly Ruddock draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Darren Jones (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Olly Lee (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Jon Parkin (Newport County).
Stephen O'Donnell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Luton Town. Isaac Vassell replaces Jack Marriott.
Dan Butler (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Stephen O'Donnell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ben Tozer (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Joss Labadie (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Olly Lee (Luton Town).
Corner,  Luton Town. Conceded by Ben Tozer.
Attempt blocked. Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Luton Town. Akin Famewo replaces Jordan Cook.
Foul by Jamie Turley (Newport County).
Danny Hylton (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Jon Parkin (Newport County) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Second yellow card to John Mullins (Luton Town) for a bad foul.
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Mullins (Luton Town).
Substitution, Newport County. Ben Tozer replaces Mark Randall.
Foul by Jon Parkin (Newport County).
Stephen O'Donnell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jon Parkin (Newport County).
Olly Lee (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
John Mullins (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jon Parkin (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Mullins (Luton Town).
Corner,  Luton Town. Conceded by Dan Butler.


Star Wars' creator George Lucas will build his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.

The project's organisers announced that after "extensive due diligence and deliberation" the city had been chosen over San Francisco.
The museum will cost over $1bn (Â£0.8bn) and be financed by Lucas himself.
It will exhibit art and memorabilia from the Star Wars franchise and other cinema classics, including The Wizard of Oz and Casablanca.
The museum will be located in Exposition Park, near other attractions including the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the California African American Museum and the California Science Center.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said his city was "the ideal place for making sure that it touches the widest possible audience".
"We went after it with everything we have," he added.
Originally, Lucas had planned to build the museum in Chicago, but he faced local community opposition and abandoned the proposal last year.
San Francisco had offered a site on Treasure Island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay, but failed to win over the project's organisers.
The new museum will sit near the University of Southern California, where George Lucas studied film in the 1970s.
As well as Star Wars items like Darth Vader's mask, the museum will show artworks chosen from the 40,000 items in Lucas' collection, including works by such artists as Norman Rockwell, Edgar Degas, Winslow Homer and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Lucas made the first Star Wars film in 1977 and sold the franchise to Walt Disney in 2012 for $4bn.


Five different art works are to form part of a permanent memorial to the victims of the Shoreham air disaster.

Eleven men died when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on the A27 in Sussex during the Shoreham Air Show in 2015.
A series of memorial sculptures will be installed along the banks of the River Adur, close to the scene.
The designs, which are in the very early stages, will honour the victims and their families, the first responders and the local community.
They include 11 lights which will be lit all day and night, an arch formed of 11 individual arches, "discrete areas of relatively solitary seating" and bespoke oak seats.
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The families of those who died have been consulted throughout the planning process.
Artists Jane Fordham and David Parfitt have been commissioned to design and create the memorial, which will cost Â£180,000 to construct, funded by public bodies and local businesses.
Adur and Worthing Councils' joint strategic committee will consider recommendations relating to financing the development of the memorial on 4 April.
It is hoped the final elements of it will be installed for the third anniversary of the tragedy on 22 August 2018.
A further 13 people, including the pilot Andy Hill, were injured in the disaster.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report earlier this month concluded the jet crashed because it was  too low to perform an aerobatic manoeuvre.
Who were the Shoreham air crash victims?


Wycombe Wanderers have signed Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Cameron Dawson on a seven-day emergency loan after an injury to first-choice Scott Brown.

Dawson will go straight into the side to start against Bristol City in the EFL Cup on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old joins the Chairboys as they only have 47-year-old goalkeeper coach Barry Richardson for back-up.
His previous first-team experience came on loan at Alfreton in 2014-15, where he made 17 appearances.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director as the West African country grapples with the fall in global oil prices.

5 January 2016 Last updated at 18:57 GMT
His government is trying to secure funds to combat Nigeria's $11bn (Â£7.4bn) budget deficit.
But Christine Lagarde said she was not holding talks on a loan or a bailout, saying she saw no reason why Nigeria would need IMF money.
BBC Monitoring looks at why Nigeria needs to borrow and how crucial oil is to its economy.
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World-class research and NHS staff training is under threat from higher education budget cuts, bodies representing universities have claimed.

It comes in evidence to AMs examining the Welsh government's draft budget.
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) claimed cuts would put many courses at risk, while Universities Wales warned of a growing funding gap with England.
The Welsh government said it was up to HEFCW how it allocated its funds.
Performing arts degrees, medical schools, part-time students and Welsh-medium tuition were among the areas for concern highlighted in submissions to the assembly's finance committee.
HEFCW said although total spending on education and skills was set to increase, proposed cuts of almost a third to its own funding "threaten to undermine Welsh government priorities for securing economic growth and the provision of public services, including health care, in Wales".
If research funding was to be ringfenced, HEFCW claimed the amount left over for other priorities would fall from £70m in 2015/16 to £8m in 2016/17.
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol - which supports tuition through the medium of Welsh - could also be affected, HEFCW added, "with significant implications for the delivery of the Welsh government's commitment to strengthen the place of the Welsh language in everyday life".
In its submission, Universities Wales said there were "significant concerns" that the funding gap between Welsh and English universities could now stand at as much as £115m, "risking league table performance" and making it harder to recruit students in the long term.
A Welsh government spokesman said it was "a matter for HEFCW" to determine the allocation of its funding.
However, he added Education Minister Huw Lewis would set out the priorities he expected the council to deliver in its annual remit letter.


At least 10 witnesses have alleged sexual exploitation at an army barracks where a teenage recruit was found dead 20 years ago, it has been claimed.

Pte Cheryl James, 18, from Denbighshire, was found with a bullet wound to her head at Deepcut Barracks in Surrey in 1995.
Her father told the Telegraph witnesses "in double figures" claim they were exploited or recruits were ordered to have sex with other soldiers.
A fresh inquest begins on Monday.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Pte Cheryl James.
"The inquest will now be a matter for the coroner, but we will of course continue to cooperate with and provide support to the coroner where needed."
Lawyers from human rights campaign group Liberty have asked the coroner, Brian Barker QC, to allow the new witnesses to give evidence and he is expected to make a decision on Monday.
Des James's solicitor Emma Norton said: "We have made an application to the coroner to investigate evidence that has come to light that appears to suggest there might have been a system of ordering recruits to have sex with other staff.
"We have had a witness come forward to say Cheryl herself disclosed to him that she had been ordered to have sex with another soldier.
"With that evidence in mind, we wanted to say to the coroner 'look, anyone else who is suggesting a similar pattern of behaviour, you ought to hear from.'"
Pte James, from Llangollen, was one of four soldiers who died at the barracks between 1995 and 2002 amid claims of bullying and abuse.
The new inquest was granted by the High Court in 2014 after the open verdict recorded at the original inquest in December 1995 was quashed.
Mr James, from Llanymynechm, Powys, has said he hopes the fresh hearing will uncover the truth about what happened to her.
"I don't have a result in mind. I just want the truth," he told BBC Radio Wales' Eye on Wales Programme.
"As long as the process is impeccable, as long as I can look back and say everything we could do, we've done, that's the important thing."
More than 100 people are due to give evidence when the inquest begins in Woking, Surrey.


A gargoyle on a historic 13th Century abbey has caused a social media sensation with its resemblance to the monster from the Alien films.

A photograph of the gargoyle at Paisley Abbey, which looks like one from the 1980s movie, has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter.
The Reverend Alan Birss said most of the gargoyles were replaced during a refurbishment in the early 1990s.
He thinks that one of the stonemasons must have been having a bit of fun.
Mr Birss, minister at the abbey, said that 12 medieval gargoyles which had been on the abbey for hundreds of years had to be taken down in 1991 because they had "crumbled and were in a very bad state".
The purpose of the grotesque figures was to take rain water away from the roof in the days before down pipes.
Just one of the original gargoyles was left outside the abbey to show how they would have looked, although there are medieval grotesques inside the building.
Mr Birss said a stonemason from an Edinburgh firm was contracted to create the new gargoyles.
"I think it was a stonemason having a bit of fun," he said.
"Perhaps the film was fairly new when they were carving this and if he was thinking of an alien perhaps the alien from the film was his idea of an alien.
"I'm sure he wasn't deliberately copying the alien in the film. It was just a concept of an alien."
Mr Birss said an internet search showed that someone had pointed out the similarity as far back as 1997.
"But it obviously did not pick up and take off then like it has now," he said.
Church officer Matthew McIntosh said: "It is a beautiful building. Paisley gets a bad press but the abbey is the jewel in the crown.
"People will be surprised and delighted by everything they see outside and inside."


An investigation has begun into the cause of a fire which has severely damaged a plastics factory in Cambridgeshire.

A fire crew remains at Plasgran in Manea Road, Wimblington, more than 16 hours after the incident began on Wednesday afternoon.
Road closures are expected to stay in place until midday, the fire service said.
About 75 firefighters worked into the night to put out the fire.
They also prevented its spread to neighbouring properties.
The incident was scaled down at 2300 GMT, when the fire was brought under control.


The new Miss USA beauty pageant winner has sparked controversy by declaring that healthcare was a "privilege", not a right.

Kara McCullough, a scientist at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, appeared to link healthcare to employment.
But the beauty queen, 25, faced a backlash on social media.
It comes as the Trump administration battles to overturn Obamacare, which aimed to extend insurance coverage to the 15% of Americans who lack it.
Earlier this month the lower chamber of the US Congress passed a new healthcare act that Democrats say will leave millions uninsured.
However, Republicans in the Senate have indicated they will cast it aside and write a new law.
Asked during Sunday's pageant in Las Vegas whether healthcare was a privilege or a right, Miss McCullough said: "I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege."
She added: "As a government employee, I'm granted healthcare and I see first hand that for one to have healthcare, you need to have jobs.
"We need to continue to cultivate this environment that we're given the opportunity to have healthcare as well as jobs to all American citizens worldwide."
Her remarks divided liberal-minded and conservative-minded viewers. Some were quick to criticise her stance.
Miss McCullough - who was born in Italy and was representing Washington DC - was also asked if she considered herself to be a feminist but said she preferred the term "equalism" and said men and women had equal opportunity in US workplaces.
"I don't really want to consider myself - try not to consider myself like this die-hard, you know, like, 'Oh, I don't really care about men'," said the contestant, who says she wants to see more women employed in government science roles.
Some people on social media supported her views.
Obamacare has been opposed by Republicans since it was first proposed in 2009.
Republicans say the law imposes too many costs on business and describe it as a "job killer", although the number of jobs in the healthcare sector has risen since it was introduced.
Opponents have also decried it as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals.


After a day of rest, all 32 men and women left in the singles draw are in action on 'Manic Monday' at Wimbledon 2015.

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Despite some valiant performances from his compatriots, Andy Murray is the sole British representative in the second week and faces 6ft 11in Croatian Ivo Karlovic in his fourth-round match.
The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, have won five Wimbledon singles titles each and face each other for the first time in six years. Of their five previous meetings at SW19, four have been in the final.
Nine Grand Slam winners are in action, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Maria Sharapova, so it is set to be one of the most exciting days of an already thrilling championships.
The first match on Centre Court sees the Williams sisters do battle at SW19 yet again.
There must have been times when elder sibling Venus doubted if she would face her sister for a sixth time at Wimbledon, and a 26th time in total.
Diagnosed with auto-immune disease, Sjogren's syndrome, Venus has battled her way back to fitness and rediscovered her form over the last 18 months.
As a result, Serena thinks her sister will have the support of the crowd. "I would be rooting for Venus," she said. "She's been through so much; she's just an incredible individual".
Serena's bid to win her 21st Grand Slam title and her fourth in succession suffered a scare at the hands of Heather Watson.. But her famous mental strength saw her through: "The older I get, I think the tougher I get upstairs," she said.
World number one Novak Djokovic has a tricky looking match against South Africa's Kevin Anderson.
The South African reached the final of Queen's last month and defending champion Djokovic believes the 14th seed is "playing the tennis of his life".
On court two French Open champion Stan Wawrinka takes on David Goffin, the 16th seed from Belgium.
Seven-time champion Roger Federer faces 20th seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, and 2004 ladies' singles champion Maria Sharapova takes on Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas.
Of the 10 British players who began in the singles, only Andy Murray remains.
The world number three faces an old foe in Ivo Karlovic on Centre Court.
Murray has never lost to the big-serving Croat in five previous matches, including a controversial second-round clash at Wimbledon in 2012.
Karlovic questioned the integrity of Wimbledon after he was foot-faulted 11 times and accused officials of favouring the home player and said he felt "cheated".
"It was outrageous, outrageous," he said. "It's Wimbledon, Centre Court, and they do this. The whole credibility of this tournament went down for me."
There was a sense of inevitability that Murray would be the last home hope left in the second round, but on the whole it has been a good Wimbledon for British tennis with more than half of the entrants making it through the first round.
"Make no mistake, Andy Murray faces a very difficult match against Ivo Karlovic. It will be an uncomfortable afternoon trying to deal with the Croat's serve which comes down from such a height and at great speed.
"That said, Andy has beaten him before at Wimbledon, so I think he will win in four sets after a couple of tie-breaks. Also, Richard Gasquet v Nick Kyrgios could see some amazing tennis on show. Aussie Kyrgios is oozing with self-confidence and I see him winning this one in style."
The second week of Wimbledon starts as the first ended, with a pleasant day in store.
However, the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday is not looking quite as good, with rain expected to fall.


Zoo staff are taking care of a rare tropical turtle who washed up unexpectedly in Wales.

16 November 2016 Last updated at 11:30 GMT
Anglesey Sea Zoo have confirmed the visitor is an Olive Ridley turtle - a species usually found in the much warmer waters around Mexico.
They think she is female, and have named her Menai.
It's the first time this type of turtle has ever been found swimming around the UK, and staff are surprised that she survived in the cold Welsh sea.
Now, they're looking after her by warming her up and rehydrating her and they say she's doing well.
Welcome to the UK, Menai!


Dundalk's hopes of earning a Champions League meeting with Celtic were dashed as Rosenborg hit an extra-time goal to clinch a 3-2 aggregate win in Norway.

After the first-leg 1-1 draw, Dundalk looked on course for a famous European success as Brian Gartland headed them into a 12th-minute advantage.
But after David McMillan missed a great chance to extend Dundalk's lead, Yann-Erik De Lanlay levelled on 43 minutes.
Matthias Vilhjalmsson nodded Rosenborg's winner early in extra-time.
Ciaran Kilduff struck the Rosenborg crossbar with a fierce half-volley just before the end of the first period of extra-time but Dundalk were unable to get on terms as they bowed out of Europe after their long run last season.
After their heroics in reaching the group stage of the Europa League last season, Dundalk looked in line for another notable European triumph as Gartland's downward header put them ahead on 12 minutes after a Michael Duffy corner.
The key moment of the match then came four minutes as the unmarked McMillan had a pointblank headed chance to double Dundalk's head but his powerful effort was directed straight at Rosenborg keeper Andre Hansen.
After looking decided shaky early on, Rosenborg began to gather themselves with Mike Jensen impressing in their midfield.
Outstanding Dundalk defender Niclas Vemmelund made a couple of brilliant blocks to keep the Irish champions ahead as half-time neared.
However just as was the case at Oriel Park, Rosenborg levelled just before the interval as a clever flick on by former Arsenal player Niklas Bendtner allowed Jensen to release De Lanlay to equalise.
The home side had the better of the second-half action and Bendtner missed a fine opportunity to put his side in front.
But the Norwegians did take the lead eight minute into extra-time as Icelandic substitute Vilhjalmsson looped a header over Gary Rogers.
Dundalk sub Kilduff struck the Rosenborg woodwork before the end of the first period of extra-time but the home side controlled the second period to progress.
Match ends, Rosenborg 2, Dundalk 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Rosenborg 2, Dundalk 1.
Anders Konradsen (Rosenborg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Rosenborg. Marius Lundemo replaces Nicklas Bendtner.
Second Half Extra Time begins Rosenborg 2, Dundalk 1.
Substitution, Rosenborg. Elbasan Rashani replaces Milan Jevtovic.
First Half Extra Time ends, Rosenborg 2, Dundalk 1.
Goal!  Rosenborg 2, Dundalk 1. Matthías Vilhjálmsson (Rosenborg) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Substitution, Dundalk. Ciarán Kilduff replaces David McMillan.
First Half Extra Time begins Rosenborg 1, Dundalk 1.
Second Half ends, Rosenborg 1, Dundalk 1.
Substitution, Dundalk. Jamie McGrath replaces Patrick McEleney.
Milan Jevtovic (Rosenborg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Rosenborg. Matthías Vilhjálmsson replaces Yann-Erik de Lanlay.
Patrick McEleney (Dundalk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Dundalk. Stephen O'Donnell replaces Michael Duffy.
Michael Duffy (Dundalk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Rosenborg 1, Dundalk 1.
First Half ends, Rosenborg 1, Dundalk 1.
Goal!  Rosenborg 1, Dundalk 1. Yann-Erik de Lanlay (Rosenborg) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Rosenborg 0, Dundalk 1. Brian Gartland (Dundalk) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Bonuses for 86,700 staff at John Lewis and Waitrose have been cut for the fourth year in a row.

Employees will get a 6% bonus, more than three weeks' wages, down from 10% last year and the lowest since 1954, when it was 4%.
The partnership said it held back more of its profits due to an "increasingly uncertain market this year".
The group, which runs department stores and supermarkets, also warned of price pressures and intense competition.
John Lewis, which owns Waitrose supermarket, is owned by a trust on behalf of employees, frequently referred to as partners. These influence the business through branch forums and elect some 80-plus representatives to the Partnership Council.
It is the largest employee-owned business in the UK.
Despite the cut in staff bonuses, John Lewis reported a rise in sales and profits last year.
Profit, before the partnership bonus, tax and exceptional items, rose 21.2% to Â£370.4m. Overall sales rose 3.2%, with both John Lewis and Waitrose increasing their market share.
The John Lewis department stores, which say they are "never knowingly undersold" on price, saw sales growth in all major areas.
New products such as the Dyson Supersonic hairdryer helped the electronics division, while fashion sales were helped by stocking the brands Finery and Hush, which were previously online only.
The Waitrose supermarkets saw like-for-like sales - which strip out the impact of store openings and closures - fall 0.2%, although the company said trading improved in the second half of the year. It is changing its focus to investing in existing stores rather than opening new ones.
Waitrose is also looking to export more. A deal with China's Alibaba Group allows it to sell products in the country for the first time, and an agreement with the online retailer British Corner Shop, which sells in more than 100 countries, allows it to export elsewhere.
A lot of workers would be delighted with a 6% bonus, any bonus in fact but it's worth remembering that partners in John Lewis have been used to double digit payouts, including a stonking 18% in 2011.
But the company is slashing this annual reward from a position of strength. John Lewis continues to outperform many of its rivals.
Today's move shows this institution isn't immune from the challenges retail is facing, from grappling with the impact of the fall in the pound, to shoppers increasingly buying things online.
However, John Lewis acknowledged that trading would continue to be tough as it battles the same issues affecting other High Street retailers.
"In the year ahead, trading pressures will continue as a result of the wider changes taking place in retail," the partnership said.
"The two major influences are pricing, where the rate of change in selling prices is likely to be significantly slower than the rate of change in input costs as a result of weakness in the sterling exchange rate, and the continued shift from shops to online."


Japanese shares have kicked off the week on a positive note on hopes that the government might delay a rise in sales tax due next year.

At the close, the benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.39% to 17,068.02.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to delay the nation's tax hike to 2019, according to media reports, including Japan's Nikkei newspaper.
The next tax hike was supposed to take place in April next year, with an increase to 10% from the current 8%.
The planned increase was initially designed to help balance the national budget. But there has been increasing pressure on Mr Abe to postpone the tax hike, to help Japan avoid slipping into deflation.
One report suggested an official announcement could take place on Wednesday, at the end of Japan's current session on parliament.
At the end of Monday's trading session, 195 stocks had closed higher, while 23 stocks finished lower.
Technology stocks, including Panasonic, Sony and Sharp, were all in positive territory, as well as banking stocks.
As for consumer-related shares, Fast Retailing, owner of clothing retailer Uniqlo saw its shares jump by 1.31% at the close, after a 0.4% gain at the start of Monday's session.
Fresh data from Japan on Monday showed retail sales fell 0.8% in April, compared to the previous year, not as bad as the 1.2% drop expected by analysts.
In Australia, the ASX/200 has remained flat throughout the Monday session, and closed at 5,408 points.
It was a similar trading day in South Korea, where the benchmark Kospi barely moved and then closed 0.1% lower at 1,697.13.
Over in Hong Kong the benchmark Hang Seng index closed 0.3% higher at 20,629.39 points while the mainland's Shanghai Composite closed flat at 2,822.45.
It is a shorter trading week elsewhere, which somewhat explains the lack of direction for many Asian bourses.
Markets in the UK are shut on Monday for Spring bank holiday.
In the US, Wall Street is also shut, for Memorial Day. Trading in those two markets will resume on Tuesday.


Tottenham have signed Dutch striker Vincent Janssen from AZ Alkmaar for £17m on a four-year deal.

The 22-year-old scored 27 league goals in the Dutch top flight last season and netted a penalty on his international debut against England in March.
He is Spurs' second summer signing, after the £11m arrival of Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama.
French champions Paris St-Germain and German club Wolfsburg were also reported to be interested in Janssen.
His performances in his debut top-flight season earned him the Johan Cruyff Trophy, awarded to the Eredivisie's young player of the year.
Janssen has played five times for his country, scoring three goals.
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