Morecambe substitute Lee Molyneux scored a late equaliser and earned his side a deserved 2-2 draw at Colchester.

Morecambe goalkeeper Barry Roche denied Sammie Szmodics before Colchester took a fourth-minute lead through Chris Porter, who finished from close range following Kane Vincent-Young's precise cross.
Roche then saved Denny Johnstone's header before the visitors missed a 17th-minute penalty when Tom Barkhuizen's spot-kick was saved by Sam Walker after Peter Murphy was fouled by Alex Wynter in the area.
However, Barkhuizen quickly atoned for his penalty miss when he equalised for Morecambe in the 27th minute, converting coolly past Walker after Szmodics had been robbed of possession.
However, Colchester restored their lead seven minutes before the break through Porter, who converted from the spot after Kevin Ellison had handled Richard Brindley's fierce shot in the area.
But Morecambe equalised with 13 minutes remaining when Molyneux's free-kick went through Walker's hands and in.
Colchester substitute Kurtis Guthrie went close to winning it late on but the spoils were shared.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Colchester United 2, Morecambe 2.
Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Morecambe 2.
Attempt missed. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Craig Slater (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Colchester United. Tarique Fosu-Henry replaces Kane Vincent-Young.
Kane Vincent-Young (Colchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Attempt saved. Craig Slater (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alex Whitmore (Morecambe).
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Denny Johnstone.
Foul by Chris Porter (Colchester United).
Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Denny Johnstone (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Aaron McGowan.
Goal!  Colchester United 2, Morecambe 2. Lee Molyneux (Morecambe) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
Foul by Craig Slater (Colchester United).
Peter Murphy (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Morecambe. Ntumba Massanka replaces Kevin Ellison.
Foul by Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United).
Lee Molyneux (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Edwards (Morecambe).
Attempt saved. Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Jennings (Morecambe).
Craig Slater (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Corner,  Colchester United. Conceded by Alex Whitmore.
Luke Prosser (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cole Stockton (Morecambe).
Substitution, Colchester United. Kurtis Guthrie replaces Sammie Szmodics.
Kane Vincent-Young (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Michael Rose (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Denny Johnstone (Colchester United).


A pub on the site of a former gay nightclub in Cheltenham has been crowned the Campaign for Real Ale's (Camra) national pub of the year.

The Sandford Park Alehouse in High Street impressed judges with its "quality and choice of real ales".
The pub opened in 2013 and is housed in a Grade II-listed building that was previously home to the EXS nightclub.
Owner and manager Grant Cook said the award was "fantastic news" and staff were "thrilled" to win.
Judges said the pub was a "modern, light, town centre pub which appeals to traditional and younger customers alike across all social, gender and age groups".
The pub has served more than 1,400 different draught real ales since it opened.
Mr Cook said: "We know that many hundreds of people in more than 200 Camra branches around the UK were involved in selecting and evaluating candidate pubs for this award and it is frankly amazing to emerge from this process on top.
"If we are a bit quirky then it's all the more gratifying that Camra evidently likes our sort of quirkiness."
Camra regional director Gareth MacDonald said: "The pub has something for everyone and is very deserving of this recognition; from an excellent, warm welcome to a great choice of ales and ciders."
Rob Coldwell, from Cheltenham Camra, said: "It's hard enough to achieve success with an established pub, but Grant opened the Sandford Park Alehouse as a brand-new pub.
"Starting completely from scratch to reach the level of national pub of the year in less than three years requires tremendous hard work."
Last year's Camra national pub of the year winner also went to a Gloucestershire pub -  The Salutation Inn at Ham, near Berkeley.


Cardiff City defender Bruno Ecuele Manga faces at least two months out with a groin injury.

The £5m signing from Lorient sustained the grade-three tear on international duty with Gabon.
Bluebirds boss Russell Slade is seeking clarification on how last season's player of the year suffered the blow during training between games.
"It is very difficult with Gabon to request what they have done and find out what they have done," said Slade.
"Training regimes are different. We could help them if we could get information on how they prepare and how they train as well.
"It's very important and we don't seem to get any dialogue from them.
"Obviously the medical  department and myself would like to know because it s out of our control what they are doing in the meantime."
Cardiff hope Ecuele Manga's fellow centre-back Ben Turner will be able to return from ankle surgery in an under-21 game on 13 November.
Meanwhile, Bluebirds captain and goalkeeper David Marshall is expected to return for Saturday's Championship clash at Preston after serving a two-match ban after a red card at Rotherham. Simon Moore has been deputising.
"When you break it down, Preston seem to be finding life a little bit tougher at home. Hopefully that continues for at least one more week," said Slade.
"Simon [Grayson] is a good manager, who has had several promotions to the Championship with various teams, so he knows his way around.
"He will set his team up to be very difficult. It has not quite happened for them at home yet but I am sure they will be more than capable of climbing the table in the coming weeks."


An RSPCA worker has rescued an adult male swan from the roof of a building in the centre of Lincoln.

5 January 2016 Last updated at 10:38 GMT
It is not known how the swan got trapped on the rooftop of Agatha's Boutique but it could not fly off as it did not have enough space to take enough of a run up.
A spokeswoman for the RSPCA said: "Happily we were able to rescue this swan and release it back into the wild just a short distance away."
Staff at nearby soundLINCS managed to record the successful rescue.


More than 100 demobilised fighters and their relatives have allegedly died of starvation and disease in a camp in Democratic Republic of Congo.

They were moved to an isolated army camp in the north-west last year after surrendering in the volatile east, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
They received minimal food and health supplies, some apparently surviving on crops stolen from farmers' fields.
Defence Minister Alexandre Luba Ntambo said the accusations were irresponsible
There had, he told the BBC, been problems funding the government's demobilisation programme.
"We did not purposely leave people to die," he said, adding that international donors had failed to deliver aid.
"Many ambassadors and UN staff have already visited the camp and everyone agrees that access is difficult, which is why the conditions are bad."
The UN says it is now sending teams to the area to evaluate the needs of the camp and will provide help shortly.
Numerous armed groups are still active in eastern DR Congo, despite the end of the civil war more than a decade ago. Militias are able to make money from the region's minerals, some of which are used to make mobile phones.
According to HRW, 941 fighters from various armed groups surrendered and were sent to the Kotakoli camp in September last year along with several hundred family members to await integration into military or civilian life.
This was expected to take about three months, but a year on they remain at the camp.
Supplies ran out after three months - and then getting more provisions proved difficult because the area is surrounded by dense forest and is almost inaccessible by road.
With little to eat and virtually no healthcare, many people became ill and reportedly died from malnutrition and disease.
Research by HRW at the camp in September found 42 demobilised combatants, at least five women and 57 children had died since December.
"People lost so much weight it was like you could see into their stomachs," a 44-year-old former fighter told HRW. "The children were really like skeletons,"
A 28-year-old, who had been part of an armed group in North Kivu, said that people looked like the "photos of the famine in Somalia and Ethiopia".
A father, also 28, told HRW about how his nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old daughter had become ill and died: "There was no food and I didn't have the means to find [food] for my family.
"I helplessly watched them dying."
The army commander has allowed the disarmed militia members to go into Kotakoli village to try to find food and menial work, but HRW says the remoteness of the area means there is little means of survival.
"Before more people die, the government should immediately move them to a place where they have food and healthcare and are treated with basic human decency," Ida Sawyer, a senior researcher for HRW in DR Congo, said in a statement.
She also called for the UN peacekeeping mission to play a larger role in the programme to demobilise fighters.


A man suffered severe burns in a fire believed to have been caused by an exploding halogen heater, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has said.

The property, on Rowland Drive, Caerphilly, was gutted and a dog killed in the blaze.
Four fire crews were called to the fire, which broke out at 21:00 GMT on Monday.
The man is being treated in hospital while fire officers plan to re-inspect the property on Tuesday morning.


Apple sold fewer iPhones than a year ago in the first three months of 2017, the company said in its latest results.

The California company, which is due to release a new phone later this year, said it sold 50.8 million iPhones in the period, down 1% year-on-year.
Apple reported a 4.6% rise in revenue across the whole company, slightly below analysts' expectations.
Shares in the firm fell nearly 2% in after-hours trading after earlier hitting a record high.
Apple said quarterly profits were $11bn (Â£8.5bn), up 4.9% from the same period in 2016.
Despite falling unit sales, revenue from the iPhone still climbed 1% to $33.2bn as it sold more of the bigger, more expensive iPhone 7 Plus.
This is always the least impressive time of year for Apple's earnings, come as it does after the Christmas period. But worse-than-expected iPhone sales had investors slightly unhappy after anticipation of strong earnings sent shares to record highs earlier on Tuesday.
That said, revenues are up, in part because of "robust" sales of the iPhone 7 Plus, the bigger, pricier model.
Tim Cook told investors he was also pleased with the continued growth of its Services division - that's things like Apple Music, Apple TV, iTunes and so on - but the health of Apple is only realistically measured with the success of that all-conquering smartphone.
Which is why the rest of the year will be exciting to watch.
With the iPhone's 10th anniversary upon us, expectations are high for the next device.
Anything short of a major improvement would be troubling for investors who are banking on the next iPhone being a blockbuster, not an incremental upgrade.


Scottish house prices edged up only slightly last month as activity in the market faltered, according to a survey.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) found a net balance of +8% of surveyors reported house prices rising rather than falling.
Rics said slowing price growth was evident across most of the UK.
Its UK Residential Market Survey also suggested there were fewer transactions and new instructions in Scotland in July.
Interest from new buyers in Scotland also continued to wane, with a third consecutive month of falling demand.
The survey indicated house sales declined sharply as a result of the dip in demand and an ongoing shortage of stock.
Rics chief economist Simon Rubinsohn said: "The housing market is currently balancing a raft of somewhat mixed economic news alongside the latest policy measures announced by the Bank of England, which have already begun to lower cost of mortgage finance.
"Against this backdrop, it is not altogether surprising that near-term activity measures remain relatively flat."


Manchester Royal Infirmary has shut its A&E unit after a suspected outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

The hospital said the emergency department was closed temporarily while two patients are investigated for the condition.
A spokesman said the patients had been isolated for treatment and there was "no significant risk to public health".
BBC health correspondent Dominic Hughes said it was a "big step" for a hospital to close an A&E department.
A hospital spokesman said: "Both patients have been isolated for ongoing clinical treatment and management of their condition."
Manchester Royal Infirmary's A&E department "will be closed until further notice while further investigations take place," the spokesman added.
The first Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) fatality was recorded in June 2012 in Saudi Arabia.
It is passed to people in close contact and is similar to the Sars virus.
BBC health correspondent Dominic Hughes said it was a "big step for a hospital to close an A&E" but the move would be part of its "standard infection control procedures".
He said: "Although it doesn't transfer from person to person easily it is healthcare workers who are at the greatest risk of infection."
He said Mers has been spotted in 26 countries, including in the UK in 2013, where it was detected on four occasions, resulting in three deaths.
Patients who would usually travel to the Manchester Royal Infirmary are being diverted to hospitals in South Manchester and Salford.


The evolution of western pop music, spanning from 1960 to 2010, has been analysed by scientists.

A team from Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London looked at more than 17,000 songs from the US Billboard Hot 100.
They found three music revolutions - in 1964, 1983 and 1991 - and traced the loss of blues chords from the charts, as well as the birth of disco.
The study is published in the Royal Society Open Science journal.
The team also refuted claims that pop music is starting to sound the same.
Dr Matthias Mauch, from Queen Mary University of London, said: "What is really fascinating to see is how has diversity has changed - we can measure whether the charts have become more bland.
"Many people claim music is getting worse and worse, and we didn't really find anything like that.  There is not an overall trend for the composition, the musical ingredients of the charts, to become less diverse."
The researchers looked at the different characteristics of music, including harmony, chords changes and timbres (the tonal quality of the music), and then analysed how they changed over time.
In the early 1960s, chords called dominant sevenths, found in jazz and blues started to die out.
Instead, in 1964 the invasion of British bands - from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones - introduced a radical new rocky sound.
The researchers say this was this the first of three stylistic revolutions - periods of extremely rapid change within the charts.
New technology, synthesisers, samplers and drum machines, drove a second major style shift in 1983.
The third, in 1991, came about when rap and hip-hop went mainstream.
"The third revolution is the biggest," explained Dr Mauch.
"This is so prominent in our analysis, because we looked at harmony - and rap and hip-hop don't use a lot of harmony. The emphasis is on speech sounds and rhythm.
"This was a real revolution: suddenly it was possible that you had a pop song without harmony."
The researchers say that some musical changes were slower to become embedded within the charts, but still had a big impact.
"The minor seventh chords were introduced through funk, soul and disco in the 1970s," said Dr Mauch.
"That didn't cause a revolution, but these chords were not present before - and they haven't gone away since. New songs still heavily use these chords."
The researchers found that music constantly evolved and change throughout the 50-year period.
However, there was a blip  - the introduction of arena rock in the 1980s meant that, for a while, music lacked diversity.
Dr Mauch said: "A lot of hair metal and stadium rock, like Bon Jovi and Bruce Spingsteen, came into the  charts, and they had a bigger share of the overall charts.
"But then rap and hip-hop came in. I think that hip-hop saved the charts."


A 35-year-old woman has died in police custody in Blackburn.

The woman, named in floral tributes as Kelly, was arrested on suspicion of assault in Darwen on Saturday and taken to Greenbank police station.
After she was found "unresponsive" in her cell at about 01:30 GMT on Sunday, she was taken to hospital where she later died, Lancashire Police added.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) for investigation.
Flowers were left outside the police station to the woman who is yet to be formally named by police.
A note on one of the bunches read: "To my beautiful daughter Kelly.
"Love you, will always love you.
"Will miss you greatly. Mum."
An IPCC Spokesperson said it had begun an independent investigation following the death of a woman detained by Lancashire Constabulary.
Investigators have begun to gather evidence, they added.


A deer burst through the glass doors of a supermarket and ran amok before being caught by a man shopping for medicine for his cold, local media report.

Robert Beck was shopping with his wife in the US state of Pennsylvania when they heard the commotion, he told the York Daily Record.
"Man, there's someone in here with a frickin' gun," Mr Beck, 45, recalled thinking after hearing a loud bang.
"When I seen it, it was game-on," said Mr Beck, who raises deer for meat.
When he spotted the doe running into the bakery section on Monday night, he trailed after it, then grabbed it by the neck and began leading it towards the door.
But it was spooked when it saw other customers, the newspaper reports, and kicked Mr Beck in the ribs, knocking him down.
"I think she was scared from all those people," Mr Beck said. "She was like, 'Oh my God, what the heck did I get myself into?'"
Two other shoppers, including another hunter, then came to help escort the deer back out of the front door.
Local police praised Mr Beck's response, but cautioned against the public getting involved with wild animals.
"There is too much risk of injury to the citizen," Northeastern Regional Police Chief Bryan Rizzo said.
"If the citizen is an experienced hunter or someone with experiencing wildlife then I would say they should use their own judgment," Mr Rizzo added.
"In this case, it was a hunter who had experience in handling live deer, and we are grateful for his intervention and quick thinking in getting the deer under control before the animal could injure anyone, itself or do more damage."
Mr Beck says that he raises 16 deer, which he uses for meat, and keeps them penned at home.
"My generation is a dying breed," he said. "People aren't into our lifestyle anymore. They'd rather sit at home and play a video game than enjoy the outside."


A police force criticised for its use of facial recognition software has said the law needs to change to catch up with technology.

Matt Bellamy, frontman of Muse, was among those to criticise Leicestershire Police for scanning the faces of music fans at Download festival in June.
It was done as a trial as a method of identifying known criminals.
Chief Constable Simon Cole said parliament needs to decide "what is OK or not".
"For me it's an area where technology has advanced probably quicker than legislation," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
"The Police and Criminal Evidence Act was written in the 1980s - this kind of technology existed in science fiction films at that point and now it exists in reality.
"The law needs to change to take account of that."
Matt Bellamy criticised Leicestershire Police during his band's performance at Download.
He used an expletive and referred to how the force was "scanning your faces".
Rachel Robinson, a policy officer for human rights group Liberty, said: "We really think that there's a real need for caution here.
"The police [need] to think about their relationship with their communities and the broader impact that this kind of mass surveillance can have."
The use of facial recognition technology at Download was a trial, but Leicestershire Police routinely uses the NeoFace system to compare suspect images against the 92,000 faces on the force's database.
Mr Cole said this helps them identify suspects more quickly than traditional methods.
The force's database contains faces of everyone who has been photographed in custody - including those who turn out to be innocent.
"As the law stands at the moment the Police and Criminal Evidence Act says we can keep those photos," said Mr Cole.
"At the moment it's everybody [photographed in custody] and that's one of the discussions that's ongoing, and we are involved in those discussions nationally, because parliament needs to decide whether that's OK or not."


Britain's David Smith says he could have died on his bike if he had delayed surgery on a spinal tumour to compete at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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The 37-year-old Scot was hoping to be part of the Great Britain Para-cycling team after winning rowing gold in 2012.
Smith faces a high-risk operation on 1 March and told BBC Sport: "The fight to make Rio is now a fight to stay alive.
"Sport is everything to me but there has to be a moment where I think, 'I could die on the bike.'"
He added: "If I keep pushing, the tumour is going to crush my spinal cord and I'll stop breathing."
Smith has had three rounds of surgery on the tumour, including two in 2010.
When it returned in September 2015, he planned to postpone the latest procedure.
"There was 8mm left still inside the spinal cord, so we made the decision with the surgeon to try and push to make the World Championships [in March] and get a qualifying spot for Rio," he said.
"So I took myself off to Spain to train for all of December and most of January. I had a slight crash on the bike out there, came back and had a scan on 31 January.
"The following week I was on the velodrome and had a really sharp pain go through my neck. I came off the bike and fell over. My legs gave up. I couldn't stand, couldn't walk. I was in a lot of pain.
"I went home that night and there was an email from the surgeon to say, 'look, you need to come in next week'. I knew on the train journey there that is was going to be bad news, but it was a little bit worse than I thought.
"There's a small bleed inside the tumour. That might have been caused from coming off the bike - we don't know - but there's certainly a bleed and if the bleed haemorrhages then you could die.
"So as hard as it is to let go of the dream, I've got no option really.
"The fact that the surgery is on 1 March makes it really real and from that I can see how much of an emergency it is to get in there and try to remove this tumour."
Smith is optimistic the operation will be a success and is already planning his rehabilitation, but he is aware there are no guarantees.
"This time they're going to go through my groin, through the front of the neck and potentially the back of the neck," he explained.
"There are all sorts of complications that can happen.
"The way I go into it is like going into any major competition - with the perception that it's just a challenge. But I'm a realist.
"I feel really healthy right now. So to sit and sign papers to say, 'if it doesn't go well and I don't survive this is what I want to happen with everything' was a really surreal moment.
"Everything in me is telling me to run, to jump on a plane and don't go to surgery.
"It's really hard to walk into the hospital feeling so healthy, walk to anaesthetic, get on the bed, feel the anaesthetic going in and then just close your eyes not knowing if you'll open them again, knowing that one touch of the wrong nerve could stop you breathing."
Smith was born with clubfoot and came close to having his right foot amputated at birth.
He spent three years learning to walk in special boots and plaster casts, but went on to represent Britain in able-bodied karate and bobsleigh.
Smith narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics but was later spotted by the British Paralympic Association and introduced to adaptive rowing.
Amid his battle with the spinal cord tumour, he became a world and Paralympic rowing champion before turning his attention to cycling.
"If surgery goes wrong and I wake up and I'm paralysed from the neck down and on a ventilator, I have memories, and that's the one thing that coming through this whole journey has taught me," Smith added.
"When I'm in hospital I'll think back to when I was at the start gate in a Rowing World Cup race last year and bike racing on closed roads. For me, that will be worth 10 goal medals."


The Premier League is 25 years old on 15 August 2017.

To mark this anniversary, BBC Sport has produced five features, each covering a five-year period during the last quarter of a century of the English top flight.
Each piece contains written insight, a timeline, Mark Lawrenson's team of the era, a tailored tactics board, and a stickers quiz.
Click on the links below:
Part one: A whole new world - 1992-1997
Manchester United largely dominate English football's brave new world, overcoming Eric Cantona's kung-fu antics and the theory that you "can't win anything with kids". Newcastle's Kevin Keegan would "love to beat them" but only Blackburn manage to do so. Jurgen Klinsmann leads the foreign player invasion and dives his way into Tottenham hearts.
Part two: Arsene who? - 1997-2002
Frenchman Arsene Wenger revolutionises Arsenal - who become the first consistent challenger to Manchester United's dominance - and becomes the figurehead for a new professionalism in the English game. Clubs increasingly shop abroad, for better and worse, and Paolo di Canio goes from referee-shoving villain to ball-catching sporting hero.
Part three: The oligarchs - 2002-2007
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and self-anointed 'Special One' Jose Mourinho propel Chelsea into the annual title mix, and Arsenal make themselves invincible but have a small issue with a penalty. Wayne Rooney introduces himself to the world and Delia Smith asks the Norwich fans: "Where are you?"
Part four: When the Premier League ruled the world - 2007-2012
English clubs dominate pitches across Europe and television screens across the world, the £50m transfer barrier is broken, Sir Alex Ferguson builds another dominant side but also has to deal with some newly minted "noisy neighbours" and their new superstar Sergio Aguerooooooooo!
Part five: New challenges - 2012-2017
Ferguson bows out in style at Manchester United, who suffer a prolonged hangover, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard has a costly slip-up, Mourinho makes a whistle-stop return to Chelsea before settling at Old Trafford and Leicester City overcome the odds in stunning fashion. With European trophies heading to Spain and Germany, England's big boys make good use of their TV goldmine.


President Donald Trump brought with him to Jerusalem most of his top advisers, dozens of vehicles and his own helicopters.

The White House booked the entire King David Hotel for the president and his entourage. The Israeli and Palestinian authorities cleared the main roads of Jerusalem and Bethlehem for the movements of his armed and mighty motorcade.
In recent times every American president also brings with him new hopes and fears for Israelis and Palestinians.
I sat in a huge auditorium at Cairo University in 2009, listening to President Barack Obama trying to re-set relations with Arabs and Muslims. In the process he alienated Israelis and its leaders never forgave him. His first act as president was to appoint a Middle East envoy whose peace mission, in the end, failed.
President George W Bush sponsored a peace conference in Annapolis in 2007, which for a while was hailed, in vain, as a major step towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
President Bill Clinton presided over the moment in 1993 at the White House when Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin exchanged a historic handshake and signed the Oslo peace agreement. At the end of his presidency in 2000, a make or break summit failed and was followed by years of violence and unrest.
Now President Trump, who sees himself as the world's best dealmaker, says he would like to pull off the world's toughest deal.
After the first leg of his trip in Saudi Arabia, President Trump seems to hope that Sunni Arab countries might be part of any solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Without doubt the Saudis and the Israelis are talking, because Iran is their shared enemy. But the Saudis have had their own Arab peace plan on the table for the last 15 years, offering full peace and recognition of Israel in return for the establishment of a Palestinian state on the entire territory of the West Bank and Gaza with its capital in East Jerusalem.
That is something the current Israeli government is not prepared to concede.
In all the speeches President Trump made during the trip there was no detail about how he might succeed when so many others have failed. So signs and symbols and implicit messages are being pored over for meaning.
Mr Trump became the first serving American president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest place where Jews can pray. That is being taken as support for Israel.
The wall is in East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed after it was captured 50 years ago and which most of the world outside Israel regards as occupied land.
Some will interpret the fact that the president declined the Israeli prime minister's request to accompany him as a sign of support for the status quo view that it is occupied territory.
In his final speech, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, President Trump also identified himself, his administration and the United States four-square with Israel.
He repeated, to lots of applause, that he would never let Iran have nuclear weapons. Israel has a substantial and officially undeclared nuclear arsenal.
One pointer to a potential difference with Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu came at the museum. In his opening remarks, Mr Netanyahu said that if the bomber in Manchester was Palestinian, and his victims were Israelis, the Palestinian Authority would be paying a stipend to his family.
He was referring to a Palestinian Martyrs' fund. It pays pensions to people it regards as victims of the occupation, including the families of individuals who have been killed attacking Israelis.  There is also a fund to support Palestinians who have been imprisoned by Israel. The Palestinians have compared the payments to the salaries Israel pays to soldiers.
President Trump, in his speech, did not pick up the cue.
After making many warm remarks about Israel, which earned him standing ovations, he said he believed that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, was serious about making peace.
Senior Israeli politicians and officials in the room disagree. Prime Minister Netanyahu said earlier this year that President Abbas lied to Donald Trump when they met in the White House.
That is an important disagreement. If President Trump's hopes ever become negotiations about substance he will find that there are many others. The two sides are far apart on the main issues, like the future of east Jerusalem, the borders of a Palestinian state and the fate of Palestinian refugees.
Mr Trump is right on one point. This is a conflict that badly needs settling. If that is not possible, there needs to be political progress. History shows that bloodshed tends to fill the void left by the absence of hope.


Essen's proud industrial heritage looms large across the acres of land occupied by Zollverein mining museum.

There were once hundreds of coal mines in Germany's Ruhr valley. Zollverein's vast steel and brick coal processing facilities have been preserved as a reminder of that sooty, grimy past.
Tour guide Frank Switala is passionate about this place. His grandfather worked underground here for more than 40 years and, at its height, the mine employed some 8,000 people.
"It produced 12,000 tonnes of ready-to-sell coal every day," he explains.
But by the time Frank was ready to begin work, in the 1980s, the mine and many others in the area had closed down and jobs and opportunities were scarce.
The legacy of that decline has left Essen divided.
The south of the city has swapped industry for glass and steel office blocks and conference centres. The north remains poorer, unemployment is higher and rents are lower, making its traditional working class neighbourhoods a magnet for migrants and refugees.
The government-funded BFZ vocational training centre in Essen was set up in response to the closure of the mines.
Today refugees are among those who attend classes teaching everything from German language to catering and car mechanics.
Kassam, a 29-year-old from Syria, is learning German at the centre. He was among the hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in Germany last summer and he is grateful for the support he is receiving and conscious of the challenges.
"When I came to Germany, I just wanted to live in peace," he says.
"We need a long time to connect with German people, we have another culture. I'm an engineer. I hope to find a job here. Our problem is with German language - it's very difficult to learn this language."
Essen has a problem too. The city has received 16,000 refugees, double the number it was officially allocated by the German government, which had tried to distribute the new arrivals across the country. Last year, simply housing and health care for the refugees cost the city 130m euros.
Silke Lens is spokesperson for Essen's mayor, who is from Chancellor Merkel's right of centre CDU party.
She says only half the actual costs have been paid by the national government. And now, the authorities are limiting the number of refugees who can stay in the city.
"The government in Berlin has set up a new integration law. With this, we have a new residency restriction;" she tells me.
"If refugees come from other communities and they have no job, they have to move back to the city [they were originally] assigned."
There is a long-established Arab community in north Essen and Ahmed Mehdi from the Syrian German Association says they have helped around 500 of the newest arrivals.
He objects to the relocation law, arguing that it is cruel to force people, especially refugees, to live in particular places.
"They have backgrounds of trauma, especially from the conflict in Syria, they seek security and a safe place and the law's doing the total opposite...making them travel around the country again."
German compassion has been tested by the refugee crisis. The costs and public fears about integration and security, have left politicians with little choice but to take a harder line.
There is also a growing political factor.  The far right, anti-immigrant, anti-Islam, Alternative fÃ¼r Deutschland (AfD) has been winning votes in regional elections across Germany.
Stefan Keuter leads the party in Essen. He rejects the idea that most of the people who have come to Germany are refugees, he simply calls them migrants.
The party taps into voters' fears about the refugees and the impact of Islam on Germany.
"Angela Merkel and parties like the CDU, didn't ask the population if they are willing to make these changes and they didn't ask people if they want to help or to change (what it's like) to live in Germany," Mr Keuter tells me.
Germans will not say what they really think because of their history, he argues.
"If you talk about these problems, people probably describe you as a Nazi - but this is not true.
"We have a very big problem with political correctness in Germany. There's a big difference between national pride and nationalism and I think it's very important that you have a cultural identity and that you feel hope in a country, this has nothing to do with nationalism."
Until now, Germany's history has made any dalliance with nationalism a toxic political idea. But that may be changing.
In a city like Essen, which has experienced industrial decline, the AfD hopes to win votes from the left and right. It has already persuaded one local politician to change parties.
The real test will come next year, with elections for Germany's parliament.
Fear of globalisation and immigration has galvanised voters in America and in European countries to switch political allegiance.
Will Germany, ever mindful of its past, be immune from the allure of the populists?


An 18-year-old woman has died after being found unconscious in an Edinburgh flat at the weekend.

The teenager was found at a property in Taylor Place on Sunday.
Police said her death was being treated as unexplained pending further investigations.
A bomb disposal team had been called to the scene after the woman was found to deal with items "requiring further examination". The items are not believed to be linked to the death.


The Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten has long been a hot spot for aviation enthusiasts.

Princess Juliana International Airport is just metres from the beach, giving beachgoers the chance to watch planes take off.
But a New Zealand woman died after being thrown backwards by the force of a jet engine.
BBC News website readers who have visited the island share what it is like to experience jet engine blasts overhead.
The man who takes a plane to work every day
Air Canada flight nearly lands on crowded San Francisco taxiway
Rebecca Wood and her husband visited the island two years ago with their then 10-month-old baby.
"As a plane enthusiast, I was very excited to visit the famous Maho beach.
"We did watch the planes from the recommended safe distance, from which the force of the blast was enough to make me unsteady on my feet."
Dave Lappin, who visited with his family in 2016 intended to stand by the fence to experience the jet blast.
"I even devised a system of belts and ropes to help me hold onto the fence," he said. "I also brought a bicycle helmet and work gloves to wear for protection.
"But after speaking to a neighbour with aviation experience, he said 'Don't do it!' and I took his advice."
Gabriela Fontana, who is a member of an Italian plane spotting association, holidayed in Sint Maarten last April.
"I saw hundreds of people there, a lot of them up by the fence."
Despite a warning sign reading "danger" by the fence, Gabriela said she noticed some people had climbed over.
Paul Mueller, from Houston, Texas, added: "There are signs all over the place that warn people not to try to cling to the fence during takeoffs but a lot of people do it anyway."
"A few years ago, I saw a woman lose her grip and get blown across the busy road that separates the airport from the beach.
"She narrowly escaped smashing her head on a curb," Mr Mueller continued.
Tony from Birmingham, UK says the beach is not to blame.
He was in the area in January: "The beach and the island are fantastic, most welcoming. Maho Beach - also known as Jet Beach - is a terrific attraction.
"There are numerous signs warning of the risk. Do not blame the island, please."
Michael Willcocks, from Wokingham, UK agrees: "I feel for the family but hope the Sint Maarten government does not change anything on the beach."
"It's a great place to visit if you ever get the chance. I was there in March this year with family. We sat on the wall next to the end of the runway near the bar and had plenty of jet wash.
"But people are crazy to try and stand behind a large jet when it powers up for take off - the signs do warn of the danger."
However, some believe the danger posed means that area of the beach, frequented by aviation enthusiasts, should be closed down.
"My experience in the US Air Force and being around jets gave me the know-how and common sense to stay away from that part of the beach," Mario from Philadelphia, US said.
"That area should be closed and not be made into a tourist attraction, signs do not deter and the curious are always going to be there.
"It saddens me that something like this has happened."
By the UGC and Social News team


One of the historic Lewis Chessmen has been recreated on a larger scale using more than 90,000 Lego bricks.

Artist Warren Elsmore led a team, which included volunteers, in building the 6ft 6in (2m) version of the piece known as the Berserker.
The Lego model will be on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh until 24 March.
The chessmen are thought to have been made in Scandinavia, possibly Norway, in about AD1150-1200.
The 93 figures were found buried in a sand dune near Uig on the west coast of Lewis in the 1800s.


The fault which led to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge could not have been reasonably foreseen, experts have told MSPs.

Holyrood's Infrastructure Committee has heard a seized pin caused the crack which led to the shutdown of the bridge for almost three weeks in December.
MSPs heard that the response to the fault by the bridge's operator was "entirely appropriate".
And efforts to repair and reopen the bridge were described as "remarkable".
The bridge reopened to all vehicles except HGVs on 23 December - almost two weeks ahead of schedule.
The committee took evidence from experts who have managed other bridges around the UK as it continued its inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the closure.
Peter Hill, bridgemaster of the Humber Bridge, said: "I can only say, knowing the competencies of the team under Barry Colford (former Forth Road Bridge bridgemaster), I can't see that this incident could have been otherwise determined or pre-warned in any other practical way.
"As to the subsequent actions of the team that are now looking after the bridge and reacting to this emergency, it seems to have been entirely appropriate."
Richard Fish, an independent engineering consultant, said the cause of the fault would have been very difficult to predict.
And he said he would not question the decision to close the bridge, which he said had to be governed by public safety.
John Evans, a consultant for civil and structural engineering firm Flint and Neill, described the efforts to reopen the bridge as a "remarkable achievement".
He added: "I don't think you would have foreseen what the particular failure was, but the idea of having contingency measures in place for when something catastrophic happens might be looked at in the future."
Mr Evans said such measures could include pre-planned diversion routes.


Smoky of voice and sultry of photo, Dua Lipa looks and sounds like a pop star in waiting.

Born in London to Kosovar-Albanian parents, she was raised on Bowie and Dylan - but the first album she bought was by Canadian pop magpie Nelly Furtado.
"I remember knowing every single one of the lyrics on that album before I hit year one at school," she recalls. "I was obsessed."
As a child, Lipa attended the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School until, aged 13, her father's job took the family back to Kosovo.
She lasted two years before persuading her parents to let her leave home to pursue a singing career in London. Living with friends, she worked in restaurants and clubs to make ends meet - the darker side of London's nightlife inspiring her early lyrics.
Her first original songs were uploaded to SoundCloud in 2012, drawing the attention of Lana Del Rey's managers, who signed her up and sent her for two years of intensive recording sessions.
The result is an off-kilter, it-girl sound, powered by Lipa's deep, resonant voice. It won her a place on the BBC's Sound of 2016 longlist; while her recent single Be The One crept into iTunes charts around the world.
The 20-year-old's new single, Last Dance, premiered on BBC Radio 1 on Monday night, accompanied by a surreal, magical video filmed in California's rainforests.
Lipa talked to the BBC about the "terror" of making the video, her unusual upbringing, and a disappointing encounter with movie star Channing Tatum.
What was the first instrument you picked up?
Right, well... I decided, crazily, to take up the cello when I was in primary school. I really enjoyed it but I used to be really small. I would be carrying this massive cello on my back and it would either whack me on the top of my head or the backs of my legs. It was a real health hazard. So I gave it up.
And you were doing stage school at the weekend. Is it more like Glee or Whiplash?
You've got so many people with their script in their hand, warming up or running around practising tap in the hallways. There's a whole energy about it, but I couldn't imagine going to the full-time school.
Did you fit in?
When I was in primary school I was told I couldn't sing because I couldn't reach the high notes. That put me down a bit - but when my parents took me to Sylvia Young and I was told I could sing, it helped my confidence. But I could still never get to the top group because I wasn't musical theatre enough. Which I am really grateful for - because I've been able to keep my own voice rather than becoming very Broadway and jazz hands.
Your dad sent a tweet on your 20th birthday that read: "You've been a roller coaster of a teenager. Glad it's over." Were you a troublemaker?
I guess it was scary for them when I moved out of home at 15. But for me, it was the best time of my life!
I could barely make a Pot Noodle at that age. How did you look after yourself?
Cooking wasn't really an issue. It was cleaning and tidying my room. I'd take my clothes, stuff them in a cupboard and buy new ones until my mum came over. The day before I'd be doing six washes in one day.
How did you support yourself?
When I was 15, my parents gave me an allowance, but when I was 16 I started working as a nightclub hostess, then in a restaurant. I walked Channing Tatum and his wife to a table once. Good times!
Did you try to "accidentally" lose Mrs Tatum?
No! It was a bit of a let-down anyway. He's way hotter in the films.
Your first demo, Lions and Tigers and Bears, is still up on Soundcloud. Why do you keep it there?
Oh God! I don't know. I don't think much of it really makes sense. But that was my first piece of original work.
It's clear from the songs we've heard so far that you have two loves - hip-hop and pop.
I always wanted to combine them - I just didn't know how. I didn't want to rap in any of my songs but the beats are bass heavy like you would find in hip-hop, and I have that rapper's flow in the verses, singing the rap, then you've got the big pop chorus.
It is very noticeable that you sing in a lower register than most pop singers. Did you find producers and writers tried to push you towards those higher notes?
Sometimes but, for me, it's more interesting in the lower range. It sounds more conversational.
How did Last Dance come about?
I wrote that in Toronto. It was the third session of the day and I was like, "I'm so tired, I'm homesick and I miss my bed" and that's what I wrote about.
When I left I was like, "I don't know how I feel about this song". Then I had the finished version sent over to me and I was like, "Oh my God, I love it!"
It was the song where we figured out what my sound was going to be - the beat, the darkness, the lyrics, the pop chorus. It's the one I would take to new producers and say: "Right, this my sound."
When did this happen?
This was October 2014.
Really? You've been waiting a year and a half? Didn't that drive you crazy?
Yes! But we wanted to have the album ready before we put anything out, so we could plan and film the videos. It's been a long time.
I believe you've got the next single ready, too.
Yes! My whole life is planned for me! It's called Hotter Than Hell, which is about a really horrible relationship - one that went off the rails. It was really bruising my ego, and making me feel like I wasn't worth it. I was heartbroken, but I started to write about that time and I felt I had a lot to say.
How many songs did you record altogether?
Recorded and written? About 130 songs over a year and a half, but only about 25 we were really excited about, and 12 on the album.
I read an interview last summer where you said Be The One was "going to be an internet-only thing" but it's charted all over the world.
It's number three in Germany! It's crazy! It was supposed to be an introductory thing but it just got such a great response. I didn't expect it.
The video is just you goofing around in LA. You even get tattoos in one shot. Was that for real?
Yeah, it's a design by [US graffiti artist] Keith Haring. I paid for it myself. My parents went a bit crazy because it's on my thumbs. But I don't plan on getting a job at the bank.
The Last Dance video is a much bigger affair, though...
Yeah, we shot it in the rainforests in California. It starts off with me going into this crazy weird bath and ending coming out of a lake. We filmed it in December and I had to fall backwards into this lake in the tiniest dress. It was absolutely freezing.
[She pulls out her phone and plays rushes from the video shoot]
You look really scared.
I was terrified. I couldn't breathe!
How long did it take you to warm up afterwards?
The second I came out there were people with blankets carrying me, and we had loads of heaters all around. It was about 20 minutes until I got into proper clothes.
Whisky or Hot Chocolate?
Both.


Pine Island Glacier (PIG), the longest and fastest flowing glacier in the Antarctic, has spawned a huge iceberg.

The block measures about 720 sq km in area - roughly eight times the size of Manhattan Island in New York.
Scientists have been waiting for the PIG to calve since October 2011 when they first noticed a spectacular crack spreading across its surface.
Confirmation that the fissure had extended the full width of the glacier was obtained on Monday.
It was seen by the German TerraSAR-X satellite.
This carries a radar instrument that can detect the surface of the ice stream even though the Antarctic is currently in the grip of winter darkness.
The berg that broke away was part of the PIG's ice shelf - the front segment of the glacier that lifts up and floats as it pushes out into the ocean. The shelf will reach tens of km beyond the grounding line.
German researchers have been receiving images from TerraSAR-X every three days or so, hoping to understand better the processes that drive the glacier forward and prompt it to fracture.
This will help them improve the computer models that are used to forecast future changes in the Antarctic.
"We were very keen to see how the crack propagated," said Prof Angelika Humbert, a glaciologist with the Alfred Wegener Institute.
"We need proper calving laws, to be able to describe the evolution of ice sheets over centuries," she told BBC News.
Very big tabular bergs will come off the end of the ice shelf every 6-10 years. Previous notable events occurred in 2007 and 2001.
It is a very natural process and scientists say it should not be tied directly to the very real climate changes that are also affecting this part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Satellite and airborne measurements have recorded a marked thinning and a surge in velocity of the PIG in recent decades.
This has been attributed in part to warmer waters getting under, and melting, the ice shelf. The PIG's grounding line has pulled back further and further towards the land.
The glacier's behaviour means it is now under close scrutiny, not least because it drains something like 10% of all the ice flowing off the west of the continent.
"The PIG is the most rapidly shrinking glacier on the planet," explained Prof David Vaughan from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
"It's losing more ice than any other glacier on the planet, and it's contributing to sea level rise faster than any other glacier on the planet. That makes it worthy of study."
BAS has recently deployed a series of instrumented "javelins" along the PIG to monitor its movement.
When the big crack propagating across the 30km width of the PIG was first photographed in 2011 by a Nasa airborne expedition, many assumed the moment of final calving would come quite quickly.
That it took almost two years for the tabular berg to break away is something of a surprise, concedes Prof Humbert.
What should not be a surprise, she says, is that it has occurred in deep winter when the ocean is covered in sea-ice. This relatively thin covering would always be overwhelmed by the internal stresses in the massive ice shelf.
What will be interesting now, she adds, is to see how long it takes for the berg to move out of the bay in front of it.  It could take several months. TerraSAR-X will provide the tell-tale data.
The world's largest recorded iceberg was the tabular block that became known as B-15.
When it broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in 2001, it had a surface area of about 11,000 sq km. It took years to melt away as it moved out into the Southern Ocean.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos


A key route into the UK for children caught up in Europe's migrant crisis is to close after a total of 350 arrivals.

In a written ministerial statement, the Home Office said it would stop receiving children via the so-called Dubs amendment at the end of March.
The law, designed by peer and former refugee Lord Dubs, aimed to help some of the estimated 90,000 unaccompanied migrant children across Europe.
The peer has accused ministers of a "shameful" decision.
A legal challenge on how the government has handled the legal commitment will go ahead on Friday.
Ministers accepted the Dubs amendment last year after months of pressure from campaigners and members of the public to take children from the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais.
The amendment to the Immigration Act 2016 required the home secretary to bring a specified number of unaccompanied refugee children to the UK after consultation with local authorities. While there was no target number written into the legislation Lord Dubs and his supporters had suggested the UK could help 3,000 of the most vulnerable.
In Wednesday's statement, Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill said 200 had already arrived and a further 150 children would follow before the end of March, filling the available places offered by local authorities.
A further 700 unaccompanied children had arrived in the UK under separate EU-wide rules designed to reunite families.
Separately, the UK has settled 4,400 individuals directly from Middle East camps under an international programme to help displaced Syrians, half of whom are children.
Responding to the decision, Lord Dubs said: "Britain has a proud history of welcoming refugees. At a time when Donald Trump is banning refugees from America, it would be shameful if the UK followed suit by closing down this route to sanctuary for unaccompanied children just months after it was opened."
"During the Kindertransport, Sir Nicky Winton rescued 669 children from Nazi persecution virtually single-handedly. I was one of those lucky ones. It would be a terrible betrayal of his legacy if as a country we were unable to do more than this to help a new generation of child refugees.
"I urge the prime minister to show leadership by continuing and building on this programme, not shutting the door to some of the most vulnerable refugee children."
Ministers say that the UK has been at the "forefront" of the international response to the Syria crisis, pledging more than Â£2.3bn in aid, the UK's largest ever spend on a single catastrophe.
Help Refugees, one of the British charities working in France, had already launched legal action against the government's handling of Dubs. Its judicial review, which will be heard on Friday, argues that ministers failed to consult local authorities properly about how many unaccompanied children could be housed.
Senior Church of England clergy have condemned the decision. The Bishop of Croydon, the Rt Revd Jonathan Clark, who has been involved with the church's efforts to welcome child migrants, said the government was "in effect helping the trafficking industry".
He said: "The Dubs amendment, as Alf Dubs originally put it forward, proposed a commitment to 3,000 children and ministers signalled that the Government would abide by the spirit of the original amendment. There is a huge question over how about 400 is in the spirit of 3,000."


Ryan Christie agreed a "dream" four-year contract with Celtic and immediately returned to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a season's loan.

The 20-year-old was given permission to discuss personal terms with Celtic after they made a further approach after an initial £500,000 offer.
Celtic have the option to recall the midfielder in January.
"I'm buzzing to be honest," he said. "I've been a supporter all my life, something I got from my dad."
Father Charlie, a former Inverness midfielder and manager, also had a spell at Celtic Park.
"It has been a pretty crazy 24 hours to get it all done and dusted, but to finally put pen to paper is an incredible feeling," his son told Celtic's website.
"I was first told at the weekend that there was interest. You never know how much to believe in that, but as soon as I was told I had permission to speak to the club I was over the moon and just desperate to get it finished.
"It might sound a bit sad saying it's a dream come true, but it really is and it will be brilliant to play at a place like Celtic Park."
"It's a chance for me. It's going to be tough, it's going to be a challenge, but it's one I want."
Christie came through the youth ranks at Caledonian Stadium, became a first-team regular last season and is pleased to return there on loan.
"It gives me that wee bit of time to get settled and get ready so that when I come back to Celtic I hit the ground running," said the Scotland Under-21 international.
"I know it's going to be a step up, but I have to challenge myself and I wouldn't have signed if I didn't think I was up for that challenge.
"There are a lot of targets we're trying to hit at Inverness so that's my short-term plan.
"John Hughes has been superb. I don't know if him being an ex-Celtic player has helped, but he had a word in my ear before Saturday's game just to put it at the back of my head, but he's had nothing but support for me since it broke."


A prototype 3D-printed robotic hand is this year's UK winner of the James Dyson Award.

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Open Bionics says its device can be made faster and more cheaply than current alternatives.
It intends to launch a service next year that will 3D-scan amputees and then build and fit them with a custom-fitted socket and hand for about Â£2,000.
Olly McBride showed the BBC's North America technology reporter Dave Lee how its current prototype works.


Hearts' hopes of catching Aberdeen in second place suffered a major blow as Lionel Ainsworth's first-half winner lifted Motherwell back into fourth.

Ainsworth fired home diagonally from the edge of the box and it proved to be the only goal at Fir Park.
Jamie Walker, Prince Buaben and Arnaud Djoum wasted chances for the lacklustre visitors, who remain eight points behind the Dons with four games left.
Louis Moult and Scott McDonald might have added further goals for the hosts.
But Moult hit the post in the second half and McDonald blasted a golden opportunity over the bar.
Hearts, who have now not won at Fir Park in their last seven attempts, tried to spark a late fightback and Callum Paterson's volley was well saved by Craig Samson.
But they could not find a way past a defiant Motherwell, who restored a one-point advantage over St Johnstone.
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The last time the two sides met, Hearts put six past the Steelmen with no reply at Tynecastle in January.
What a difference a few months make.
It started with all the tempo and passion of a midweek training match - surprising, given that the two sides faced up in fine form.
Motherwell dominated the early possession but the passing was pretty poor and the chances rare.
The visitors broke out occasionally and had a couple of speculative efforts from Walker and Buaben but neither shot really troubled Samson, who had stepped in to replace the unwell Connor Ripley.
But just as the game was beginning to spiral into complete mediocrity and the home fans were bemoaning a missed opportunity from Chris Cadden, Scott McDonald laid the ball off to Ainsworth, who smashed the ball low past Neil Alexander from just inside the box.
It was probably deserved on the run of play and it was a goal that sparked some much-needed life into the encounter in general.
Hearts pushed on and looked to take the game to the hosts but despite some neat link-up play involving Djoum and Sam Nicholson, they could not breach a fairly sturdy Motherwell defence.
But Mark McGhee's side started the second half with drive and determination and Moult passed up a golden chance to make it two after a slack pass from Paterson in the Hearts defence.
On the hour Moult had an even better chance to double the lead when he found himself through on goal just inside the box, but he looked on in despair as his low shot smashed off the post and away to safety.
It was an expression shared by his team-mate McDonald moments later when he also found himself through on goal and uncharacteristically smashed the ball high over the bar.
Hearts pinned Motherwell back near the end but it was all huff and puff and Motherwell held out for a well deserved win.


An ex-soldier who stopped a neo-Nazi beheading a Flintshire shopper with a hammer and a machete says he is still haunted by the savage attack.

Zack Davies, 26, tried to kill dentist Dr Sarandev Bhambra, 25, in revenge for the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
The racially motivated attack happened in Tesco in Mold in January and earlier this month Davies was jailed for life.
Speaking for the first time since the attack, Peter Fuller, 44, said it was "like something out of a horror movie".
"I will think about what happened for the rest of my life," he said.
"That's the image I still have in my head every night - him running towards me with the machete raised and dripping blood.
"It is like something out of a horror movie."
Mr Fuller spoke out about the ordeal before accepting an award for outstanding bravery from the Pride of Britain Awards.
Mr Fuller said he heard Davies shout "remember Lee Rigby".
"Initially I just thought it was kids larking about but then as I moved about four paces I saw a man on the floor surrounded by blood and the guy standing over him and hitting with a hammer," he said.
"I decided then that there was no way I was backing away.
"There was no-one else around me, they were all running and screaming, so I moved to one side to let Mr Bhambra run past and then I moved into the middle of the aisle and made myself as big as possible.
"I started shouting at the guy that what he was doing was madness and that I was ex-Forces. I made it clear that he was either going to have to go through me or he was going to stop."
During the trial, Gareth Preston, senior prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales, said: "Such was the level of violence involved that, were it not for the extremely courageous actions of ex-serviceman Peter Fuller, this offence could have become an act of murder."
Mr Fuller will be honoured at the Daily Mirror's Pride of Britain ceremony at London's Grosvenor House on Monday night.


Two homes in Greater Manchester have been flooded 11 times in the space of just over a month.

10 February 2016 Last updated at 06:53 GMT
The properties in Bolton have suffered due to drainage problems in nearby land owned by water company United Utilities, and broken culverts under the ground.
The problems first began during the deluge that hit many parts of the region over Christmas.
United Utilities has apologised to the residents and repairs are under way.
Stuart Flinders from BBC North West Tonight reports.


Russia tried to hijack the US election through "propaganda on steroids", says a Democratic senator investigating alleged Kremlin political meddling.

As the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing opened, its Republican chairman also warned: "We are all targets of a sophisticated and capable adversary."
US intelligence agencies believe Russia tried to help Donald Trump win in November by damaging Hillary Clinton.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin again flatly denied the allegations.
In the committee's opening remarks, ranking Democrat Mark Warner said "Russia sought to hijack our democratic process" by employing a disinformation campaign on social media.
He described it as "Russian propaganda on steroids... designed to poison the national conversation in America".
Mr Warner said Thursday's session would examine how Russia may have used technology to spread disinformation in the US, including the possible generation of fake news for voters in key states, such as Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Embarrassing "stolen information" was released through websites such as Wikileaks, Mr Warner said, to "cause maximum damage to one candidate" - Hillary Clinton.
"They did this with an unprecedented level of sophistication," he said.
Senator Marco Rubio told the panel that members of his former presidential campaign staff were unsuccessfully targeted by unknown Russian web addresses as recently as Wednesday.
Mr Rubio's campaign staff had previously been targeted in July 2016.
The lawmakers also suggested Russian influence may have affected Britain's Brexit vote last year, and warned that forthcoming elections in France and Germany were the Kremlin's next targets.
Committee chairman Richard Burr, a Republican, said "if we politicise this, our efforts will likely fail".
But Clinton Watts, a homeland security expert testifying before the committee, said the Russians had successfully exploited US political divisions.
"They win because they play both sides," he said.
Mr Watts said pro-Russian social media accounts continue to tweet at President Trump during times they know he is online, hoping he will read and cite fake news reports.
He also testified that several Russians tied to the investigation had been killed in recent months in Russia and in Western countries, adding "follow the dead bodies".
Former National Security Agency director Keith Alexander also testified on Thursday, saying that Russia was attempting to drive a wedge between US political parties and "destroy our unity".
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, is to appear next week before the committee.
In a joint press conference earlier this week, both Mr Burr and Mr Warner pledged not to shy away from the truth.
When asked if he had seen any links between Mr Trump and Russian interference, Mr Burr said: "We know that our challenge is to answer that question for the American people."
He also said that there had been "conversations" about interviewing Michael Flynn - who was sacked by Mr Trump as national security adviser for misleading the vice-president over his contacts with the Russian ambassador - but his appearance is not confirmed.
The Trump presidency has been unable to shake off allegations that members of its team colluded with Russian officials during the election campaign.
The president regularly dismisses the claims as "fake news" and Russia has also ridiculed the allegations.
President Putin did so again on Thursday at an Arctic forum, describing them as "nonsense" and "irresponsible".
He also said he would also like to meet President Trump at an Arctic nations summit in Finland in May.
Mr Burr was a security adviser to the Trump campaign but insists he remains objective.
Another congressional inquiry into the matter, by the House Intelligence Committee, has been beset by partisan disputes.
Ranking Democrat Adam Schiff has called on panel chairman Devin Nunes to remove himself, after accusing him of colluding with the White House.
Last week, Mr Nunes went straight to the White House after hearing allegations about surveillance of Mr Trump's team, rather than sharing them with Democratic colleagues on the panel.
He later apologised but insists he remains an objective chairman and will not step down.
As well as the two houses of Congress, the FBI is investigating the matter.


Airdrieonians missed out on a chance of promotion, despite beating Ayr United in Scottish League One.

Stranraer's win over Cowdenbeath prevented Airdrie joining Ayr and Peterhead in the promotion play-offs.
Alan Lithgow opened the scoring from close range early on before Dylan Mackin fired into the top corner for the visitors' second.
Sean Crighton added gloss to the scoreline in the second half and Ayr will face Peterhead in the play-offs.


An ice cream van was set alight as children were being served at a picnic spot, its owner said.

Iain O'Hara was at Keepers Pond, Blaenavon, at 12:30 BST on 5 June, when fire lighters were pushed into the back wheel and set alight.
He filmed the blaze and put footage on Facebook in order to try and catch the culprit.
Gwent Police has appealed for information about the incident.
Mr O'Hara from Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent, said he was warned by customers that the van was on fire and managed to escape unharmed.
While he is still able to use it, Mr O'Hara said paintwork has been damaged and he must buy new parts for machinery.
"If a compressor had gone up, myself and whoever I was serving could have been seriously injured or killed," he said.


A cat that went missing 8 years ago has been reunited with it's owner in Devon.

17 February 2015 Last updated at 15:52 GMT
Malcolm disappeared when he was just three. Since then his owners have moved house and left the area.
But, having decided to move back - they have been brought back together with their old pet.
Except he's a little bigger than when he left - Martin explains more...


More than 3,300 people died from drug poisoning in 2014 in England and Wales, the highest figure since modern records began in 1993, the Office for National Statistics says.

According to its latest report, two thirds involved illegal drugs.
Cocaine-related deaths rose to 247 - up from 169 in 2013, while deaths from heroin and/or morphine increased by 579 to 952 between 2012 and 2014.
The Department of Health said any drug-related death was a tragedy.
But while in England there was a 17% rise in the drug misuse mortality rate in 2014, up to 39.7 per million head of population, in Wales the rate fell by 16% to 39 deaths per million, the lowest since 2006.
The number of people dying from drugs misuse in Wales fell by 20% to 168 last year, down from 208 recorded deaths in 2013.
Legal drugs which were misused and associated with deaths during this period include Tramadol, linked to 240 cases, codeine, which was associated with 136, and Diazepam, linked to 258.
Of the 3,346 drug poisoning deaths registered in 2014, illegal drugs were involved with 2,248 cases.
Males were more than 2.5 times more likely to die from drug misuse than females, the report says.
People aged 40 to 49 had the highest mortality rate from drug misuse - 88.4 deaths per million population - followed by people aged 30 to 39 - 87.9 deaths per million.
As in previous years, the majority were males, with 2,246 deaths compared with 1,100 female deaths.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "Although we are seeing fewer people year on year using heroin, in particular young people, any death related to drugs is a tragedy.
"Our drugs strategy is about helping people get off drugs and stay off them for good, and we will continue to help local authorities give tailored treatment to users."
Rosanna O'Connor, director of Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco at Public Health England said the latest rise in deaths caused by heroin use was of "great concern".
She added: "The increased global availability and purity of heroin is clearly having an impact in England.
"Fewer people are using heroin but the harms are increasingly concentrated among older, more vulnerable users and those not recently in touch with their local drug treatment services.
"Reassuringly, overall drug use has also declined and treatment services have helped many people to recover but these figures show the need for an enhanced effort."
The BBC's home affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw, says that while there is plenty of coverage of the use of nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas, the number of deaths from the use of that drug remains in single figures and is dwarfed by heroin and cocaine deaths.
The news comes after it was revealed last month that the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland has risen to its highest level since records began.
The National Records of Scotland report said 613 people died as a result of drugs in 2014.


Goals from Elias Kachunga and Nahki Wells sent Huddersfield back to the top of the Championship as they beat Rotherham, who slipped to the bottom.

Kachunga gave his side an early lead when he poked in from close range after sustained pressure from the Terriers.
Rotherham equalised through Danny Ward's volley, but Wells' shot restored the hosts' advantage before the break.
Huddersfield were rarely tested after half-time as they went two points clear of Norwich City at the summit.
Tom Adeyemi did come close to drawing Rotherham level for a second time when he headed wide at the back post late on, but the visitors managed only one shot on target throughout the game.
The Millers are now without a win in six league games, having conceded 24 goals this season, four more than any other team.
Huddersfield, meanwhile, have won seven of their opening 10 games, but could fall to second if Norwich beat Newcastle at St James' Park on Wednesday.
Match ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Rotherham United 1.
Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 2, Rotherham United 1.
Jack Payne (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United).
Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Anthony Forde (Rotherham United).
Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United).
Substitution, Rotherham United. Greg Halford replaces Tom Adeyemi.
Attempt missed. Tom Adeyemi (Rotherham United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jon Gorenc Stankovic replaces Sean Scannell.
Corner,  Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Joe Mattock.
Jack Payne (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jack Payne (Huddersfield Town).
Tom Adeyemi (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tom Adeyemi (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Forde.
Foul by Jonathan Hogg (Huddersfield Town).
Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Dexter Blackstock replaces Isaiah Brown.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Anthony Forde replaces Joe Newell.
Offside, Rotherham United. Joe Newell tries a through ball, but Danny Ward is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Jack Payne (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christopher Schindler with a headed pass.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jonathan Hogg replaces Dean Whitehead.
Attempt saved. Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sean Scannell.
Jack Payne (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United).
Sean Scannell (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Darnell Fisher (Rotherham United).
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Jack Payne replaces Kasey Palmer.
Attempt missed. Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Rotherham United. Conceded by Dean Whitehead.
Foul by Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town).
Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Rotherham United. Isaiah Brown tries a through ball, but Danny Ward is caught offside.
Joe Newell (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Newell (Rotherham United).
Attempt missed. Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner,  Rotherham United. Conceded by Michael Hefele.
Attempt blocked. Danny Ward (Rotherham United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jon Taylor with a cross.


A third man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was discovered in an alleyway.

Maxine Showers, 42, was found in Hinton Street in the Fairfield area of Liverpool at about 08:00 BST on Monday.
A post-mortem examination found she had died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head.
Merseyside Police said the latest person to be arrested was a 31-year-old man. Two others were held on suspicion of the same offence earlier this week.
Two men aged 31 and 40, both from Kensington, have been released on police bail.
Police said the mother-of-three "may have been working as a sex worker" and have appealed for information.


South Africa's Cape Town Opera has turned down an appeal from Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu to call off a tour of Israel.

He said it would be as inappropriate as it had been for international firms to visit South Africa during apartheid.
But Cape Town Opera's managing director said the company was reluctant to take the political stand of shunning cultural ties with Israel.
An Israel government spokesman told the BBC such boycotts did not aid peace.
The opera's production of Porgy and Bess will be performed in Tel Aviv next month.
In his letter the archbishop, who retired from public life earlier this month, said it would be wrong for the Cape Town singers to perform "in a society founded on discriminatory laws and racial exclusivity".
He said the tour should be postponed "until both Israeli and Palestinian opera lovers of the region have equal opportunity and unfettered access to attend performances".
"Only the thickest-skinned South Africans would be comfortable performing before an audience that excluded residents living, for example, in an occupied West Bank village 30 minutes from Tel Aviv.
"To perform Porgy and Bess, with its universal message of non-discrimination, in the present state of Israel, is unconscionable."
Israeli government spokesman Andy David said boycotts were not the way forward and cultural tours were the best way to bring peace in the violent region.
"Cultural relations sending messages of peace and co-operation - that's the only way to promote peace," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
Mr David also dismissed any comparison between apartheid South Africa and Israel.
"There are no discriminatory laws in Israel, there are no racial issues in Israel - we have Arabs in the government."
The spokesman added that he felt that the archbishop's comments were "one-sided" and were a cause for concern.
"I think that people from the opera who never visited Israel are listening to vicious propaganda against my country."
Cape Town Opera's managing director said he believed in the "transformative power of the arts".
"I am proud that our artists, when travelling abroad, act as ambassadors and exemplars of the free society that has been achieved in democratic South Africa," Michael Williams said in a statement.
He said the company was "reluctant to adopt the essentially political position of disengagement from cultural ties with Israel or with Palestine".
Mr Williams said was aware of the possibility of being seen as partisan, so has ongoing negotiations to perform within the Arab world.
"In particular, Cape Town Opera welcomes the opportunity to perform within Palestine as well," he said.
The production of the Gershwin opera has "much which should provide food for thought for audiences in Israel", he added.


More than 11,000 people turned up to get a whiff of a rare "corpse flower" that produced the "stench of rotting flesh" when it bloomed.

The titan arum at Cambridge University Botanic Garden flowered on Saturday and produced its trademark vile smell for five days before it began wilting.
It had only been expected to bloom for about 48 hours.
The garden's curator Dr Dan Brockington said the response from the public had been "mind-blowing".
He added."It's lovely to see so much excitement about a plant."
The plant, Amorphophallus titanum, was the first to flower at the garden in 11 years.
Thousands of people watching the pungent plant's progress on a webcam caused the system to crash several times.
It emits its smell - described as smelling like rotten eggs or dirty laundry - to attract pollinators, and it is particularly pungent at night time when it heats itself up to about 40C (104F).
The heat helps to distribute sulphurous compounds - the "atrocious stench" - across vast distances in its native Sumatra to lure pollinators, thought to be carrion beetles and blowflies.
Thousands of people visited the garden during special night-time openings to get the full effect of the whiff.
"It really is quite disgusting, especially on the first night. If you're particularly sensitive it can produce a sort of gag-inducing response.," Dr Brockington said.
"As soon as you walked into the glasshouses you had this smell of old gym clothes and gone-off socks, and then as you got closer it's sort of camembert."
On Sunday, as news began to spread, about 4,500 people turned up. On an average Sunday the garden might expect about 1,500 visitors.
"The numbers are mind-blowing, really. There's been a lot of excitement in the local community," said Dr Brockington.


Indian activist Irom Sharmila has ended her 16-year-long hunger strike against a controversial security law, in order to compete in local elections.

Her campaign, described as the world's longest hunger strike, had led to her being detained, and forced fed through a tube in her nose for over a decade.
She was held under a law that makes attempting suicide a crime.
The court in northeastern Manipur state granted her bail on Tuesday and asked her to reappear on 23 June.
Ms Sharmila has signed a personal bail bond and is expected to be released from her judicial custody in a local hospital after bail procedures are complete.
She tasted honey to symbolically break her fast in front of journalists in the hospital.
What next for world's longest hunger striker?
Ms Sharmila told the court in the state capital, Imphal, that she was a "prisoner of conscience" and she wanted to end her fast, be free and fight in local assembly elections.
"I have to change my strategy. Some people are seeing me as a strange woman because I want to join politics. They say politics is a dirty, but so is society. I want to stand in the elections against the government," she said.
She told reporters she had decided to "try a different [form of] agitation" because "I have been fasting for 16 years and I have not got anything from it yet".
Ms Sharmila had been protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives soldiers sweeping powers to arrest without warrants and even shoot to kill in certain situations.
AFSPA is in effect in several Indian states, including in Manipur and Indian-administered Kashmir.
A hunger strike in pictures
Photographer Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist has closely followed MS Sharmila's journey over the past few years.
She started her fast 16 years ago after 10 civilians were killed by Indian soldiers in Manipur.
She has spent most of the last 16 years in judicial custody in a hospital in Manipur's capital, Imphal, where she was force-fed a cocktail of medicines and baby formula.
Ms Sharmila was released in August 2014 after the court rejected the charge that she was "attempting to commit suicide". But she was re-arrested two days later after she refused to end her protest.
Ms Sharmila appeared in the Manipur High Court every two weeks to reaffirm her protest.
Her protest has won her worldwide recognition, with Amnesty International describing her as a prisoner of conscience.
The activist received considerable attention from local and international media outlets in recent years.
Ms Sharmila has the support of women and civil rights groups in the state.
A memorial has been built at the site in Manipur where the 10 civilians were killed by Indian soldiers. The state has a population of about 2.5 million people and a huge force of army, paramilitary and state police are deployed there to fight insurgent groups.


New Jurassic World and Elves ranges have helped Lego post double-digit sales growth globally in the first half of the year.

The Danish toy company said that revenue rose 23% to 14.1bn kroner (Â£1.4bn) for the six months to 30 June.
Net profit for the period was 3.5bn kroner (Â£345m), an increase of 838m kroner.
The increases come despite tough comparisons with 2014 when The Lego Movie boosted sales.
Chief financial officer John Goodwin said the weakness of the Danish currency and the euro flattered sales by 5 percentage points.
"Nevertheless, we are very satisfied with the underlying growth rate of 18%... versus the same period a year ago," he said.
The toy market had expanded in the first half of 2015, Mr Goodwin said: "What we need to stay laser-focused on is to continue to innovate around the Lego brick, creating super play experiences for children around the globe and continue to stay relevant as trends evolve."
Lego's first-half revenues exceeded those of rival toymaker Mattel, which posted sales of $1.91bn (Â£1.25bn) for the same period.
The Danish company recorded the biggest increase in sales in Asia, where the company has invested heavily to reduce its reliance on markets in Europe and North America.
It will open a new factory in Jiaxing, China, later this year to supply the Asian market.
Julia Goldin, chief marketing officer, said more than 300 Lego sets were on sale during the first half of the year.
Lego's City, Creator, Technic and Star Wars ranges were among the most popular, along with the ninja-themed Lego Ninjago range.
Another Lego movie based on the Ninjago characters is due to be released in 2017.
Andreas Mogensen, Denmark's first astronaut, took 20 Lego figures with him as he blasted into space on Wednesday on a Russian Soyuz rocket.
He is one of a three-man international crew on the Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
The figures, bearing European Space Agency logos, will be given away as competition prizes when the astronaut returns to earth.
Lego is seeking to find sustainable alternatives to the petrochemical-based materials used to make its bricks. It aims to switch to sustainable materials for all of its toy ranges by 2030.
Lego is controlled by Kirkbi, the investment vehicle of Kirk Kristiansen, which also owns a 29.9% stake in Merlin Entertainments.
Merlin operates Legoland attractions in Windsor, Billund in Denmark - where Lego is based - and four other locations in the US, Germany and Malaysia.


Sudan has arrested former intelligence chief Salah Gosh and top army officers over a "plot" to destabilise the country, a minister has said.

Witnesses described seeing tanks and troops in the centre of the capital, Khartoum, early on Thursday.
Sudan has seen demonstrations in recent months over the high cost of living and demands for political reform.
President Omar al-Bashir has been in power since staging a coup in 1989.
Information Minister Ahmed Belal Osman said 13 people had been arrested over a plot which "targeted the stability of the state and some leaders of the state", AFP news agency reports.
"The most prominent is retired general Salah Gosh," he said.
Armoured vehicles and tanks were seen in the early hours of Thursday in a main street in central Khartoum, although news agencies said there was no increase in security later on.
Mr Osman said military and state intelligence officers had also been arrested in connection with the "plot".
"The authorities decided to stop them before they implemented it," he added.
Mr Gosh was a close ally of President Bashir, and served as chief of the intelligence service until 2009.
Although Sudan has witnessed protests in recent months calling for the end of Mr Bashir's 23-year regime, they have since died out after a number of opposition figures were arrested.
Pro-democracy activists had hoped to organise protests similar to those that swept long-serving Arab rulers out of power in North Africa.
Mr Bashir was also unpopular with Sudanese nationalists over his decision to give South Sudan - the source of most of its known oil-reserves - independence last year, correspondents say.
The decision has badly hit Sudan's economy, with growing anger over the spiralling cost of food and other basic items, they say.
There have also been clashes along the Sudan and South Sudan borders, and the two countries have been locked in a dispute over oil revenues.
In September, Sudan agreed with South Sudan to halt fighting and resume oil exports from the South via Sudan.
However, the two neighbours have failed to implement the terms of the accord and South Sudan has accused Sudan of carrying out air strikes over the border, an accusation denied by Khartoum.
The Sudanese army said it was targeting rebels from the Darfur region well inside its territory and accused the South of supporting the rebels.
Earlier this month, another rebel group - the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North - said it had shot down a government military aircraft on the disputed border between Sudan and South Sudan.


A surge in music streaming in the UK has seen it pass 500 million streams in a week for the first time.

Figures from The Official Charts Company show there were 505,849,000 audio streams in the week ending 16 July - almost double the amount of the similar period last year.
There have been 11.5 billion streams in the first half of 2015 - an increase of 80% on the similar period in 2014.
Ed Sheeran is the most streamed artist of the year so far.
Geoff Taylor, chief executive of music industry body the BPI, called the figures "remarkable".
"It demonstrates vividly just how quickly streaming is being embraced by British music fans," he said.
He added he hoped "it will help our world-leading record labels invest even more into unearthing the next generation of British talent for fans here and around the world".
The figures also show 59 tracks have been streamed more than 10 million times in the UK so far this year.
The most streamed song is Mark Ronson's and Bruno Mars's Uptown Funk, which has been streamed more than 45 million times.
Ed Sheeran tops the list of the most streamed artists, with more than 170 million streams in the first six months of 2015.
Sam Smith is in second place with more than 100 million streams.


A woman has denied mistreating an 81-year-old Cumbrian care home resident.

Appearing at Carlisle Crown Court, Phillipa Hodgson, 21, of John Street, Maryport, pleaded not guilty to two charges of mistreating or wilfully neglecting the resident at Workington's Rosecroft Residential Home.
A trial, to be held at the same court, has been scheduled to begin on 27 January.
Ms Hodgson was granted conditional bail.


A record finance deal worth £180m will kick-start the construction of 1,600 new homes in Northern Ireland.

Clanmil Housing Association has secured most of the money in loans from banks.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton said: "This demonstrates growing confidence in the economy, where banks are prepared to invest in sound projects."
The homes will be built over four years and be available for low rent to those on the social housing waiting list.
Clanmil said the work would support an estimated 1,000 jobs in, or linked to, the construction sector.
Danske Bank has lent £75m and Barclays £45m.
The additional capital has come from the Department for Social Development (DSD).
The DSD wants to step up the house building programme, with 22,500 people on the social housing waiting list, classed as being in housing stress.
Clanmil currently owns 3,500 homes.
It said its "challenge" had been to find new funding sources given the constraints on public spending.
It is looking for land with development potential throughout Northern Ireland.


The death toll from flooding caused by recent heavy rain in southern Japan has risen to at least 15, officials say.

Emergency teams are searching for another 15 people who are missing.
Rivers burst their banks, destroying buildings and roads after more than 50cm (20in) of rain fell over a 12-hour period on parts of the south-western island of Kyushu on Wednesday.
Rescuers are working through thick mud to try to reach stranded survivors. Hundreds have already been evacuated.
The worst-hit areas are in Fukuoka prefecture.
Announcing the revised death toll, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the region was expected to see further heavy rain on Saturday.
About 12,000 police, military, firefighters and coast guard personnel have taking part in the rescue operation.


An increasing number of people are turning up at emergency departments with mental health problems.

A new scheme in Northern Ireland is attempting to tackle the issue in order to save lives.
Figures from the Public Health Agency show that from March 2012 to April 2015, the number of people turning up at EDs with self-harm injuries increased by 11% from 5,977 to 6,630.
The majority were young people aged between 15 and 24.
At Antrim Area Hospital, physical and mental health specialists are working as a team to ensure vulnerable men and women are detected and are offered treatment quickly.
It is hoped that RAID - or Rapid Assessment Interface Discharge - will be rolled out across all the health trusts.
Alan is a patient who has been helped by the scheme.
Late on a Friday evening, he was brought by the police to Antrim's ED in a distressed state.
They had found him in his car desperately needing medical assistance.
When he arrived at the ED, surrounded by people with flu and broken limbs, his mental health issues could easily have gone undetected.
"I just felt really down, I was suicidal and was going to end my life," he said.
Instead, within two hours, Alan was seen by a mental health specialist who is part of the RAID team.
A programme was put in place which included medication and counselling, and contact was made with his GP.
This package of care not only saved his life but ensured ongoing support when he was discharged several hours later. He says this was key:
"It's extremely important. Without it, I may not have come back."
Dr Uzma Huda, a consultant psychiatrist who is part of the 24-hour emergency team, said: "We need to have parity of physical and mental health because people's mental health needs quite often are overlooked when ever they come to a physical health setting like an acute hospital.
"So if you have depression and it has been overlooked but the nursing staff in the acute wards are picking that up, the RAID team can come, see you, start you on treatment, liaise with your GP and that starts you on a journey to recovery."
According to clinicians in Antrim, the RAID scheme means they are preventing a majority of men and women who are at risk from mental health problems from slipping through the net.
One woman, who asked the BBC to protect her identity, said the scheme meant the right care package was in place for her elderly mother who had been admitted with delayed-onset delirium.
The team ensured a care package was also available in the community once she was discharged.
"It meant she was seen very quickly, diagnosed very quickly, and there were links made within the hospital in order to get her a very quick package of care so that she was able to return home the next day," said the daughter.
While the number of mental health referrals has increased, so too has the pace of people being discharged from hospital - people who should not have been admitted in the first place.
That means they are being cared from at home in the community instead of being in a hospital setting.
John Dickson, operations manager with the RAID service, explained the concept behind the scheme.
"Early diagnosis and treatment means a shorter stay for the patient, fewer bed days for the hospital and a better outcome ultimately for the patient," he said.
Staff are hailing this scheme as a success. While it does require additional funding, they say it is saving the health service money in the long run as prevention is keeping vulnerable people out of a long stay in hospital.


The Scottish Parliament's weekly First Minister's Questions session has been extended to 45 minutes.

Nicola Sturgeon called for a longer session, as well as more chances for committees to quiz her, following her election as first minister.
MSPs voted unanimously to approve longer sessions for the next two weeks.
The change will then be evaluated ahead of a decision on extending the question times on a longer term basis.
The first question session of the new parliamentary term will be held on Thursday, 2 June.
Ms Sturgeon said: "I'm pleased that parliament has agreed with my suggestion to extend the weekly First Minister's Questions sessions to up to 45 minutes.
"I would like backbenchers to have as much opportunity as possible to ask questions, while also protecting the time allocated to party leaders - and I look forward to these new measures now being put in place."