Premier League leaders Chelsea took a big step towards clinching the title as three second-half goals saw them overcome Everton at Goodison Park.

Pedro's 25-yard stunner, Gary Cahill's close-range finish and Willian's tap-in kept Antonio Conte's side four points clear of second-placed Tottenham, who beat Arsenal 2-0 later on Sunday.
It means the Blues could drop three points in their remaining four games and still claim a second title in three years, even if Spurs win all of their remaining fixtures.
Chelsea had to be patient, with Pedro's left-footed, long-range strike not coming until the 66th minute.
Cahill sealed the win when Maarten Stekelenburg parried Eden Hazard's free-kick onto the onrushing defender, before Willian slotted home from Cesc Fabregas' cutback.
Everton had started brightly in a game that opened at breakneck speed, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin going closest to scoring when he struck the post from a tight angle.
Manchester City's draw at Middlesbrough means Ronald Koeman's side, in seventh, are eight points adrift of the top four with three games left.
This may have been Tottenham's strongest hope of Chelsea surrendering points in their run-in, with Everton placed higher than any of their four remaining opponents, and three home games on the horizon for the Blues.
It could prove to be the killer blow to Spurs' spirited challenge, and seems to answer the question of whether Chelsea can handle the growing pressure applied by their London rivals' nine-game winning run in the league.
The maths are simple for Chelsea - win three more games and they will be Premier League champions for the sixth time.
And the celebrations from Conte and his players at the final whistle suggested the Blues feel they can get over the line in games against Middlesbrough, West Brom, Watford and Sunderland.
Add an FA Cup final win against Arsenal on 27 May and Conte would have had a remarkable first season in English football.
Chelsea's hosts were lacking in creativity, but provided a stubborn and organised test that required the Blues to call on persistence and perseverance - attributes any title-winning side must have.
Results on Saturday mean Everton will not finish lower than seventh this season, securing a best finish in three years and a spot in next season's Europa League.
But Koeman's men faced the league leaders with an outside chance of still creeping into the top four and sneaking a Champions League spot.
It will therefore be even more frustrating that they failed to make inroads against Chelsea and capitalise on Manchester City dropping two points.
Calvert-Lewin's strike against the woodwork aside, there was little guile from the Toffees.
And any chance they had of getting back into the game was squandered by clumsy defending for Chelsea's second goal, with Idrissa Gueye weak in the wall and Stekelenburg failing to get a stronger hand to the cross.
The game featured two of the Premier League's most prized poachers, with Everton's Romelu Lukaku and Chelsea's Diego Costa having scored 43 times between them this season.
Asked this week which of the two he would prefer in his side, Chelsea boss Conte unsurprisingly backed his man, claiming 28-year-old Costa was the best striker in the world.
The Spain international may be five goals shy of Lukaku's 24 in the league, but the weight of the Blues forward's goals have been far more hefty - Chelsea would be 15 points worse off this season without his tally of 19.
So there was understandable concern from the bench when Costa stayed down holding his leg in the first half after a strong, but fair, tackle from Tom Davies.
He was fine to continue and, while he was not presented with a host of chances, the former Atletico Madrid man was a consistent influence, being shown a yellow card for a tackle on Stekelenburg after tireless closing down and being involved in the build-up to the final goal.
Lukaku, who continues to be linked with a return to Chelsea - whom he left in 2014 for a £28m fee, was an energetic nuisance for the visiting defence but, aside from fizzing wide from 20 yards, looked unlikely to score for the first time in six appearances against his former club.
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Everton boss Ronald Koeman on Sky Sports: "We did well, until 1-0 maybe. After that we had more problems but that was all about their quality, before that we played well and made it tough for them.
"Maybe we didn't create a lot of chances, but I was happy. Idrissa Gueye played a fantastic game, Hazard was not the player he can be because of the man-marking.
"It is really tough to beat Chelsea. They showed their belief and their quality. They will be champions. We need to find the motivation to finish the season strongly."
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte speaking to Match of the Day: "I must be relaxed when we win but I think it is very important to celebrate this win with the players and fans.
"I think we must continue this way - to play game by game and take three points in every game. We know every win in this part of the season is very important.
"The road is long so we need to rest and prepare in the right way."
Both sides come up against relegation-threatened clubs next, with Everton at Swansea on Saturday, 6 May and Chelsea hosting Middlesbrough on Monday, 8 May.
Match ends, Everton 0, Chelsea 3.
Second Half ends, Everton 0, Chelsea 3.
Gary Cahill (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Barkley (Everton).
Goal!  Everton 0, Chelsea 3. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Leighton Baines (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Pedro.
Substitution, Chelsea. Nathan Aké replaces David Luiz because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!  Everton 0, Chelsea 2. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
Idrissa Gueye (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eden Hazard (Chelsea).
Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match David Luiz (Chelsea) because of an injury.
Substitution, Everton. Arouna Koné replaces Enner Valencia.
Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Everton 0, Chelsea 1. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton).
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Attempt saved. Enner Valencia (Everton) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
Enner Valencia (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Enner Valencia (Everton).
Corner,  Everton. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt blocked. Enner Valencia (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Davies with a headed pass.
Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.


Amnesty International's office in Moscow has been sealed off by the city authorities, say members of staff.

Arriving for work on Wednesday, they found official seals placed across the office entrances, the locks had been changed and the power was cut off.
Amnesty, which has been strongly critical of the human rights situation in Russia, said it hoped there was "a simple administrative explanation".
Moscow's city authority said later that Amnesty's lease had expired.
The office was no longer subject to "contractual relations" and had ignored a debt notice, the council told independent TV internet channel Dozhd. It added that "the presence of third persons in it was illegal".
Amnesty has in the past complained of harassment by the authorities in Russia.
Its Moscow director, Sergei Nikitin, posted photos of the seals and discarded locks on Facebook.
His colleague, Alexander Artemyev, told Dozhd that the organisation had been renting an office belonging to Moscow's department of city property for 20 years and had always paid its rent on time.
The organisation says it is hoping to meet municipal authorities on Thursday to try to resolve the situation.
John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International's Europe director, said the move was an unwelcome surprise and no prior warning was given.
"Given the current climate for civil society work in Russia, there are clearly any number of plausible explanations, but it's too early to draw any conclusions," he said in a statement.
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said he had no information about what had happened.
"This is the first time I've heard about it," Dmitry Peskov told journalists, according to privately-owned Russian news agency Interfax.
Laws require all NGOs receiving any overseas funding to register as foreign agents and so face restrictions.
The Russian authorities say the law is needed to protect Russia from outside attempts to influence internal politics, but many organisations complain the law is used to try to clamp down on their activities.
Last year, Russia passed a law allowing foreign organisations to be banned from operating in the country if designated as "undesirable" on national security grounds.
At the time, Mr Nikitin condemned the law as "another sobering sign of how the Russian authorities are quickly closing in on fundamental freedoms and the work of independent civil society groups in the country".


It was October 1979, a full eight months after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi had fled the Iranian revolution, leaving Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to fly back from France and assume power as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic that was declared on 1 April.

A senior CIA officer, George Cave, flew to Tehran, and held two meetings with the interim Deputy Prime Minister, Abbas Emir Entezam, and the Foreign Minister, Ebrahim Yazdi.
He passed them a warning, backed by top-secret hard intelligence, that Saddam Hussein in neighbouring Iraq was quietly and methodically preparing to invade Iran.
By that stage, the Americans had given up any hope of reversing the revolution and restoring the shah to power.
But they still hoped to establish links with the new order in Tehran, encourage moderate elements within the emerging establishment, and above all, to retain Iran as a listening post for monitoring developments across the border in the Soviet Union, the main US preoccupation at the time.
None of that was to be.
Just two days after Mr Cave's second meeting that October, President Jimmy Carter bowed to irresistible pressure to allow the mortally ill shah to seek treatment in New York for his cancer.
Furious demonstrations erupted in Tehran, culminating in the storming of the US embassy on 4 November and the seizing of 61 diplomats and embassy staff, triggering a hostage drama that was to last 444 days and plunge the two countries into an obsessive crisis in relations from which they have yet to emerge, despite the possibilities raised by the nuclear deal agreed on Tuesday.
For the Iranian revolutionaries, the US was, and still is, the Great Satan.
The same shah whom Washington was now trying to shun had been lifted to power in a 1953 coup engineered by the CIA and the British, displacing the elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, who had had the temerity to nationalise the Iranian oil industry.
Throughout the shah's rule, with its trappings of ostentatious megalomania and over-rapid Westernisation, he and his hated and feared secret police, Savak, enjoyed strong US support as he became more and more disconnected from the masses.
Just two years before the revolution, President Carter stood at the shah's side on New Year's Eve and said: "Iran, because of the great leadership of the shah, is an island of stability."
The embassy seizure was a watershed moment, not only in US-Iranian relations, but also in the course of the Iranian revolution, whose multi-stranded nature was reflected in the variegated make-up of the interim government led by Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan.
Ayatollah Khomeini backed the militant "students" who had taken over the embassy - including, it has been alleged, a certain Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was to become president in 2005. The Bazargan government had no option but to resign as the Islamist trend strengthened its grip.
The following year, true to the American warning, Saddam's Iraq invaded western Iran, triggering the 20th Century's longest war. It only ended in 1988 when Ayatollah Khomeini "drank the poisoned chalice", as he put it, and accepted a peace deal.
The war provided cover for the Islamists to suppress all domestic competition, including the communists and Mujahideen-e Khalq (People's Mujahideen).
As the war ground on, Iran's Islamic militants tried increasingly to export their revolution.
In Lebanon, for example, they were instrumental, with their strategic Syrian partners, in setting up the Shia movement Hezbollah after the 1982 Israeli invasion.
They were widely seen, and blamed by the Americans, as being behind the deadly bomb attacks on the US embassy and US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut in 1983, and the seizure of American hostages in Lebanon later in the 1980s.
Having tried to curry favour with post-shah Iran by tipping Tehran off about the planned Iraqi invasion, the US switched sides and began providing Iraq with intelligence on Iranian troop movements, with the strategic aim of containing the Iranian revolution.
But the two sides remained capable of extraordinary pragmatism in their less public dealings.
In November 1986, an obscure Lebanese magazine, al-Shiraa, came out with a complicated and incredible tale of American officials turning up in Tehran with arms deliveries to heavily-embargoed Iran in exchange for the freeing of US hostages in Lebanon.
It turned out to be true. The US was selling arms to Iran, via Israel of all people, to secure the hostages' freedom. The proceeds were used to fund clandestinely the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
But on the official level, relations remained bitterly hostile, envenomed by such incidents as the shooting-down by the USS Vincennes of an Iranian civilian airliner over the Gulf in 1988, with the loss of 290 lives.
The landslide election of the genial moderate Mohammad Khatami as president in 1997, with his talk of a "dialogue among civilisations", finally brought hope of a breakthrough, coinciding as it did with the presidency of Bill Clinton.
But Mr Khatami was stymied by hardliners at every step, and the moment was lost.
The arrival at the White House of George W Bush in 2001 brought hardliners into the ascendant in the US too.
After 9/11, Iran co-operated with the US against their mutual Taliban foes in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Khatami was rewarded by having his country dubbed part of the "Axis of Evil" by Mr Bush in January 2002.
Later that year, Iran's secret nuclear programme suddenly broke into the limelight, revealed by exiles from the Mujahideen-e Khalq.
That provided a chance for what Europe called "constructive engagement" with Iran.
British, French and German foreign ministers flew repeatedly to Tehran seeking an enrichment freeze. The Americans held back.
Iran did agree in late 2004 to halt enrichment. But once again the hardliners intervened.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president in 2005, and enrichment resumed the following year.
The man then ultimately in charge of Iran's nuclear file, Supreme National Security Council chief Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatic centrist, learned two things from that failed episode and everything that preceded it.
Firstly, for it to work, Iran had to engage with the Americans, not just Europe. Secondly, the hard-liners in Tehran had to be on board, or they would wreck any deal.
Mr Rouhani had to wait another eight years to try his hand again - two terms for the tough, doctrinaire Mr Ahmadinejad.
Mr Rouhani's election as president in 2013, after he advocated a resolution of Iran's nuclear crisis and dialogue with the West, triggered scenes of elation similar to those attending the arrival of Mr Khatami in 1997.
Mr Ahmadinejad and his policies had brought the country to its knees.
His populist economic moves had bankrupted the public coffers. The resumption of nuclear activity had triggered international sanctions that were biting deeply. On top of that, the slump in world oil prices slashed Iran's oil revenues drastically.
The danger of desperate popular upheavals was highlighted by the eruption of implacable revolts in many Arab countries, including Iran's ally Syria.
Another outburst in Iran might be less easy to suppress than the "Green Revolution" that followed Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in 2009.
Something had to be done. And Mr Rouhani was the man to do it. All the elements were finally in place for him to come into his own.
That it was not just his own work, but was something the system needed, was made clear by the fact that secret talks with the Americans had already started in Oman in 2012, a year before Rouhani's election.
In the Middle East, politics is often not just the art of the possible, but of the necessary.
In nearly two years of tortuous negotiations, Mr Rouhani and his skilled and charming Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif played a blinder.
Above all, they ensured that the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was kept fully engaged and persuaded of the need for the many concessions Iran had to make.
This ensured that the deal when it was announced was politically unassailable in Tehran.
It was greeted ecstatically by liberals and reformists, and with sullen resignation by hardliners.
Everybody agrees that it was "historic", though in different ways.
Mr Rouhani himself said it was "a historic deal of which Iranians will be proud for generations".
Iran's ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria said it was a "historic turning-point for Iran, the region and the world." For Benyamin Netanyahu in Israel, it was "a stunning historical mistake".
Just how far-reaching it will turn out to be, remains to be seen.
Potentially, it could mark a strategic sea-change in the affairs of a dramatically turbulent region. That is what Iran's friends hope, and its enemies fear.
Although the text of the deal is strictly confined to the nuclear issue, circles on both sides seem to think that it will provide the basis for a gradual warming of US-Iranian ties, and the exploration of co-operation on stabilising the region's many conflicts where Iran is a key player, directly or by proxy, including those in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen.
In Iraq, disgruntled Sunnis have for at least a year been referring to "the American-Iranian alliance" because of the convergence of interests there.
US jets have several times bombed in support of Shia militias on the ground, where only a few years ago they were kidnapping and killing American soldiers.
In Lebanon, Western diplomats have for several years made no secret of the fact that they see Iranian-backed Hezbollah as a stabilising factor, given the more deadly threat they perceive from radical Sunni Islam, especially the self-styled Islamic State.
There are many imponderables, and many pitfalls lurking on the road ahead.
Hardliners on both sides will be doing their best to derail the deal.
Mr Rouhani and Mr Zarif may be hailed as heroes by many in Tehran today, but knives are certainly being sharpened in the background.
Like his predecessor in 1988, Ayatollah Khamenei drank his poisoned chalice because he had to, not because he wanted to.
He and the hardliners will above all be watching out for the social, cultural and political consequences of opening up to the outside world.
Rapid movement should not be expected. Ideally, they would like to give just enough to obtain sanctions relief, but to limit the impact and depth of the move.
It should also be borne in mind that the Islamic Republic is not a monolithic power system. It is a collection of vying power circles and trends which sometimes come together, as they have had to for this deal, but are more often sharply at odds.
Much power is in the hands of the hardline Revolutionary Guards, whose influence extends not just to politics and Iran's military involvements abroad in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere, but also deep into many parts of the economic system.
Will they end up being partners with the US and its allies in a regional drive against IS? Or, as the Saudis and others fear, will they simply use the funds eventually released under the deal to step up their activities abroad?
That is only one of many questions that cannot yet be answered.
But a lot went into the deal, from both sides. And until further notice, yes, it is historic.


A man accused of killing his young son by leaving him in a hot car was responsible for the boy's death but it was not intentional, a court has heard.

Justin Ross Harris wept as his lawyer argued the tragedy in Georgia two years ago was due to a change of routine.
Mr Harris forgot Cooper was in the back seat of his SUV that morning because he had usually dropped him off at nursery by that time, the court heard.
On Monday, the prosecution said the defendant plotted to kill his son.
He planned the tragedy because he wanted to leave the family to continue affairs with other women, the court heard.
But the defence team attempted to dispel that notion while admitting the death of the 22-month-old toddler was the father's fault.
"Ross Harris is responsible for his child's death. It's his fault, no doubt about it," Maddox Kilgore told the jury in his opening statement.
"What you're going to see here at this trial is that being responsible is not the same thing as being a criminal."
Cooper died after being left for seven hours in the vehicle as it was parked outside his father's place of work, a Home Depot office on the outskirts of Atlanta.
Mr Harris told police he had taken his son to breakfast and given him a kiss while putting him into the back of the car afterwards. But then he drove to work and forgot he was still in the car.
It was a break of the routine to take him to breakfast - usually he ate after taking his son to nursery.
As the events that day were related in court, the defendant dabbed his eyes with a tissue.
Mr Kilgore said: "His sexual behaviour isn't some kind of motive to murder the person he loved more than anyone in the world."
The children left behind in hot cars
On the contrary, the defendant was planning a future with his family and looking to move to a bigger home, the court was told.
A video shown to the court on Tuesday depicts Mr Harris in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, pacing up and down and screaming.
One police officer gave evidence to say Mr Harris snapped when police asked him to stop using his mobile phone, and complained when handcuffed in the police car.
While the prosecution team argued the evidence indicated that Mr Harris was unemotional, the defence lawyers said it showed he was clearly distressed by what had happened.
Mr Harris is charged with malice murder and with sending sexually explicit text messages and photos to an underage girl.
The case continues.


Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

All Japan's nuclear plants were gradually shut down after a series of meltdowns at the Fukushima plant sparked by the tsunami and earthquake.
But after passing stringent new safety tests, Kyushu Electric Power restarted the number one reactor at its Sendai plant on Tuesday morning.
There is still strong public unease about a return to nuclear power.
Protests have been taking place outside the Sendai plant and at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's residence in Tokyo, about 1,000 km (600 miles) away.
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo says that after being told a disaster like Fukushima could never happen, public confidence has been shaken.
A total of 25 plants have applied to be restarted, he says, but all are facing legal challenges from concerned locals.
What is happening inside the Sendai reactor?
Kyushu said reactor No.1 at Sendai began operating again at 10:30 local time (01:30 GMT).
TV images showed the plant's control room as workers turned the reactor back on.
Kyushu Electric spokesman Tomomitsu Sakata said the reactor had gone back online without any problems.
It will be about 24 hours before a full reaction takes place, and the plant is expected to start generating power by Friday. It will reach full capacity some time next month.
Prime Minister Abe said on Monday that the reactors had passed "the world's toughest safety screening".
"I would like Kyushu Electric to put safety first and take utmost precautions for the restart," he said.
Since shutting down all nuclear plants, Japan has been relying on imported fossil fuels for its energy, at huge expense. The government has said nuclear power must resume to cut both import bills and growing CO2 emissions.
Experts have also warned that reactors left idle for years tend to experience teething problems and that such a mass restart of dormant reactors has never been attempted before, says our correspondent.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved two reactors at the Sendai plant last September under stricter safety rules. The second reactor is due to be restarted in October.
More than $100m (Â£64m) has been spent on fitting new safety systems at the Sendai plant.
But local residents say the new safety regulations are not stringent enough - they are worried about potential dangers from active volcanoes in the region.
Protesters were rallied by Naoto Kan, prime minister at the time of the Fukushima crisis, who told the crowd: "We don't need nuclear plants."
He said the Fukushima disaster had "exposed the myth of safe and cheap nuclear power, which turned out to be dangerous and expensive".
One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Japan in March 2011, triggering a huge tsunami which damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant, leading to meltdown.
Almost 16,000 people died and more than 2,500 are still listed as missing, though none of the deaths has been linked to the nuclear disaster.
Some 160,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding areas in the following weeks - continuing high radiation levels mean most have never been able to return home.


A South African mayor has defended the decision to award scholarships to 16 female university students, which are conditional on them remaining virgins.

Dudu Mazibuko told the BBC that the scheme was intended to "reduce HIV, Aids and unwanted pregnancy" among young girls in the Uthukela district of eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.
Those receiving the bursary would have to provide proof from regular virginity tests, the mayor added.
Rights groups have condemned the move.
An estimated 6.3 million people in South Africa are HIV-positive, with more than one in 10 people living with the virus.
The conditions of the scholarship were "a violation of the rights and dignity of the girl child", a spokesperson for the South African group People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio.
"Virginity testing will never stop the spread of HIV and Aids," Idumeleng Muloko said.
Kwazulu-Natal is one of the provinces worst affected in a country which already has the highest number of people living HIV in the world.
Mayor Mazibuko said that neither district nor university authorities would be the ones carrying out the virginity tests.
According to the mayor, those who received the scholarship would already have been tested as part of an annual Zulu ceremony, where virgin girls and women are pre-selected to perform a reed dance for King Goodwill Zwelithini.
Asked whether she would be comfortable submitting her own daughters to the practice, Ms Mazibuko told the BBC that she would be, and that her own granddaughter was hoping to take part in this year's ceremony.
The government-backed Commission for Gender Equality has also criticised the initiative:
"I think the intentions of the mayor are great but what we don't agree with is giving bursaries for virginity," chairman Mfanozelwe Shozi told AP news agency.
"There is an issue around discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, virginity and even against boys. This is going too far."


UTV Media has said its new television channel in the Republic of Ireland will make worse-than-forecast losses in its start-up year.

The company has provided a progress report projecting losses of £11.5m in 2015.
The new channel launched in January but audience growth has "stalled".
Daytime and weekend viewing has been particularly disappointing, according to the channel.
"It is clear the channel will take longer than originally anticipated to become profitable," the company said in a statement.
It added that "an action plan" has been approved to "address the audience shortfall" but this would take time to pay off.
Initially, UTV had forecast a £3m year-one loss.


Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri has bought a 49.9% stake in Everton, the Goodison Park club says.

Moshiri, 60, sold his stake in Arsenal to business partner Alisher Usmanov on Friday so he could buy into Everton, who play Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals next month.
"After an exhaustive search, I believe we have found the perfect partner to take the club forward," Everton chairman Bill Kenwright said.
The deal needs Premier League approval.
"I have got to know Farhad well over the last 18 months," Kenwright added. "His football knowledge, financial wherewithal and true blue spirit have convinced me he is the right man."
Providing there are no problems, it will bring to an end Everton's decade-long search for new investment.
Kenwright, who bought Everton from Peter Johnson for £20m on 26 December 1999, said he was prepared to sell as far back as November 2007.
After years of inertia regarding a sale, there has been a growing intent to do a deal in recent months, fuelled by serious interest from a number of parties.
Kenwright has also been suffering from poor health and has rarely attended Everton games this season.
Talks did take place with an American consortium earlier this month, although they did not provide a clue to the eventual outcome.
"Bill Kenwright has taught me what it means to be an Evertonian," Moshiri said.
"There has never been a more level playing field in the Premier League than now."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has put together an impressive squad, including spending a club record £28m to sign striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea.
Silverware continues to elude them. Everton were beaten by Manchester City in the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup last month and remain without a major trophy since they won the FA Cup in 1995.
Chief football writer Phil McNulty
The announcement that Farhad Moshiri is to be Everton's new major shareholder ends a decade-long search for investment by chairman Bill Kenwright.
Moshiri has bought a 49.9% stake in the club and has promised new investment - which indicates there may be even further new arrivals in the Goodison Park boardroom in the months ahead.
Kenwright has consistently stated he would step aside if the right investor could be found and believes he has found the "perfect partner" in the 60-year-old billionaire who sold his 15% share in Arsenal to his business associate Alisher Usmanov for around £200m on Friday.
For Moshiri's part, it means he can now exert the power and influence his money could never buy at Arsenal, where he and Usmanov could not wrest control from majority shareholder Stan Kroenke.
There will be some major items on the new Everton owner's agenda when he settles to his task, namely the next move on whether the club moves ground or considers redeveloping Goodison Park - and also how to keep the club's most coveted players, with top scorer Romelu Lukaku and England pair John Stones and Ross Barkley expected to attract serious interest this summer.
For Everton, however, they will hope Moshiri's arrival will finally provide them with the financial power they have lacked to threaten the elite at the top of the Premier League.


Chelsea are punishing midfielder John Mikel Obi for representing Nigeria at the Rio Olympics, says the country's coach Gernot Rohr.

Mikel, 29, captained his country to bronze in Brazil this summer but has not played for the Blues this season.
Rohr said: "There is a reason why Mikel is not playing for Chelsea right now and that reason is because he played for Nigeria at the Olympics."
Mikel will play in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Algeria.
The Super Eagles, who failed to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, have set the pace in Group B, winning their opening game against Zambia while Algeria could only draw with Cameroon.
Rohr added:  "I cannot punish a player who loves his country and shows that he loves the green jersey.
"He is here with us and he is fit and I hope he can play for 90 minutes against Algeria but if it is not possible, we shall see."
Chelsea declined to comment on Rohr's statement, but when asked about Mikel last week, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said: "Mikel is working very well now.
"In the past he's sometimes had some injuries. But now he's working very hard, and I'm pleased with his work-rate."
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Unemployment has changed little in Wales between February and April, compared with the previous quarter.

The jobless rate in Wales remains at 4.8%, higher than the UK rate of 4.6%.
A thousand more people are out of work in Wales than the same period last year and 7,000 more than between November and January.
Official figures show 4,000 fewer people working in Wales than in November to January but 8,000 more than this time last year.
When comparing the growth of employment between February to April 2016 to the same quarter this year, Wales saw a 1% rise, higher than the UK rate of 0.6%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
But this is lower than the north east, north west and south west regions of England.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said: "My priority is ensuring the UK government continues to engage with businesses and industry to ensure that we are creating the best possible conditions for economic growth in all sectors across Wales."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said improvement in economic inactivity in Wales had outperformed the UK average and fallen by 1.1% over the year.
"As a pro-business government, we have been working hard to create the right economic conditions to support business in order to create and safeguard jobs right across Wales," he said.
He also pointed to Caerphilly-based aerospace company AerFin, which was this week named the fastest growing privately-owned firm for international sales in the UK.


Young people aged 16-21 would get a 66% discount on bus travel in England under Lib Dem plans outlined by Nick Clegg.

The scheme would be paid for by cutting the winter fuel allowance and free TV licences for better-off pensioners, the party's "pre-manifesto" proposes.
Mr Clegg told reporters: "We are telling you today that we are choosing to put the next generation front and centre of our plans."
The proposals are part of the Lib Dem pitch for next year's general election.
The Lib Dem leader, who became the target of angry students for performing a U-turn on tuition fees after entering government in 2010, said: "Liberal Democrats are committed to building a stronger economy and a fairer society, enabling people to get on in life.
"The Young Person's Bus Pass will ensure that young people looking to access education or training can do so in an affordable way, and I hope that bus companies will top up that discount to something even more generous."
The deputy PM added: "Young people are required to stay in school until they are 18, but we haven't done enough to give them the support that they need to do that - literally to help them get from A to B."
He rejected reports that free bus travel for pensioners would be axed by the Lib Dems if they got into power "not least because these bus passes help keep the buses running, and because we know how much older people rely on public transport".
But he did confirm that the young people's bus passes would be paid for by removing the free TV licences and winter fuel allowance from pensioners paying higher rate tax.
"I know there are people who say you mustn't touch so-called universal pensioner benefits because politically it's too risky. We don't agree. What are effectively benefits for the rich and retired cannot be justified when there are so many young people struggling to get on their feet."
Other measures in the Lib Dems' 80-page document include 15 hours of free childcare for every two-year-old in England, a "Daddy month" of paternity leave and guaranteed education spending.
The party is also promising to end imprisonment for people found carrying a small amount of drugs for personal use and to set up a commission to assess the effectiveness of current drugs laws and alternative approaches, including punishment by civil penalties rather than a criminal conviction and the case for licensed cannabis shops.
All the plans are subject to approval by the party's annual conference in Glasgow in October, but are likely to form the bulk of the party's campaign manifesto next year.
Mr Clegg said the party's proposals were "credible and deliverable", saying: "We've learnt our lesson from tuition fees - and we've learnt it the hard way. There will be no repeat of that mistake."
Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman said: "Nick Clegg has once again shown what we all know - his government has let down working people. People will judge the Lib Dems on their record of broken promises and failure.
"What the Lib Dems say now is no guide to what they'll do in the future."


The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the prime minister to set up a cross-party commission to "draw much of the poison" from Brexit negotiations.

Justin Welby told the Mail on Sunday the UK needed a united negotiating strategy for exiting the EU.
He said the commission should be under Parliament's authority, chaired by a senior politician.
Cabinet minister Priti Patel rejected the idea and said ministers were focused on getting "the right deal".
Formal Brexit negotiations began last Monday in Brussels. Key subjects to be negotiated include the status of EU nationals and Britons living elsewhere in the EU, the size of any "divorce" bill and how the UK will trade with the EU once it leaves.
In his article, the archbishop wrote that - with a hung parliament - there was "an understandable temptation for every difference to become a vote of confidence".
But he said that would be a "disaster", as British negotiators would not have "confidence in their backing from the UK".
He claimed a commission, with parties from the whole political spectrum, could "hold the ring for the differences [in opinion] to be fought out".
It should be under the authority of the Commons, and chaired by a senior politician, but without the authority to bind Parliament, he said.
"We need the politicians to find a way of neutralising the temptation to take minor advantage domestically from these great events," the archbishop wrote.
He added that Britain's decision to leave the EU was the third time in two centuries that the UK had to "redefine the place of our country in the world".
But International Development Secretary Priti Patel rejected the idea of a cross-party commission.
She told BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics: "I think the point is, this isn't about commissions. The public voted last year to leave the European Union. Our job as government now is obviously securing the right deal for the country and not rerunning those arguments of Remain and Leave from last year."
In the same article, the archbishop said the Grenfell Tower fire - and the recent terror attacks in Manchester and London - had "brought out the best of communities in crisis".
"Communities have staggered, stumbled and pulled themselves up," he wrote.
"I am so proud and grateful to be part of a country where people at Westminster rush to treat a man who has just tried to kill them, where an imam ensures the would-be killer whose van is still resting on one of his congregation is protected."
The UK is due to leave the EU by the end of March 2019.


Scotland prop Alasdair Dickinson is braced for a bruising encounter with the Japan pack on Saturday.

The Edinburgh veteran insists last year's 45-10 group win at the World Cup was not nearly as comfortable as the score suggests.
"We know they are coming after revenge from the World Cup, so it will be a tough one," he said.
"Their front five are all big, strong men and so, for us, it is another battle we have to win."
The Scots kick-off a two-Test tour in Toyota City, with their hosts ranked one place below them at 10th in the world.
September's win at Kingsholm came after Scotland ran in five second-half tries against tiring opponents, who had stunned South Africa in their opening match.
"They had been outstanding against South Africa and were backing up that performance four days later," recalled 32-year-old Dickinson.
"I found it very hard, especially up front. They are very strong men, well drilled and enjoy their scrummaging. I expect it to be equally hard at the weekend.
"We need to start well, which we did not do particularly well in that game. We need to tidy up a few of our fundamentals and need to come out of the box firing.
"Japan take their chances. They are very skilful players and we have seen what happens when they capitalise on errors with a lot of broken field play. Minimise errors and start better."
Scotland have never lost to Japan, who will be without World Cup captain Michael Leitch and full-back Ayumu Goromaru, their main goal kicker.
The scrum is often seen as an area of weakness for Japan, but Dickinson is warning that Scotland will need to be switched on.
"All the games I have watched Japan play over many years, their set piece has been excellent," he said.
"We saw in the World Cup the tight areas were a huge challenge for us. Japan will have progressed, as have we - it is an area they are targeting,
"The Japanese scrum is probably the lowest in the world. It is probably how they are built, big men who can get really low and we have to manage the combat.
"They are a tough scrummaging team who will be coming for us. It will he a good challenge."


England will start a four-match Test series in South Africa on Boxing Day next year after the dates for the tour were confirmed.

There will also be five one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches in the contest.
England were beaten 2-0 at home when the two countries last met in a Test series in 2012.
Andrew Strauss was the England skipper at the time and team-mate Kevin Pietersen was dropped after sending controversial texts to the opposition.
Pietersen apologised to Strauss and his team-mates for the texts and, despite being reintegrated into the side, he was later told he was not part of the team's plans, and effectively sacked, in the wake of the 5-0 whitewash in Australia.
England's last tour of South Africa, in 2009-2010 ended 1-1 and was the last time the host side played a four-match Test series.
"Any tour of South Africa is special and, as the Proteas currently set the benchmark in Test and one-day international cricket, it will be a real challenge which our emerging team will relish," said England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Paul Downton.


Aston Villa fans have paid tribute to the club's former striker Dalian Atkinson, who died after being shot with a Taser by police.

Supporters held a minute's applause 10 minutes into the club's Championship game against Huddersfield Town.
Fans at Villa Park also raised umbrellas around the ground in a tribute inspired by a famous celebration when Atkinson netted a memorable goal against Wimbledon.
His death is being investigated.
The Taser was used on the 48-year-old at his father's house in Trench, Telford, in the early hours of Monday.
He went into cardiac arrest on his way to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Home fans gathered before the match to honour their former forward, who famously scored the opener in the 1994 League Cup final win over Manchester United.
Supporters chanted his name in the early stages of the game, with the club also paying tribute by before the match.
Villa fans had planned to bring their own umbrellas in reference to Atkinson's famous celebration, but the club said health and safety prevented them from allowing such a tribute.
Instead designated members of the club's fan squad raised umbrellas in the corner of the pitch.
Geoff Scott, chairman of Xpro, which helps ex-footballers and their families, said the charity had been contacted by Atkinson's family for help after he was taken to hospital earlier this year.
'On his day he was unplayable'
Many of Atkinson's former team-mates and clubs he played for have paid tribute to the ex-striker, described by former manager at Villa and Sheffield Wednesday Ron Atkinson as popular in the dressing room with "terrific ability".
His death has been referred to the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
West Mercia Police said it responded to a report expressing concern for the safety of an individual at about 01:30 BST on Monday.
Neighbour Paula Quinn, who lives in a first-floor flat near Atkinson's father's house in Meadow Close said she saw officers shouting and kicking him before the Taser was deployed several times.
She told the Shropshire Star newspaper the former footballer had "seemed a bit, perhaps, inebriated".
He was declared dead at 03:00 at Princess Royal Hospital, in Telford.
Home Office statistics show there were 10,329 uses of Tasers by police in England and Wales in 2015, a 2% increase on the previous year.
Calum Macleod, vice-chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said officers have a minimal amount of time in which to decide whether to deploy a Taser.
"If people had the time to sit there and research medical history and research potential implications, the worst-case scenario could be that someone could be dead," he said.
"Officers are called to deal with situations that arise in the blink of an eye and invariably have to be dealt with within that time-frame.
"We have to be able to run towards danger when it occurs. We have to be able to protect the public and protect ourselves. This is not the panacea to solve every problem but it is an option. It is a tool in a tool kit."
In a statement, the UK chapter of Black Lives Matter said black people were three times more likely to have Tasers used on them in the UK today, and those with mental health issues were potentially more at risk.
"The increased use of Tasers by police forces in England and Wales has been commonly presented as a non-lethal alternative to the use of firearms. However, as the tragic death of Dalian Atkinson and at least 10 other such cases in England and Wales over the last decade show, all too often Taser use is fatal."
Mr Atkinson's nephew, Fabian, said his uncle was having dialysis treatment for kidney problems which had weakened his heart.
He said it should be "mandatory" to deploy an ambulance when a Taser was going to be used.
West Mercia Police is not commenting further on the incident while the IPCC investigation under way but said no officers had been suspended following the death.
The watchdog said "the level and type of force used" was one of the elements of its investigation into police contact with Mr Atkinson before his death.


England's only resident golden eagle is feared to have died, wildlife chiefs have said.

The bird, which occupied a site at Riggindale Valley, near Haweswater in the Lake District, has not been seen since before the turn of the year.
It is believed to be about 20 years old but has been without a mate for around a decade.
An RSPB spokesman said it was "incredibly sad" and added there was "a real sense of loss" among colleagues.
Haweswater site manager Lee Schofield, said: "By this time of year you would have expected to have seen him on display to attract a mate.
"As the last golden eagle in England, it's an element of wildness that has gone.
"There's no real way of knowing for sure. It's a single bird in a huge landscape and he was of an age we couldn't rule out death by natural causes."
"We've not given up hope," Mr Schofield added. "It may be that he has found an alternative food source."
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In previous years the bird had been seen "sky dancing" - a series of dives and rises intended to attract a female partner.
The male is believed to have been the third to take possession of the Haweswater territory.
The previous one disappeared in late 2001 when it was at least 30 years old - and then, the oldest known British eagle.


President Dilma Rousseff has called on the whole of Brazilian society to help combat the spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects.

Ms Rousseff said national mobilisation was needed to eliminate the mosquitoes that spread the virus, and urged community groups and unions to help.
Zika is thought to cause a form of infant brain damage, microcephaly.
Three to four million people could be infected with Zika in the Americas this year, experts have warned.
Ms Rousseff rejected comments made by her health minister earlier this week, who said Brazil was badly losing the fight against the virus.
But Brazil is the country worst affected by the Zika outbreak, with 270 cases of microcephaly confirmed by the health ministry and 3,448 being investigated.
Concerns have arisen about Brazil's ability to safely host this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee, has said steps are being taken to protect the event.
The IOC said it will issue guidelines later on Friday for athletes and visitors taking part.
A group of Brazilian lawyers, activists and scientists is to ask the country's supreme court to allow abortions for women who have contracted the virus.
Abortions are illegal in Brazil, except in health emergencies or cases of rape or, since 2012, another brain condition known as anencephaly.
The new petition is to be delivered to the supreme court in two months' time. The BBC has learned that it argues that "the Brazilian state is responsible for the Zika outbreak" for not having eradicated the Aedes aegypti mosquito which carries it.
Brazilian women "should not be penalised for the consequences of flawed policies", it says.
The group behind the microcephaly supreme court plea also won the exception for anencephaly in 2012.
Debora Diniz, a law professor at Brasilia University, told the BBC the disease disproportionately affected the poor.
She said: "It is important to remember, when we talk about abortion and reproductive rights in general, that we have a social class split in Brazil - wealthy women will access safe abortion, legal or illegal, and poor women will go to the illegal market or continue to be pregnant."
Most people do not develop symptoms of the Zika virus but may pass the virus on to their children. There is no known cure or vaccine. The US says it hopes to begin human vaccine trials by the end of 2016.
Officials from the US National Institute of Health (NIH) said they had two potential Zika vaccines in development. One that is based on an experimental West Nile vaccine could be repurposed for Zika and enter clinical trials by the end of 2016, the NIH said.
WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan said Zika had gone "from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions". She has set up a Zika "emergency team" following the "explosive" spread of the virus.
The team will meet on Monday to decide whether Zika should be treated as a global emergency.
Zika was first detected in Uganda in 1947, but has never caused an outbreak on this scale. Brazil reported the first cases of Zika in South America in May 2015.
WHO officials said between 500,000 and 1.5 million people had been infected in Brazil, and the virus has since spread to more than 20 countries in the region.


Olympian Natalie Powell has been named in the GB squad for this month's European Judo Championships in Warsaw.

A Commonwealth Games gold medallist for Wales in 2014 and bronze medallist at the 2016 European Championships, Powell finished seventh at the 2016 Rio Games.
She returned to competition with fifth place at the 2017 Dusseldorf Grand Prix and seventh at the Paris Grand Slam.
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The 26-year old is ranked sixth in the world and will go to Poland from 20-23 April as one of the top seeds.
The 11-strong British selection will see a mix of experienced judoka, including 2016 Olympians and debutants take to the mat for the first major championship of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle.
In 2016 British Judo had its best return from the European Championships in 10 years with Colin Oates and Powell winning silver and bronze respectively.
GB Judo squad: Chelsie Giles, Kelly Edwards, Nekoda Davis, Bekky Livesey, Alice Schlesinger, Amy Livesey, Natalie Powell, Ashley McKenzie, Neil MacDonald, Max Stewart, Ben Fletcher


Japan's Nikkei share index fell, with shares in exporters hit as the yen continued to strengthen.

At the close, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index had fallen 0.4% to 15,607.77.
The continued strength in the yen dragged down shares of export-related companies, including car manufacturers Toyota, Honda and Nissan.
The dollar fell below 108 yen on Monday, and is now back to values last seen in October 2014.
Separately, data from Japan showed that core machinery orders fell 9.2% in February compared with the previous month.
That was being seen as a sign that business investment remains subdued for companies operating in Japan.
In China, the Shanghai Composite index rose 2.1% to 3,045.75, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index was 0.3% by midday at 20,435.67.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P ASX 200 closed down 0.1% at 5,012.00. WiseTech Global was a standout performer as it made its debut on the exchange, with shares of the logistics software company rising 13%.
The listing raised 170m Australian dollars ($128m; Â£90.6m) for WiseTech. The Australian firm recently won a major contract with international logistics giant DHL, while at home its clients include the state-owned Australia Post.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi closed down 0.1% at 1,970.37.
As for things to look out for this week - China will release first quarter growth numbers on Friday. That will be the most-watched gauge on how the world's second largest economy is performing against a backdrop of a global slowdown.
Analysts are forecasting an expansion of 6.8% when compared with the same period last year.
On Wall Street, the first quarter earnings reporting season for corporate America kicks off later today, with Alcoa being the first to announce its results.
US banks are due to report their quarterly earnings later in the week.


Comments made on social media by WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders will be discussed by British boxing chiefs at their next meeting.

Saunders, 24, posted an image on Sunday of a shop worker wearing hoop earrings, long hair in a ponytail and stubble.
He received criticism on social media after describing himself as "confused" by the worker's appearance.
Saunders replied to some of the tweets and has since said he is not homophobic but that he will not apologise.
The British Boxing Board of Control said it was "aware" of the comments and would "consider the matter" at its next meeting.
Saunders is undefeated in 24 fights and was due to defend his title this weekend in London but the contest was postponed when his opponent was arrested in early June.


Talks to prevent a further strike by Southern rail conductors are to be held on Friday.

A 24-hour walkout by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, in protest at the introduction of driver-only trains, ended at 11:00 BST on Wednesday.
Southern warned passengers to expect "difficult and frustrating" journeys throughout the day.
Two further strikes have been announced for 10 May and 12 May.
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The RMT confirmed it would attend talks with Southern "over the guards jobs and safety dispute" on Friday.
Dyan Crowther, chief operating officer for Southern owner Govia Thameslink Railway, told BBC Sussex: "We are very pleased to hear that and we look forward to meeting the RMT".
Southern said some routes were again suspended or reduced with 700 fewer services across Sussex and east Surrey.
Ms Crowther said the timetable would not return to normal until Thursday as they needed to get rolling stock and staff into the right position.
Paul Barker, a commuter from Rye, normally catches a Southern train to Ashford then a high-speed service to St Pancras.
He said he worked from home on Tuesday but went to Robertsbridge on Wednesday to catch a Southeastern service to London.
He said: "It was standing room only from Frant, but you cannot take two days off work".
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "This dispute is about safety. The company, with an eye on ever-fatter profits, is prepared to axe the guards on some of the most overcrowded and potentially-dangerous services."
The company said there would be no job or pay cuts but the planned changes would make conductors more visible while drivers would operate doors.
It accused the RMT of "scaremongering" and said "driver-only operation is a safe, proven way of working" which had been used "on 40% of trains across the Southern network for 25 years".


Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Seattle at the start of his first state visit to the US.

Mr Xi will spend three days meeting business and technology leaders in Seattle, before heading to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama.
Cyber security is expected to feature prominently in their discussions, after the US said Chinese spying was putting a strain on bilateral relations.
On Monday Mr Xi denied there was any state-backed hacking of US companies.
In an article in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Mr Xi said hacking and cyber espionage were illegal, and that the Chinese government did not engage in the theft of commercial secrets or encourage companies to do so.
But he said Beijing - which has previously complained it is a victim of hacking - was "ready to strengthen co-operation with the US side on this issue".
US national security adviser Susan Rice had on Monday said Chinese-backed hacking was undermining long-term economic co-operation between the US and China "and it needs to stop".
While in Seattle, Mr Xi will hold talks with some of the most prominent US technology and business leaders, and will visit the vast Boeing aeroplane factory in Everett, Washington state.
Also expected to be on the agenda later this week is China's increasing territorial assertiveness in South East Asia.
China claims a vast swathe of territory in the  South China Sea in particular, angering many of its neighbours who had competing claims, and in recent months it has been carrying out land reclamation in the area.
At the same time, China has been increasing defence spending and upgrading its military capabilities.
The US has raised concerns with China about the build-up of tensions in the region and about the possible impact on freedom of navigation.
In the Wall Street Journal interview, Mr Xi said China's work would actually improve navigation, but did not say how.
The visit also comes as China's economy, which has grown rapidly in recent years, is beginning to slow, causing global concern about a fall in demand from the world's second largest economy.
Recent dramatic losses on the Chinese stock markets, despite government interventions, have led to questions over how well the government is managing the slowdown.
Mr Xi will be hosted at the White House for a state dinner on 25 September, and is due to give a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York on 28 September.


A complaint of athlete's foot and a man "feeling knackered" are among the time-wasting 999 calls the Welsh Ambulance Service has received.

The service's trust says it has received 19,151 "non-urgent" calls since August, 2014, with only 318 of these requiring an ambulance.
A woman from Rhyl, Denbighshire, also told 999 she had "pulled her side reaching for her charger".
The trust said  such calls put more needy patients' lives "at risk".
The Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust said a patient in Pontypool, Torfaen, told a call handler they had a burning face because they "tried to eat a Scotch bonnet chilli pepper", in October 2014.
A caller from Wrexham also complained in November, 2014, of an injury after they had "punched a punch machine".
The trust's head of clinical services, Richard Lee, said: "Calls of this type put people's lives at risk as the ambulance attending that patient is not available for a serious road accident, heart attack or stroke.
"Once again, we urge the public to 'choose well' to ensure busy emergency services are available for those who need them most urgently."


An 81-year-old grandmother who had surgical swabs left in her by surgeons has said it had a "huge impact" on her.

Staff intentionally left four swabs in Margaret Draper after an operation to fit a pacemaker at Royal Preston Hospital in 2015 but they were later revealed to be the wrong type.
The mistake, which the hospital has admitted responsibility for, has left a wound which is yet to fully heal.
The trust which runs the hospital said "lessons had been learned" from it.
The Chorley grandmother-of-five said dealing with "the drawn out and stressful complaint procedure" in the 15 months since the life-threatening operation had been "a difficult time for me and my family".
"As well as the physical pain and scars that I've been left with, my experiences have had a huge impact on me mentally."
Mrs Draper's solicitors Irwin Mitchell said Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's initial investigation into the error found the surgical team opted to leave swabs in her wound to help control post-operative bleeding following the procedure on 13 August.
However, it found when she was later moved to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, an "insufficient verbal handover" meant staff there were unaware of the swabs, which were only found when the decision was taken on 27 August to remove the pacemaker, they said.
The solicitors said the hospital initially did not admit the severity of the mistake and claimed the swabs were made of a special material used to prevent blood flow.
Following pressure from Mrs Draper's family, the swabs were sent for tests and in March 2016, a second report by the trust into her case found they were surgical swabs, which should not have been used, and so the case constituted a "never event", a preventable incident which "simply should not happen".
Mr Draper said it worried her that the initial investigation "did not find this was a 'never event' and that it was only after we continued to force the issues that the true scale of the problem was revealed".
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's medical director Mark Pugh said: "We would like to sincerely apologise to Margaret Draper and her family for the distress caused.
"We have carried out an investigation into the matter; lessons have been learned and robust measures are being put in place."
He added it could not comment on legal proceedings but said the trust would "continue to work with Mrs Draper and her family to resolve the issue".


Trevor Bolder, bassist in David Bowie's 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

In a statement, Bowie remembered him as "a wonderful musician" who had been "a major inspiration for whichever band he was working with".
His death was announced by rock band Uriah Heep, who called him "a world-class bass player".
Bolder, who joined the band in 1976, stopped playing with them a few months ago due to poor health.
"Trevor was an all-time great, one of the outstanding musicians of his generation and one of the finest and most influential bass players that Britain ever produced," Uriah Heep said in a statement.
Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp also paid tribute on Twitter, writing: "RIP another Spider from Mars, a kind and decent man, Trevor Bolder. Love and peace to his family."
Bolder, who was born in Hull, East Yorkshire on 9 June 1950, joined his first band, Ronno, with guitarist Mick Ronson in 1970 after meeting on the local music scene.
He joined Bowie in 1971 to play on his fourth album, Hunky Dory, along with Ronson and drummer Woody Woodmansey.
This paved the way for 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which launched Bowie and his bandmates into international stardom.
They played together on the albums Aladdin Sane and Pin-Ups before Bowie separated from the Spiders From Mars and moved to the US.
Bolder went on to join Uriah Heep, making his first appearance on their 1977 album Firefly.
Ronson died in April 1993, also of cancer, at the age of 46.


Cardiff City have stepped up negotiations to keep defender Bruno Ecoule Manga at the club.

The Gabon international's contract ends this summer and is yet to sign a new deal with the Championship side.
BBC Wales Sport has learned that Manga has attracted interest from Turkish club Bursaspor.
There is now more optimism at the club that the 28-year-old may choose to remain in the Welsh capital despite being offered a deal on reduced terms.
Manga joined Cardiff from French club L'Orient in September 2014 for a fee of almost £5m.
Though he has had his fitness problems - including a bout of malaria - while at Cardiff, he has been a defensive mainstay.
It had been thought that after being asked to take a pay cut Manga would most likely choose to leave Cardiff.
Indeed Bluebirds' boss, Neil Warnock, admitted recently he already had a replacement lined up for Manga.
But after further talks in the last few days, there is now more optimism he will stay with negotiations set to continue this week.
If Manga remains, he would provide a major boost to manager Neil Warnock as he revamps his Championship squad for next season.
On Friday, Cardiff announced striker Kenneth Zohore had agreed a new deal with the Bluebirds to remain with the club until 2020.
Stalwart midfielder Peter Whittingham is still mulling over his options having also been asked to take a pay cut to stay.


Historians who have re-examined Argyll's Appin murder of 1752 dispute a traditional theory that it was a Jacobite conspiracy.

James Stewart was hanged after being convicted of shooting and killing government officer Colin Campbell.
Some believe the killer was Stewart's son Donald or his foster son Ailean Breac.
However, Prof Allan MacInnes believes Campbell's nephew - and the murder's only witness - pulled the trigger.
Prof MacInnes, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Strathclyde, has examined what was recorded of the incident and also possible motives.
Another historian, Mhairi Livingstone, also agrees the nephew, Mungo Campbell, did the killing.
Colin Campbell, the manager of three west Highland estates in government control, was shot as he travelled by horse to evict tenants, the Stewarts of Appin, and replace them with his own relatives.
The murder outraged the British establishment and came in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
At Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite force was defeated by a government army.
Stewarts suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to murder Campbell were veterans of the battle.
But Prof MacInnes believes the Stewarts were not to blame.
He said James Stewart, known as James of the Glen, was said to have been a "decent, God-fearing Highlander" but Mungo Campbell, was said to be a "difficult and ruthless" man.
"Mungo was a nutter," said the historian.
Prof MacInnes said members of the Campbell clan - including Mungo Campbell - were given the responsibility of finding the murderer.
He added: "Mungo was there solving the case, beating up prisoners, forcing confessions out and persuading people, working to take the blame away from himself."
Mungo Campbell also took over the role his uncle had held before his death.
Ms Livingstone said: "Usually murders are committed by people very close by, if not related.
"I think Mungo Campbell was in the perfect place and had the perfect motive, the means and the opportunity."


The Ospreys made it two bonus-point wins from two matches to go top of the Pro12 table as they thumped ailing champions Connacht at the Sportsground.

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Rhys Webb scored tries in either half, with Tyler Ardron and Jeff Hassler also crossing for the visitors and Sam Davies adding 12 points with the boot.
Eoin McKeon scored Connacht's only try, with Jack Carty kicking two penalties.
The Irish province are rooted to the bottom of the table, having lost 41-5 at home to Glasgow in their opener.
Their opponents went into the game on the back of a 59-5 demolition of Italian side Zebre in their opening fixture.
The Ospreys were the early aggressors and Davies' fifth-minute penalty opened the scoring in Galway, while the erratic Carty missed a gilt-edged chance to respond.
Connacht ended the first quarter on level terms, a Matt Healy surge down the left wing securing territory and Carty was successful with a subsequent penalty.
Webb's snappy 29th-minute try from a scrum proved to be the difference between the sides at the break, the scrum-half showing good strength to make it over despite the presence of Carty and Eoin Griffin. Davies converted for 10-3.
Carty punished a high tackle by Sam Davies with a 45th-minute penalty and Ardron's neck-high challenge on Finlay Bealham drew a yellow card six minutes later, following the input of TMO Alan Falzone.
A crooked lineout thwarted Connacht's initial subsequent attack but they bided their time, ramping up the pressure and then setting flanker McKeon free for a simple finish off a Bundee Aki pass.
Carty drew his left-sided conversion wide and it was his loose kick that was run back with interest by Dan Evans, the next scrum earning a penalty which Davies fired over for 13-11.
From then on there was only one team in it as the Ospreys ruthlessly exploited the gaps in the champions' defence.
Ardron muscled over from close range and then Webb ran the ideal support line to turn Ben John's brilliant break and offload into a try.
The bonus point arrived three minutes from time, industrious full-back Evans charging over halfway and sending Hassler over in the left corner, with Davies' final conversion completing his 12-point haul.
Ospreys' Tyler Ardron told S4C's Y Clwb Rygbi: "We've got a great bunch of guys.
"We've been working really hard this off season and I think the best teams in the world can come through in the last 20 to 10 minutes and that's what we did tonight.
"Of all the things we can take pride in tonight, that last 20 minutes is probably the main one."
Connacht: Tiernan O'Halloran; Niyi Adeolokun, Eoin Griffin, Bundee Aki, Matt Healy; Jack Carty, Kieran Marmion; Ronan Loughney, Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham; Ultan Dillane, Danny Qualter; Eoin McKeon, James Connolly, John Muldoon (capt).
Replacements: JP Cooney for Bealham (60), Lewis Stevenson for Qualter (68), Caolin Blade for Marmion (68), Shane O'Leary for Carty (66).
Not Used: Dave Heffernan, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Rory Moloney, Danie Poolman.
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Jeff Hassler, Ben John, Josh Matavesi, Eli Walker; Sam Davies, Rhys Webb (capt); Nicky Smith, Sam Parry, Dmitri Arhip, Bradley Davies, Rory Thornton, Olly Cracknell, Justin Tipuric, Tyler Ardron.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin for Parry (66), Paul James for Smith (56), Ma'afu Fia for Arhip (56), Lloyd Ashley for Thornton (44), James King for Cracknell (60), Tom Habberfield for Walker (74).
Not Used: Dan Baker, Jonathan Spratt
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Assistant referees: Claudio Blessano (FIR), Leo Colgan (IRFU)
Citing commissioner: Tim Lowry (IRFU)
TMO: Alan Falzone (FIR)


Gonzalo Higuain's superb first-half strike ensured a record-equalling victory for Juventus that extends their lead over Roma at the top of Serie A.

Higuain, 29, lashed home from 18 yards to secure Juve's 25th-straight home league win - matching a record they set between August 2013 and November 2014.
Juve now lead Roma by seven points after 17 games, to stay on course for a sixth-straight Serie A title triumph.
Roma have now lost on their past six league visits to Juventus.
The Argentina forward's 10th league goal of the season, and third in two games, arrived in the 14th minute when he outmuscled Daniele de Rossi and ghosted past Kostas Manolas before hitting an unstoppable strike beyond Wojciech Szczesny.
Also on Saturday, third-placed AC Milan were held to a goalless draw at home to Atalanta, while Empoli pulled five points clear of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Cagliari.
Match ends, Juventus 1, Roma 0.
Second Half ends, Juventus 1, Roma 0.
Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Bruno Peres (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Attempt blocked. Diego Perotti (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan.
Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Roma).
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Antonio Rüdiger (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Roma).
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic with a headed pass.
Radja Nainggolan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Radja Nainggolan (Roma).
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Diego Perotti (Roma) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Strootman with a cross.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Gianluigi Buffon.
Attempt missed. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bruno Peres with a cross.
Substitution, Roma. Bruno Peres replaces Kostas Manolas because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Kostas Manolas (Roma) because of an injury.
Kostas Manolas (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefano Sturaro (Juventus).
Attempt saved. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
Hand ball by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
Attempt missed. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emerson.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Giorgio Chiellini.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Daniele Rugani.
Attempt missed. Federico Fazio (Roma) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Perotti with a cross following a set piece situation.
Alex Sandro (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mohamed Salah (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).
Attempt saved. Diego Perotti (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Mario Mandzukic.
Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Daniele De Rossi.
Attempt saved. Stefano Sturaro (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Mandzukic.
Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Roma).
Alex Sandro (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.


Two men have died when a light aircraft crashed into a field and burst into flames, police have said.

The YAK 52 aircraft crashed at 14:55 GMT in a field near Cooksmill Green on the A414 west of Chelmsford in Essex.
Firefighters called to the scene reported that "the plane was completely alight" when they arrived.
The plane had taken off from the nearby North Weald airfield. Both victims' next of kin have been informed, police said.
Rebecca Larsen told BBC News: "I witnessed the plane go up in flames. Cars pulled up on the left lane and everyone ran towards the burning plane."
Police closed a section of the A414 between Chelmsford and Ongar while emergency services attended.
Alison Hodgkins-Brown, at the scene for BBC Essex, said: "I can see the plane has come down in the middle of an oil seed rape field next to the A414.
"It's completely covered by tarpaulin and there are about eight police officers in attendance."
Sam Gildersleeve, from Ongar, was having lunch with friends when he saw the plane flying low.
"At this point we all looked at the sky and the plane attempted to do a somersault unsuccessfully, we heard a popping sound and noticed the plane did not re-emerge," he said.
"We then noticed smoke coming from the site in the field where the plane had crashed. Shortly after the emergency services appeared."
The Air Accident Investigation Branch has sent a team to investigate the crash.


(Close): Wall Street markets fell slightly on Wednesday weighed down by energy stocks, as crude oil prices fell sharply.

US data showed an unexpected rise in crude stocks, while investors are concerned that oil exporters will fail to address the global oversupply.
On the stock markets, the Dow Jones dropped 53.42 points to 18400.88.
The S&P 500 index was down 5.17 points to 2170.95, while the Nasdaq index lost 9.77 to 5213.22.
Brent crude was 3.6% lower at $46.99 per barrel, while US crude dropped 3.3% to $44.80.
Oil company Exxon Mobil slipped 0.6% and Chevron was down 1.1%.
Oilfield service giant Schlumberger saw its shares decline 2%.
Shares of Apple edged up slightly one day after the European Commission order the tech giant to pay â‚¬13bn in unpaid Irish taxes.
Apple shares closed 0.2% higher on Wednesday.
Payroll firm ADP reported that private sector hiring in the US grew solidly in July. Businesses added 177,000 new staff, suggesting that the official jobs report from the Labor Department on Friday is likely to be positive.


A rare ticker-tape parade in New York watched by thousands has honoured the US women's football team, fresh from their victory at the World Cup.

Some onlookers took their places along the stretch of Broadway, the Canyon of Heroes, in the early hours.
Wearing star-spangled headbands and waving American flags, spectators cheered the players as they passed on an open-topped bus.
The US defeated Japan 5-2 on Sunday in Canada to win its third World Cup.
Watched by an average of 25.4 million viewers, peaking at 30.4 million, the game was the most-watched football match in US history.
Crowds were five or six deep along the route, with chants of "USA! USA!" ringing out.
"I'm glad to see girls getting a parade,'' said nine-year-old Christinah Delesine, who wore a blue football shirt. "There should be more."
John Comer had taken his young son and two daughters to the spectacle.
"I think it's important the girls have role models," he said. "It's a chance to see women celebrated for doing something positive."
One of the floats carried the tournament's most valuable player, Carli Lloyd, who scored a hat-trick in the final.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, also in the parade, hosted the squad at a ceremony at City Hall after the procession.
He told the crowds: "When they bought home that trophy they also bought back a message about the power of women - about the strength of women; and about the need to create a more equal society for all."
The last time the city honoured a team of national athletes was in 1984 after the Los Angeles Olympics.


The ex-RAF pilot who found a British family murdered in the French Alps feared "some nutter" with a gun could still be nearby to shoot him next.

Brett Martin, from East Sussex, helped Zainab al-Hilli, seven, after the attack which claimed the lives of her parents, grandmother and a local man.
He told the BBC he made the difficult decision to leave her bleeding on the ground while he went to seek help.
Meanwhile, a French prosecutor has said the motive has its "origins" in the UK.
Eric Maillaud was speaking outside Woking police station in Surrey after arriving with the French judge leading the inquiry.
French and British police are continuing to search the Claygate, Surrey, home of Saad al-Hilli, 50, who was shot with his dentist wife Iqbal, 47, mother-in-law, 74, and passing cyclist Sylvain Mollier, 45, in Chevaline, close to the tourist destination of Lake Annecy.
Zainab and her four-year-old sister Zeena both survived the attack on 5 September during their camping holiday.
Mr Martin said he initially believed there had been a car accident after coming across the scene while cycling in the forest area.
He told the BBC the car's engine was running when he arrived and he had to break a window on the vehicle to switch it off.
"At first I thought there's been a terrible accident between a cyclist and a car because there was a cyclist on the ground, more or less in front of the car, but there were things that didn't quite match because the cyclist's bike wasn't beside him, so as the minutes went on I started to change my opinion," he said.
He saw three bodies in the car, and once he realised a crime had taken place, he was worried who might still be around.
"There was a lot of blood and heads with bullet holes in them," he said.
"I've never seen people who've been shot before... but it seemed to me just like a Hollywood scene, and if someone had said 'cut' and everybody got up and walked away, that would have been it, but unfortunately it was real life.
"I then started scanning the woods to see if there was some nutter or who knows what with a gun and I was going to be the next person shot."
He moved Zainab, who collapsed on the ground after he found her "stumbling" away from the car in case it began moving but said he faced a "dilemma" when he decided to seek help after finding his mobile phone had no reception.
He said he felt Zainab's injuries would have worsened - "perhaps killed her" - if he had carried her with him.
Mr Martin added that he has since travelled back to the location of the shooting under armed police protection to give further details to French officers.
French police have spoken briefly to Zainab, who remains in hospital in France after being shot in the shoulder and hit around the head. But they are still waiting to question her fully.
Zeena, who lay undiscovered in the car for eight hours, has returned to the UK and is under the care of social services.
On Wednesday, Mr Maillaud said 40 French police officers were working on the investigation and probing Mr al-Hilli's work as an engineer, his family connections and possible links within Iraq.
After talks with Surrey Police officers, the prosecutor told reporters: "Without any doubt... the reasons and causes have their origins in this country."
Surrey Police said they had held an "extremely productive" meeting with French and British officials involved in the investigation.
A spokesman said: "The meeting built on the already established strong working relationships between all parties involved. The UK and French authorities are extremely pleased with the progress which has been made."
The BBC's Christian Fraser, in Annecy, said the purpose of the visit was partly to "iron out" differences between the forces. On Wednesday Mr Maillaud said the language barrier between French and British officers had been slowing inquiries down.
Meanwhile, the family's BMW car has been sent to Paris for forensic tests and inquiries are also said to be taking place in Sweden, where Mr al-Hilli's mother-in-law had a property.


Deaths from diabetes-related conditions in Wales have fallen by more than a quarter in four years, a report for the Welsh government has found.

Ministers welcomed the 28% fall from 420 to 300, between 2009 and 2013, and said they were "taking action" to diagnose the disease early.
But a diabetes charity said performance was "patchy", with only one in three people meeting treatment targets.
Diabetes UK Cymru said the reduced deaths was part of a UK-wide trend.
Commenting on the report, Together for Health - a Diabetes Action Plan, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said ministers were "taking action to diagnose people with diabetes as early as possible and reduce the number of deaths associated with the condition".
"While we are making good progress, all of us still have a personal responsibility to look after our own health and not put ourselves at risk of falling victim to diabetes," he said.
Diabetes UK Cymru director Dai Williams said the falling number of deaths from diabetes-related conditions had been a "general trend for a number of years" across the UK, yet in Wales "we know that only one in three people with diabetes are meeting treatment targets, that hasn't improved".
While there were "signs" of improved education for people with the disease and better treatment for children being introduced in the future, he said, a major diabetes prevention plan for Wales had been promised 18 months ago and "I've yet to see something happen".
"The headlines sound good, scratch a bit behind them and they're not telling us anything we don't already know - if you look at it in a bit more detail, it is patchy," he said.


One of Nato's biggest military exercises is under way, with large parts of the training taking place in Scotland.

Joint Warrior is held twice a year, in April and October, and involves thousands of personnel and dozens of ships and aircraft.
For the first time, the UK-led exercise features training using sea-going and aerial drones.
Called Unmanned Warrior, this training involves the Western Isles.
Military sites and ranges in Benbecula, Stornoway on Lewis and also Applecross and Kyle of Lochalsh on Scotland's mainland west coast are being used for the Royal Navy's Unmanned Warrior.
Joint Warrior, meanwhile, involves about 5,700 military personnel from armed forces from countries including Norway, Sweden, Germany and the USA.
Thirty-one warships and submarines as well almost 70 aircraft, many of them being flown out of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and Prestwick in Ayrshire, are being used in the training off the Scottish coast.
Joint Warrior runs until 20 October.


Olympians Dame Katherine Grainger and Kim Little are to be honoured by the University of Aberdeen next week.

Dame Katherine - Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian - retired from rowing after winning a medal at a fifth Games last summer. She has Maryculter links and did much of her training in the north east.
Footballer Kim Little, who was born in Aberdeen and attended Mintlaw Academy, was a London 2012 Olympian.
They will get honorary degrees.
They are among 12 people selected, also including Sir Moir Lockhead - the former chief executive of Aberdeen-based FirstGroup - and former Lord Provost George Adam.
Prof Sir Ian Diamond, principal and vice-chancellor of the university, said: "Our honorary graduates have achieved so much in their fields while making a significant contribution to society, and I am delighted to welcome these talented and successful individuals to the university family.
"They provide an inspirational example to our graduates as they move onto a new chapter in their careers."


A woman taken to court in an "unusual" private prosecution over the death of a cyclist has been cleared of careless driving.

The Old Bailey heard Michael Mason was knocked off his bike when he was hit by Gail Purcell's Nissan on Regent Street in February 2014.
Mr Mason, 70, never regained consciousness and died days later.
Ms Purcell, 59, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, was acquitted of causing death by dangerous driving.
The case was brought by the Cyclists' Defence Fund after the police decided not to pass the file to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Mr Mason's daughter Anna Tatton-Brown said the decision to bring a private prosecution had been vindicated by the judge ruling there was a case for the jury to answer.
"It has been harrowing and draining to have to relive what happened to my dad, to hear witnesses talk of him in the immediate aftermath," she said.
"But this has been made worthwhile by the feeling that, whatever the verdict, the evidence has been heard and assessed in a court of law and decided on by a jury.
"This was never about retribution... this was about allowing the justice system of our land take its full and proper course.
"We all felt that there was enough of a case to answer, and that the evidence needed proper assessment in a court of law."


Colombia says providing reparations for the victims of its armed conflict is "a priority" as the country marks the National Day of Memory and Solidarity.

The government body in charge of reparations - the Unit for Attention and Reparation of Victims - says it has compensated more than 360,000 people.
Director Paula Gaviria tells the BBC the victims are "at the centre" of the government's peace plan.
She says there are more than six million registered victims in total.
Referring to the much derided demobilisation in 2005 of Colombia's rightwing paramilitaries - many of whom went on to join criminal gangs and continued terrorising the local population - Ms Gaviria says Colombia has learned from past mistakes that the victims have to have a voice in any peace process.
The government is currently holding peace talks with Colombia's largest left-wing rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), and has agreed to enter into talks with the second largest group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).
It has, however, refused to enter into a truce with either group and confrontations between the security forces and the rebels continue even as talks with the Farc are under way in Havana, Cuba.
Ms Gaviria tells the BBC during a visit to London that Colombia is unique in starting the process of victim reparation while the conflict is still raging.
Created as part of the Victims' Law passed by the Colombian Congress in 2011, the unit aims to compensate victims of the country's long-running civil conflict and return land to millions of displaced people.
Of the 6.2 million registered victims, more than five million are internally displaced.
While the state aims to return as many of them who so wish to their places of origin, this has not always been possible.
Their security cannot always be guaranteed, especially in areas where armed groups still hold sway.
What is more, with confrontations between the armed forces and rebels continuing, there have been new displacements.
Last week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that almost 700 people had been displaced by fighting in Guapi, in southern Cauca province in the space of a fortnight.
But Ms Gaviria maintains that even though people are still falling victim to the armed groups, starting the process of reparation and land restitution early was key to the peace process.
"It's a chance we took," she says. "I don't think there was another way, the victims could not wait any longer," she says.
"I don't think the idea of holding peace talks would have had any traction if the Victims' Law hadn't been passed first," she adds.
According to Ms Gaviria, the Victims' Law and the creation of the Victims' Unit was a "down payment on peace", demonstrating the government's commitment to the victims of the armed conflict.
Figures released by the Victims' Unit suggest more than half of the internally displaced people have been granted humanitarian aid to help improve their conditions wherever they are currently living.
Ms Gaviria says the state aims to fulfil its duty to protect all Colombians, especially those who have already been displaced.
But she thinks that while the conflict is still ongoing, the number of those who have returned to their homes cannot be used as an indicator for the success of the restitution programme.
"If the conditions for a safe return are not present, the state cannot send these people back."
But she says that while reparation payments and land restitution are an integral part of the programme, for many victims official recognition is often worth more than financial compensation.
She says that victims of sexual violence in particular often say they personally gain more from the psychological support the state offers.
"Many are also joining a programme which encourages victims of sexual violence to approach other victims and help them overcome that barrier of fear which prevents them from reporting what happened to them."
"Of course they also have a right to compensation payments, but many say they have found helping others more rewarding."
So far, more than 360,000 victims have been paid compensation, and Ms Gaviria thinks the state is on track for compensating all registered victims by 2021 - within the 10-year timeframe it had set itself when it passed the Victims' Law.
With the conflict not yet over, she admits more people could fall victim to the violence, thereby further driving up the numbers.
But Ms Gaviria is confident the political will to compensate all victims of the country's five-decades-long conflict is unshakeable.
"It's a policy for and of all Colombians, for and of all victims, and that's what will guarantee it's successful," she says.


Two European wolves have settled into their new home at Dundee's Camperdown Wildlife Centre.

The male and female wolves, called Loki and Aurora, spent a day getting used to their enclosure before the public could see them.
The pair, who have been together a year, were transferred from West Midland Safari Park.
Zookeepers at the Camperdown Wildlife Centre hope the new arrivals will eventually breed.
Keeper Kellie Ross said: "They have been together for about a year in their old zoo, so they're well used to each other. They get on very well.
"We love them. It's only been two days and they're definitely popular amongst all of us.
"Hopefully they'll carry on growing and the public will love them as well."
Ms Ross said the wolves' move from West Midland Safari park to Dundee went smoothly.
She said: "They both arrived in crates the night before and they were allowed to rest ahead of going into the enclosure.
"Then they were taken out to the enclosure and we let the male out first because we were told he was the calmer of the two and he could have a nosey round.
"They both had a wander round the enclosure and it went really well, better than we expected."
Aurora was born at the Highland Wildlife Park in 2013 and Loki born in 2012 in the Netherlands.
Ms Ross said: "They're really fun to watch because they are so social and interact with one another.
"We don't go into the enclosure with them but we can interact from the other side of the fence.
"We've spent quite a lot of time sitting down at the enclosure just talking to them if they're coming up to say hello.
"We'll try to start doing hand feeds or pole feeds to get their trust up, but it's a slow process and we go by how they progress it."


Bristol City goalkeeper Caitlin Leach has agreed a new contract with the Women's Super League One club.

The 20-year-old, whose contract length has not been revealed, was ever-present during the Spring Series.
Leach, a former England Under-19s keeper, arrived at the club from Aston Villa Ladies in February last year.
"All I want to do is develop as a player and I feel this environment is the best place for me to do that," she told the club website.


The owners of a north Belfast residential home have discovered nearly 30 paintings in the attic.

They want family members to claim the portraits of former residents at the home.
It is thought the pictures were painted between 1940 and 1980 at Clifton House in North Queen Street.
It is believed the artist was Thomas Everard Spence. He was the former president of the Belfast Charitable Society.
The home's owners said records of family members were no longer available.
They hope that people will recognise relatives and come forward. The pictures can be viewed on the home's website and on Facebook.