EU foreign ministers are struggling to reach agreement over UK and French calls to ease sanctions so Syria rebels can be supplied with arms.

France and the UK argue that the move would push Damascus towards a political solution, but some EU states oppose it.
Sources say talks are continuing to find some form of compromise but Austria, which opposes the move, accused the UK of intransigence.
France said there was growing evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria.
Speaking at the EU meeting in Brussels, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the evidence needed "very detailed verification".
"We are consulting with our partners to examine what specific consequences to draw," he added.
By Jim MuirBBC News
The Syrian opposition coalition is almost paralysed by splits, not just between its own components, but among its outside supporters with their different agendas.
On the ground, the Syrian regime is looking stronger than it has for a long time.
Towards the end of last year, rebel forces were moving in around Damascus. The demise of Bashar al-Assad and his entourage seemed inevitable, if not imminent. Now, few would confidently predict his downfall.
Iran's Lebanese Shia allies Hezbollah have pitched in and are making a difference - and taking casualties.
That's not to say the regime is likely to sweep the board and win the war. If the West does decide to arm the rebels, things could turn around again quite quickly. The only sure thing is that a lot more fighting, and a lot more bloodletting, lie ahead before either side can hope for victory. And what will be left?
He was speaking after the French newspaper Le Monde on Monday reported that rebel forces in the Damascus suburb of Jobar had been targeted by canisters of toxic gas since last month.
There has been increasing pressure on the international community to act since allegations emerged of chemical weapons being used in the conflict. Syria has denied using chemical weapons.
In other developments:
By Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent
EU foreign ministers paused their discussions just before 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) but were set to resume.
The BBC's Matthew Price in Brussels said talks were taking longer than expected but were not likely to go on for more than a few hours, which suggested the ministers were working towards a compromise.
However, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said he was concerned over the failure to reach a common position.
"I regret that after long talks it was not possible to find a compromise with the UK and France," he said.
Mr Spindelegger added he was hoping for a last-minute change of position that could salvage a deal.
Earlier, he said that a majority of countries were backing his position in favour of an extension of the embargo, which is due to lapse at the end of the week.
It seems the most likely outcome is a compromise which would involve extending it without amendment for a short period to see if the peace conference is successful.
There are fears that if the embargo is eased anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons given to rebel fighters considered "moderate" might end up in the hands of jihadist militants, including those from the al-Nusra Front, which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda.
But last week UK Foreign Secretary William Hague told British MPs that weapons would be supplied only "under carefully controlled circumstances" and with clear commitments from the opposition.
The EU embargo, first imposed in May 2011, applies to the rebels as much as the Syrian government.
Source: EU - April 2013
But in February this year, foreign ministers agreed to enable any EU member state to provide non-lethal military equipment "for the protection of civilians" or for the opposition forces, "which the Union accepts as legitimate representatives of the Syrian people".
Unanimity is needed, and Mr Hague warned that if a deal could not be agreed, each member state would have to ensure it had its own sanctions.
Oxfam has warned of "devastating consequences" if the embargo ends.
"There are no easy answers when trying to stop the bloodshed in Syria, but sending more arms and ammunition clearly isn't one of them," the aid agency's head of arms control, Anna Macdonald, said in a statement on Thursday.


Sark needs to improve the health of its democracy, says an election observer after the last election was scrapped.

Sixteen candidates stood for 16 vacancies on the island's government the Chief Pleas last December, so there was no vote.
Howard Knight, who was commissioned by the Chief Pleas to oversee the election, said it was not a good result for democracy.
The Chief Pleas said his report would be discussed next month.
The Chief Pleas has a total of 28 members or conseillers which govern Sark, one of the smallest of the Channel Islands, with a population of about 600.
Instead of the election, there was a ballot on which candidates would serve for four years and which would serve two.
However, Mr Knight said he found that there was no "conspiracy" and that the unusual situation was a coincidence.


Spain's Dani Pedrosa became the record eighth different MotoGP winner in a row as he came from eighth on the grid to win the San Marino Grand Prix.

The Honda rider, 30, overtook Yamaha's Valentino Rossi with 12 laps remaining and crossed the line 2.8 seconds ahead of the Italian.
Rossi closed the gap on championship leader Marc Marquez, who finished fourth, to 43 points.
World champion Jorge Lorenzo was third and Briton Carl Crutchlow eighth.
Pedrosa, who had not won since Malaysia in October 2015, was one of only two drivers to use soft tyres and produced a tactically flawless race.
He steadily moved up towards the front of the field after Rossi had taken the lead from the second of the race's 28 laps.
Italian Lorenzo Baldassarri won his first Moto2 race, while South Africa's Brad Binder took victory in Moto3 to stretch his lead in the drivers' championship.
1. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda - 43 minutes 43.524 seconds
2. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha - 43:46.361
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha - 43:47.883
4. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda - 43:53.093
5. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki - 43:58.991
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati - 44:03.200
7. Michele Pirro (Ita) Ducati - 44:06.460
8. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda - 44:09.226
9. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha - 44:10.679
10. Alvaro Bautista (Spa) Aprilia - 44:17.492
1. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda - 223 points
2. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha - 180
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha - 162
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda - 145
5. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki - 136
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati - 99
7. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati - 96
8. Cal Crutchlow (GB) Honda - 93
9. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha - 89
10. Hector Barbera (Spa) Ducati - 81


The Sports Shield consortium has completed its £7.5m takeover of Championship club Bolton Wanderers.

Ex-Bolton striker Dean Holdsworth, who leads the group, will join the board of directors while former owner Eddie Davies will become honorary president.
A winding-up petition against Bolton over an unpaid tax bill was adjourned at the High Court on Monday to give the group more time to complete the deal.
Holdsworth said that the bill had now been paid in full.
Bolton who are currently bottom of the Championship, were £172.9m in debt but but it's believed the majority has been written off with Davies not wishing to claim back the money owed to him.
Sports Shield and Inner Circle, owned by Ken Anderson, have taken control of Davies' 94.5% controlling share following ratification by the Football League. Anderson will also become a director of the club.
In January, the court heard that the club owed £2.2m to HM Revenue & Customs, and they are next due in court on 21 March.
Bolton, who are also under a transfer embargo for breaking Financial Fair Play regulations, have sold their training ground and stadium car park to raise funds in recent months.
Neil Lennon's side are 10 points adrift of safety with 10 matches remaining.
Dean Holdsworth told BBC Radio Manchester: "It has been an incredible journey, a big battle, and we have been minutes away from not achieving what we wanted so to finally get the paperwork done and the acquisition complete is fantastic.
"I wouldn't have anticipated six months of what we have been through but I now want to look forward because it has been a huge achievement for not only me but also the club.
"I am proud and honoured to be a part of a new history. This club is steeped in history and to lose it would have been unimaginable.
"Ken Anderson will take over as chairman, he is a football man, very knowledgeable and experienced.
"My life has always been hands on with football and I will have an oversight with recruitment and the academy.
"Neil Lennon is still the manager, we know he has had a tough ride, it's unfair to talk about anybody's future today."
Eddie Davies: "It has been an honour to have initially been on the board of directors and then majority shareholder of the club I have supported all of my life.
"From 11 years in the top flight and seeing us topple some of the Premier League's greatest teams down the years, to two successful Uefa Cup campaigns, my memories will last a lifetime.
"Together we have had some great experiences and we should embrace our wonderful history.
"Recently, we have gone through what has been a challenging period both on and off the field, but we now hope that we can once again move our great football club forward.
"I of course wish Dean Holdsworth, Ken Anderson and the Sports Shield consortium all the very best and thank the supporters for their loyalty and continued backing of the club."


Both of England's summer series - against Sri Lanka and Pakistan - will be played under a new points system.

The 'Super Series' will mean a win in a Test match is worth four points and victory in either a one-day international or Twenty20 worth two.
"We're trying to create more context to every game that's played," said England cricket director Andrew Strauss.
"We've seen incredible innovation over the past decade and it's important that international cricket evolves with it."
The first of England's three Tests against Sri Lanka begins at Headingley on Thursday, with that series followed by five one-day internationals and one Twenty20.
The four-Test series against Pakistan begins in July and is followed by the same amount of limited-overs matches.
A points system has been used since 2013 to determine the winner of the Women's Ashes series between England and Australia.
Individual winners of the men's Test, one-day and T20 series will be crowned and there be no individual trophy for the Super Series, but a £25,000 prize will be split between the players.
"If it doesn't quite capture the public's imagination, there's nothing wrong with trying it and seeing what happens. So I'm all in favour of it," England captain Alastair Cook told BBC Sport.
"You just don't know because no-one has ever tried it at men's level. If it works, brilliant. If it doesn't, no harm done."
The England and Wales Cricket Board has discussed the idea with the International Cricket Council, which will look at how it could be used elsewhere, but there are no plans for it to be used in men's Ashes series, the next of which is in 2017-18.
"The Ashes has always been played over five Tests and we've got no plans to change that," said former England captain Strauss. "That's a case of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'."
The first of England's three Tests against Sri Lanka begins at Headingley on Thursday, with that series followed by five one-day internationals and one Twenty20.
The four-Test series against Pakistan begins in July and is followed by the same amount of limited-overs matches.
Andrew Strauss will be appearing on Test Match Special during the lunch break on the first day of the England v Sri Lanka Test on Thursday.


Harry Redknapp has agreed to stay as manager of Championship side Birmingham City and is expected to sign a one-year contract later this week.

The 70-year-old guided Blues to Championship safety at the weekend with a 1-0 victory at Bristol City.
Redknapp took over on 18 April after Gianfranco Zola's departure.
The ex-West Ham, Tottenham and QPR boss led Birmingham to two wins in the final three matches as they avoided relegation to League One by two points.
Redknapp's first game in charge of Birmingham was a 1-0 defeat by West Midlands rivals Aston Villa - a result which left his team just one place above the relegation zone.
But successive wins to end the season over Huddersfield - where they played for more than an hour with 10 men - and Bristol City on the final day ensured their survival.
Harry Redknapp's confirmed that he's agreed to manage Birmingham City on a one-year contract. He will review the situation with the club at the end of next season after signing the contract later this week.
Redknapp has been assured by the Chinese owners that sufficient funds will be available to strengthen a squad that nearly got Blues relegated.
Steve Cotterill and Paul Groves will continue assisting Redknapp. He's been locked in talks with the board since Sunday night.
Birmingham will be the furthest north that Redknapp's ever managed in his long career. Before that, it was Tottenham.


Iraqi government forces have resumed their push towards western Mosul, the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq.

Artillery fire could be heard in the distance, reports the BBC's Quentin Sommerville, who is embedded with government troops.
Launching the operation on Sunday, the army seized several villages.
The eastern part of the city was liberated from IS last month after heavy fighting.
Thousands of troops are involved in the assault, backed by artillery and air power.
Their progress has been slowed down by huge improvised explosive devices planted by IS along the route of the offensive, our correspondent says.
Bomb disposal teams are being used to clear them.
In their assault, Iraqi soldiers have been using heavy weapons, including rocket missile launchers, our correspondent adds.
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville is embedded with Iraqi forces as they advance on Mosul. He is tweeting updates as his convoy attempts to move forward:
04:15 GMT: Convoy halted by suspected roadside bomb - IS have planted huge improvised explosives devices along the route.
04:19 GMT: The EOD, or bomb disposal, team are attempting to safely detonate the device.
04:36 GMT: Bomb disposal team heading back to the suspected roadside bomb for a second time. It seems their controlled explosion hasn't worked.
04:36 GMT: No bang. And we can proceed.
04:36 GMT: EOD team checking for secondary bombs.
04:36 GMT: This will be slow progress if it continues.
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Iraqi forces have now all but surrounded the western part of Mosul.
Concern has been voiced by the UN about the welfare of civilians trapped in Mosul, amid reports that they could number up to 650,000.
Leaflets warning residents of an imminent offensive were earlier dropped over the west of the city.
Military officials say the western side of the city, with its narrow, winding streets, may prove a bigger challenge than the east.
They say that western Mosul, although slightly smaller than the east, is more densely populated and includes districts that are seen as pro-IS.
All bridges from there to the west of the city, across the Tigris river, were destroyed.
The offensive against the eastern part of the city was launched on 17 October, more than two years after jihadists overran Mosul before seizing control of much of northern and western Iraq.
The UN said in late January that almost half of all the casualties in Mosul were civilians.
At least 1,096 have been killed and 694 injured across Nineveh province since the start of October.


A schoolboy has died after he was taken ill during detention at an east London school.

Nasar Ahmed, 14, who had severe asthma and allergies, was reported ill last Thursday at Bow School in Tower Hamlets. He died on Monday afternoon.
A post-mortem examination will take place and the coroner has been informed. The Met said his death was being treated as unexplained.
Nasar was in supervised detention with three others in a ground-floor room.
His family told the BBC that he complained he felt ill and paramedics were called when it was discovered he did not have his inhaler or EpiPen.
Nasar's father, Ashrafu Zaman, arrived at the school before his son was taken to Royal London Hospital and said he thought he had already died.
He claimed Nasar would get disorientated so, when the school put him in detention, it did not acknowledge or take this into consideration.
The school, however, said there was a care plan in place which addressed Nasar's medical condition.
A statement from executive head teacher Cath Smith said: "I am very sad to confirm one of our Year 9 pupils, who was taken ill at school last Thursday, has passed away in hospital.
"The whole school community sends our thoughts and prayers to him, and to his family.
"We will continue to offer support to the family, his fellow pupils and teachers at this very difficult time.
"We will, of course, cooperate fully with investigations into the circumstances of this tragic incident and will also carry out a thorough review of what happened ourselves."
Social services have been informed.
The school's latest Ofsted report said it was judged to be "good and improving".
It said significantly more students were from minority ethnic backgrounds than in most schools, with the largest group of Bangladeshi origin.
More than three quarters of students were eligible for the pupil premium, additional funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged students.


It has been an eventful week but the operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in the French port city of Calais is almost over.

Nearly 6,000 people were evacuated, with more than 1,200 police officers deployed for the clearance operation.
BBC News recaps the dramatic events of the week in pictures.
The French authorities moved in to start the operation to clear the camp, which had been home to an estimated 8,000 migrants.
Migrants were registered and bussed to reception centres across France, where they would be allowed to apply for asylum.
Workers in hard hats and orange jumpsuits began dismantling the "Jungle" with sledgehammers.
They pulled down unoccupied tents and shacks.
By the end of the day, about 3,000 migrants had been moved out on coaches to centres across France, while another 1,000 unaccompanied minors were given accommodation in containers near the "Jungle".
Fires ravaged parts of the camp as the demolition entered its third day.
French authorities later declared the resettlement operation over but some charities called the announcement premature as there were still migrants roaming the site.
About 100 unaccompanied minors were left to sleep rough overnight.
Heavy machines moved in to tear down structures used by remaining migrants for shelter the night before.
There were still many unaccompanied minors at the site which prompted charities to warn that dozens of children were being exposed to "serious amounts of danger" during the clearance process.
A number of migrants were still at the deserted Calais "Jungle" camp. At least 80 people, including children, spent a second night in shelters that remained.
Two large fires broke out again in the morning as stranded migrants queued to board a bus leaving for one of the reception centres in France.
Calais police said people refusing to leave would be arrested as the evacuation was due to be completed by the end of the day.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.


Essex's police and crime commissioner is to take on responsibility for the county's fire and rescue service too.

Roger Hirst is to become the UK's first combined police and fire commissioner in October.
He proposed the step to the Home Office following a public consultation and endorsement from all three local authorities in the county.
The government hopes the changes will result in better collaboration between the police and fire service.
Police and crime commissioners in other areas have said they were considering the idea of taking responsibility for their local fire services.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the plans were "dangerous" , when first proposed by government in 2015.
Policing and Fire Service Minister Nick Hurd met Mr Hirst on Tuesday and said: "I want to see our emergency services continue to drive closer collaboration to encourage joint working, the sharing of best practice and more innovative thinking.
"Having a directly accountable leader overseeing policing and fire will help both services enhance their effectiveness, maximise available resources, boost local resilience and improve the services delivered to the public."
The move will include the sharing of administrative functions and premises, though no details were given about any job losses in the services.
Mr Hirst will not be getting an increased salary for his new role.
He said: "By ensuring a more joined-up response to incidents, providing crime and fire prevention advice, creating community safety hubs, and sharing buildings we can improve how we work and generate significant savings which can then be reinvested back into front line services."


Head coach Steve Tandy praised "unplayable" Justin Tipuric after Ospreys' five-try win over Zebre.

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The Wales and British and Irish Lions flanker scored a try in each half as Ospreys ran out 39-22 winners to claim their third successive Pro12 win.
Tipuric, who was captain for the day, also had a hand in two more tries in a fine all-round display.
"Justin is a class act. When he plays like that he can be pretty much unplayable," said Tandy.
"He leads from the front and the way in which he plays the game - he doesn't say a lot when he does speak everyone listens."
Tipuric took advantage of a defensive slip by Zebre wing Kayle van Zyl to score his first try, which came two minutes after his pin-point pass had put Eli Walker over for a score.
And in the second half Tipuric dummied and side-stepped his way over from 40 metres before again splitting the defence to set up a try for Jonathan Spratt.
After winning once in their opening six Pro12 games this season, the Swansea-based region have now won three consecutive league matches.
Ospreys top their qualifying pool in the European Champions Cup after a win against Exeter and gaining two bonus points in their defeat at Clermont Auvergne.
And Tandy believes Ospreys are in good shape for their match against Bordeaux-Begles in Swansea on 12 December.
"It's a six day turnaround but we were able to rest some of the players who played in the World Cup so we should be in good shape for that," he added.


At least 7,000 people have been evacuated in north-eastern Argentina as heavy rains cause rivers to swell.

Those living close to the Uruguay River in Entre Rios province are reported to be among the worst affected.
The mayor of the town of Concordia, on the border with Uruguay, was quoted as saying a quarter of the town was underwater.
Thousands of people have also been affected by the rains in neighbouring Paraguay and Uruguay.
"There's never been flooding like this," Concordia Mayor Enrique Cresto said on Thursday, according to the Clarin newspaper.
"Today the river is going to rise another 40cm [16in]. We are going to... keep evacuating more families all day."
The provinces of Formosa, Chaco and Santa Fe are also reported to be badly affected.
Chaco government general secretary Horacio Rey said a "comprehensive assistance plan for those affected" was being implemented.
It would include "sanitary operations, delivery of merchandise, assistance to producers and infrastructure projects to protect against the costs", Mr Rey told the state-run Telam news agency.
The floods have been linked by some experts to the El Nino phenomenon, a naturally occurring weather episode that sees the warm waters of the central Pacific expand eastwards towards North and South America.
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Partick Thistle's top-six hopes were dented and Kilmarnock's relegation fears heightened with a goal-less Scottish Premiership draw at Firhill.

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New Killie signing Miles Addison almost marked his debut with a goal but the post kept out his header.
Kris Boyd had a tap-in ruled out for offside straight after the break before Mathias Pogba's angled drive was also chalked off.
And Boyd blasted a great chance over the crossbar with 15 minutes remaining.
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The Ayrshire side's advantage over bottom side Dundee United is reduced to five points, with the Tangerines winning away to St Johnstone and also having a game in hand against Thistle in midweek.
Killie manager Lee Clark said pre-match that he would be taking a "calculated risk" by starting Addison at the centre of defence when the Englishman was not 100% match fit, but the gamble almost paid off immediately.
Julien Faubert's fourth-minute free-kick found the ex-Peterborough man at the back post and he met it with a header that cracked off Tomas Cerny's near post.
Fresh from signing a new one-year contract, Australian midfielder Ryan Edwards blasted Thistle's first opportunity way over as the Jags tried to respond to the early pressure from their visitors.
Freddie Frans - the Belgian centre-half that Thistle boss Alan Archibald said was pleased to be back "home" in Glasgow after being in his native country when the bombings happened last month - headed high above the target from Sean Welsh's corner.
Kilmarnock had two former Jags in their starting line-up in the shape of Conrad Balatoni and Kallum Higginbotham, and the home fans certainly made them as uncomfortable as possible by booing most of their touches.
Thanks largely to the industry and flair of David Amoo down the right-hand side, Thistle began to take control.
The former Carlisle winger tormented Lee Hodson and on one occasion delivered an inviting cross that Pogba could only nod wide of Jamie MacDonald's upright.
Both teams had a goal disallowed for offside at the start of the second half - Boyd disappointed for Killie after Rory McKenzie's header hit the bar, while Pogba was left deflated for the hosts.
Thistle would have been ahead had Edwards' close-range effort not been blocked; then Callum Booth - who has played every minute of competitive action for the Jags this season - watched his shot get deflected over.
Boyd, known as a clinical finisher throughout his career, spurned a brilliant chance to win the match for Killie when he ballooned Josh Magennis's cut-back over from eight yards.


Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins strengthened his grip on the Tour de France's yellow jersey with a stunning win in the stage nine time trial.

Wiggins clocked 51 minutes, 24 seconds on the 41.5km route from Arc et Senans to Besancon, 35 seconds faster than compatriot and team-mate Chris Froome.
It was the 32-year-old triple Olympic champion's first stage win on the Tour.
"It is a fantastic day for British cycling. I never thought I would see a stage like this. A one-two on the stage podium. Bradley Wiggins just kept going and he is great at time-trialling. He will have had all the information given to him and he has had a perfect session. Cadel Evans had a poor start and tried to chip away at the deficit but never looked like recovering it."
Defending champion Cadel Evans remains second overall but is now one minute and 53 seconds behind Wiggins.
The Australian had begun the day only 10 seconds adrift but ended up fighting to stay ahead of Froome in the General Classification, after the Team Sky rider's impressive performance saw him move up to third, a further 14 seconds back.
Tuesday is the first rest day, with the Tour heading for the mountains on Wednesday.
Wiggins, who assumed the overall lead on Saturday, said: "Time-trialling is what I do best. I know exactly the routine what I need to do. I felt great from the first pedal stroke and I knew I was in for a good one.
"This is what we have trained for. The graft during the winter, missing the kids' birthdays having been at training camps - this is what it is for. To get the stage win is fantastic."
Froome, the winner of stage seven, added: "There is no tactics in something like today. This is by far the hardest event in cycling. You just have to go as fast as you can and turn yourself inside out to get the best time.
"It is good to know you are on track for a good time, but you have to be careful you do not overcook it so it is a fine line to gauge that effort.
Bradley Wiggins becomes the 11th Briton to win a Tour de France stage
"I am really happy with today and I went hard at it. That is all I can do. I know I haven't won so there are no big celebrations, but there will be for Bradley."
Fourt-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara had laid down the early marker but Froome eclipsed his time and Wiggins went even faster.
As race leader, Wiggins was last of the 178 riders to roll down the start ramp and he immediately began to take time out of his rivals.
At the first time check, after 16.5km, Wiggins clocked the fastest time of 21:05, which was 1:02 quicker than Evans.
Wiggins maintained his electric pace through the second time check, at 31.5km, reaching it in 39:02 and opening out his advantage on Evans to 1:19.
He did not relax in the final 10km of the race, and ended the day with a commanding overall lead.
Fellow British rider David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) was 36th in 55:38, with Steve Cummings (BMC Racing) 39th, nine seconds further adrift.
Wiggins' Team Sky team-mate Mark Cavendish, the world road race champion, was 6:27 behind with a time of 1:00.07.
1.  Bradley Wiggins (Britain/Team Sky) 51:24"
2.  Chris Froome (Britain/Team Sky) +35"
3.  Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland/RadioShack) +57"
4.  Tejay Van Garderen (United States/BMC Racing) +1:06"
5.  Sylvain Chavanel (France/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) +1:24"
6.  Cadel Evans (Australia/BMC Racing) +1:43"
7.  Peter Velits (Slovakia/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) +1:59"
8.  Vincenzo Nibali (Italy/Liquigas) +2:07"
9.  Denis Menchov (Russia/Katusha) +2:08"
10. Andreas Kloeden (Germany/RadioShack) +2:09"
1.  Bradley Wiggins (Britain/Team Sky) 39:09:20"
2.  Cadel Evans (Australia/BMC Racing) +1:53"
3.  Chris Froome (Britain/Team Sky) +2:07"
4.  Vincenzo Nibali (Italy/Liquigas) +2:23"
5.  Denis Menchov (Russia/Katusha) +3:02"


A Brazilian swimmer has won his fifth medal in Rio and his 20th overall, becoming the host nation's best-performing individual Paralympian.

Daniel Dias took gold in the 50m freestyle on Monday in the S5 category.
He raced against and defeated the man who first inspired him to become a Paralympic swimmer.
After winning, he thanked his family for their support and told a TV channel: "We are made of dreams in life. If we stop dreaming, we die."
Mr Dias, 28, has won 20 medals - 12 gold, six silver and two bronze - over the course of his career to date.
He has won over crowds in the stadium, who cheered loudly for him, as well as online.
His father told the BBC he had "no words to describe the joy" of seeing his son take gold in his home country.
Paolo Dias said his son is "very focused and determined" and his success is "the result of dedication and concentration".
The S5 category is for swimmers with a short stature and an additional impairment. Mr Dias was born with no feet or hands.
He finished ahead of Clodoaldo Silva, a veteran Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who first inspired him to swim. He has said that before he saw Mr Silva swim at the 2011 Paralympic Games in Athens, he never knew people with his disabilities could do "any kind of sport".
On being compared to his other idol, the famous US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Mr Dias said: "I am very happy to be compared to such an amazing athlete, but I am Daniel Dias. I want to do the best for Paralympic sports."
"Medals are consequences of good work," he said. "I never promise medals. I believe it is a consequence of my good work in the water."
The most-decorated Paralympian of all time is Trischa Zorn, a blind swimmer with 55 medals to her name.


Interest rates for millions of UK savers have sunk to a new low, according to the Bank of England.

The average rate on Individual Savings Accounts (Isas) fell to 0.85% in December, down from 0.99% in November.
On instant access accounts, the interest rate fell to 0.48%, from 0.54% a month earlier.
Some individual banks are paying savers as little as 0.01%, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reported in December.
One reason may be that expectations about a rise in base rates continue to be pushed backwards.
Many analysts do not expect a rise until 2017 at the earliest.
Six lenders, including Halifax, Lloyds and Virgin Money cut Isa rates in December.
HSBC will cut rates on Monday 11 January, and Santander has announced a rate reduction will come in February.
Many banks now offer a higher interest rate on current accounts than on savings accounts, as current accounts are more valuable to them.
"The big players don't seem to need to raise money from savers," said Anna Bowes, director of the website Savings Champion.
"The High Street banks are nowhere to be seen in the best buy tables, except on current accounts," she told the BBC.


A health clinic that mistakenly revealed the identity of HIV-positive patients in a group email has been fined £250 by the UK's data watchdog.

The Bloomsbury Patient Network provides information and support for people who are HIV-positive.
But twice in 2014, staff emailed up to 200 members at a time without obscuring other patients' email addresses.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it had levied a fine that would not cause "financial hardship".
In February 2014, a member of staff at the Bloomsbury Patient Network emailed up to 200 patients who were HIV-positive.
The email addresses were entered into the "To" field, meaning they were visible to everybody who received the email.
Instead, email addresses should have been entered into the "BCC" field, which would have obscured them from other recipients.
In May 2014, the same member of staff repeated the error.
The ICO said 56 of the 200 email addresses contained the full or partial real names of patients.
It also noted that the Bloomsbury Patient Network (BPN) had received five complaints.
Considering the subject matter of the email message, it ruled that was a serious breach of data protection laws.
But the amount of the fine was mitigated by the "significant impact on BPN's reputation as a result of this security breach".
The BPN has not commented.
Another HIV support group, 56 Dean Street, in London, made the same mistake with an email sent in September 2015.
It exposed the names and email addresses of 780 people when a newsletter was issued.
The ICO told the BBC its investigation into that incident was continuing.
Fines for breaches of data protection can reach £500,000.
"No matter how big or small an organisation is, when dealing with sensitive information, policy, procedure, training, and supervision must be in place to reduce the probability of human error occurring," said Shaun Griffin, executive director of external affairs for Terrence Higgins Trust, an HIV charity which was not implicated in the ICO ruling.
"Incidences such as these are rare, and should not put anybody off getting a test for HIV.  Nearly one in six people with HIV does not realise they have it," he said.


A dagger entombed alongside the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was made with iron that came from a meteorite, researchers say.

The weapon was one of a pair of daggers discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1925 within the burial wrappings of the teenaged king.
The origin of its unrusted iron blade has baffled scientists because such metalwork was rare in ancient Egypt.
Tutankhamun was mummified more than 3,300 years ago.
Italian and Egyptian researchers used "a non-invasive X-ray technique" to confirm the composition of the iron without damaging it, according to a study published in the journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
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"Meteoritic iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentage of nickel," the study's main author, Daniela Comelli, said.
The researchers say the presence of iron - along with levels of nickel and cobalt - "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin".
They compared the composition of the dagger to known meteorites within 2,000km around the Red Sea coast of Egypt, and found that one in particular - which landed 150 miles (240km) west of Alexandria - contained similar levels of nickel and cobalt.
Ancient Egyptians attached great significance to meteoritic iron for the production of fine ornamental or ceremonial objects, the researchers say.
"They were aware that these rare chunks of iron fell from the sky already in the 13th [Century] BCE, anticipating Western culture by more than two millennia," they write in their findings.
The high manufacturing quality of the blade in comparison with other simple-shaped meteoritic iron artefacts "suggests a significant mastery of ironworking in Tutankhamun's time", they say.
The dagger - which features a decorated gold handle and a gold sheath with a floral lily motif on one side and a feather pattern on the other - is now on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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A mother stabbed her newborn baby with a pair of scissors while the father played a zombie computer game, a court heard.

Rachel Tunstill, 26, allegedly stabbed Mia Kelly 15 times after giving birth in the bathroom then dumping her body in a bin.
Ryan Kelly, 31, admitted playing the Xbox game 'The Walking Dead' at the time while at their home in Burnley, Lancashire.
Ms Tunstill denies murder.
Giving evidence at Preston Crown Court, Mr Kelly admitted he was "engrossed" in the zombie computer game while Ms Tunstill spent up to three hours alone in the bathroom on 14 January.
The forklift truck driver told the jury he assumed Ms Tunstill was dealing with the effects of a miscarriage that she told him she had suffered a month before.
But the court heard that her pregnancy was coming to full term at 37 weeks pregnant, and baby Mia was delivered that night at their home in Wellington Court.
Mr Kelly admitted passing Ms Tunstill a pair of scissors through the bathroom door.
But the only noise Mr Kelly said he heard coming from the bathroom was a sound "like squeezing water out of a plastic bottle".
He told the court that he assumed she was having another miscarriage.
Mr Kelly said: "She kept telling me she was fine so I took her at her word.
"I thought she had dealt with a miscarriage before so she was equipped to deal with another one."
Ms Tunstill, who has a masters degree in forensic psychology, had experienced a miscarriage at their flat in Wellington Court in March last year, which was said to have caused her a lot of pain.
She is accused of murdering baby Mia and putting her body in plastic bags and then the kitchen bin.
Her defence barrister has admitted the baby died as result of a number of stab wounds but that Ms Tunstill had no recollection of how that happened.
The trial continues.


A motorcyclist who died in a crash on the Isle of Man was travelling at about 150mph, an inquest has been told.

Shaun Watkinson's BMW motorbike crashed into the back of a Citroen car driving in the same direction at about 42mph on the A18 Mountain Road, the court heard.
Mr Watkinson, 55 and of Bolton, Greater Manchester, was thrown over the the car and on to the road in front.
The project manager was pronounced dead at Noble's Hospital in Braddan after the collision on 2 June.
A police investigator told the inquest, sitting at Douglas Court House, that Mr Watkinson's motorbike struck the back of Citroen, which was being driven by a local man, in an area of the Mountain Road known as Hailwood's Rise.
Both the driver of the Citroen and his sister, who was a passenger, were taken to hospital but later released.
The inquest heard that during the TT festival the Isle of Man government operates the Mountain Road as a one-way system.
The scheme was introduced as a safety measure and is thought to avoid the potential for head-on collisions in the derestricted route.
Coroner John Needham said: "This is a very tragic accident - if there had been a speed limit in place there is good reason to believe that this accident would not have happened and Shaun would still be with us.
"This road should be governed by a speed limit while it is a one-way system during the TT festival. Without it fatalities are inevitable.
"I will be writing to the [Isle of Man] department of infrastructure to make this recommendation, for the second time."
Mr Needham recorded a verdict of accidental death.


Councils across the country are being urged to check the safety of school buildings after sudden closures in Edinburgh on safety grounds.

Officials ordered the closure of 17 schools and a community centre on Friday.
It is not yet known when they will re-open.
It is now feared that all schools built under the same private finance contract could pose a safety risk to children and staff.
In Edinburgh, this includes 10 primary schools, five secondaries and two additional support needs schools - and the Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre.
Edinburgh Schools Partnership, which operates the buildings, has now apologised.
In the meantime, about 9,000 children face having nowhere to go when schools resume after the Easter break.
Four schools in Edinburgh have closed due to structural concerns in the last month.
Miller, the contractors who built the schools ten years ago, were working under the Public Private Partnership 1 project.
A spokeswoman for ESP said: "While carrying out remedial works on Friday afternoon, a new issue came to light at two schools - Oxgangs and St Peter's - relating to an absence of header ties in sections of the building.
"The standard of construction carried out by the building contractor is completely unacceptable and we are now undertaking full structural surveys to determine whether this issue is more widespread.
She added: "Edinburgh Schools Partnership will accept full financial responsibility for investigating and resolving these issues.
"We would like to apologise to parents and pupils for all of the uncertainty and inconvenience caused, and give our sincere assurances that we will fix these issues."
An emergency meeting of the Scottish government's resilience committee was held on Saturday .
Education secretary Angela Constance said: "It is too early to assess any wider implications for schools in other parts of Scotland.
"However, Scottish Government officials have written to all local authorities this weekend to ask them to carry out any necessary checks on their own estate as soon as possible.
"We understand that all of the affected buildings in Edinburgh were completed over 10 years ago.
"We will ensure that, as more information about the nature of the issue in Edinburgh is established, this is passed on to other local authorities to assist them in this process."
The problems were first uncovered in January when a wall at Oxgangs Primary collapsed during high winds.
Three other schools were later closed after inspections revealed problems with the way walls had been built.
The schools were all expected to re-open after the Easter break.
But the City of Edinburgh Council said fresh concerns had been raised during remedial work at Oxgangs Primary on Friday.
It said Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP), which constructed the buildings and manages them on behalf of the council, was unable to give assurances that buildings built under the Public Private Partnership 1 (PPP1) were safe.
Luke McCullough, chairman of the Royal High School's Parent Council, said the immediate priority was how the council resolves the situation it finds itself in.
He said: "It's got pupils who are now three weeks away from sitting big exams -  Highers, advanced Highers, and of course the new National Fives.
"So what arrangements are the council going to put in place for those students to get them doing something that's useful and working towards those exams as quickly as possible?"


A drugs gang who kidnapped and raped a woman to "take revenge" on a rival operation have been jailed.

Abdirahman Abukar, Abdirahman Kadir and Ibrahim Mohammed carried out a series of attacks when they went to Exeter take over the heroin and cocaine market in the city, the crown court heard.
They were found guilty of rape, false imprisonment, kidnap and wounding with intent.
Abukar and Kadir were jailed for 23 years and Mohammed for 15 years.
A fourth gang member, Amber Olivia, is due to be sentenced on Wednesday.
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The court was told the charges related to three attacks carried out across Exeter by Abukar, 19, of Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, Kadir, 21, of no fixed address, and Mohammed, 18, from Birmingham.
In the first of the attacks, which began in February, the gang used a shotgun to blast open the door of a flat where they believed 22-year-old Amber Olivia, who worked for them, was being held by a rival operation.
They then attacked and kidnapped the 28-year-old woman, who they recognised from a rival gang, in revenge, Exeter Crown Court heard.
In court the victim said the gang made her drink toilet water and threatened to "pimp her out".
The third attack was on a rival dealer they traced with the help of Olivia.
He was stabbed from behind outside a pub, with wounds to his chest, legs and buttocks.
Abukar and Kadir were found guilty of possession of the shotgun with intent to endanger life or cause fear of violence.
Olivia was found guilty of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm and possession of heroin with intent to supply.


Police officers came to the aid of an elderly couple who dialled 999 because they were lonely - and made them both a cup of tea.

The two Greater Manchester Police officers were sent to the home of Fred Thomson and his 95-year-old wife Doris in Middleton.
GMP Middleton tweeted: "Just dealt with a 95 year old couple who called the Police as they were lonely.
"What else could we do but make them a brew and have a chat."
Mr Thomson said he was touched by the officers' care saying that he felt like his home had been "locked off from everything".
He added: "You feel somebody cares and oh that does matter... simple things they talk about, nothing very special but they showed that they cared by being there and talking to you."
The officers, PCs Stu Ockwell and Andy Richardson, spent 30 minutes with the couple, putting the kettle on while they spoke to Mr Thomson.
Asked if the police should be spending time on such calls, PC Ockwell replied: "It's neighbourhood policing for me."
PC Richardson added: "We've got to look after people as well, it's not just fighting crime, it's protecting people in whatever situation they find themselves."
They received a series of supportive tweets from members of the public.
James McAuley tweeted: "@gmpolice hats off to Stu Ockwell guys. An amazing story and a very noble guy. Fred & Doris need more like him!"
And Ash Daswani tweeted: "@GMPMiddleton Just read the article about what you did for the elderly couple. Thank you for the wonderful job you all do..."
Juha Remes tweeted: "@GMPMiddleton Excellent job! It makes me so sad that the elderly get so lonely, but I am happy there are still people like you who care."


The Prime Minister has been urged to overturn a decision not to give the family of a boy who died during Surrey floods legal aid.

An inquest into the death of seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola, who died in February 2014 at his home in Chertsey, is due to take place in June.
His parents have been refused legal aid on the grounds the hearing is not in "the public interest".
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said David Cameron should assist the family.
She said Kye Gbangbola and Nicole Lawler should be treated "fairly and justly".
Tests have suggested carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of Zane's death, but his parents believe he was killed by floodwater contaminated by cyanide gas leaked from a former landfill site.
Ms Bennett said: "I am in awe of the family's determination to find out what happened that night and I'll do all that I can to support them."
She urged Mr Cameron "to make the necessary moves" to ensure they were given legal aid.
"That is within his gift, he is able to do it, just like in 2014 when he intervened to guarantee legal aid for a family whose two children were tragically killed by fumes whilst sleeping in their hotel room in Corfu," she said.
Mr Gbangbola, who was left paralysed by the same incident that killed his son, said without legal aid he and his partner would have to represent themselves.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Inquests are aimed at helping families find out the circumstances behind the death of their loved one.
"They are specifically designed so people without legal knowledge can easily participate and understand what is happening... legal aid remains available to help families prepare for an inquest and pay for representation, subject to means and merits tests."


Villagers who set up their own speed monitor say they have recorded more than half a million drivers breaking the 30mph limit since November 2015.

Sharnford Traffic Action Group (STAG) said some motorists were clocked at "eye watering" speeds topping 100mph.
It has campaigned against dangerous driving on Aston Lane and the B4114 in Leicestershire for more than 10 years.
The county council has offered to install speed bumps on Aston Lane at a cost of Â£12,000 to the parish council.
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Motorists have been recorded by the village's speed monitor, which is moved around Sharnford - located near Hinckley and about 11 miles (17.7 km) from Leicester.
STAG, which owns the monitor, sends the speeds of the vehicles to Leicestershire Police and the county council every month.
It said according to its data, more than 13,000 motorists drove above 50mph in a 30mph zone in the past year and about 562,000 since November 2015.
In the space of about 15 months, a total of 2.75m vehicles travelled through the village and about one in five - around 21% - were speeding, the data suggested.
The group claims that if they had the powers to fine drivers the charges would total Â£5.6m.
Sharnford parish councillor Mike Shirley, secretary of STAG, said: "The eye-watering figures demonstrate the inarguable need for proper, enforceable speed monitoring 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the interests of safety."
He added that homes have been damaged, lampposts and signs felled and pedestrians knocked over by lorries trying to navigate the narrow streets.
Leicestershire County Council said their own speed survey showed the village would "not qualify" for speed cameras and it cannot afford to build a bypass without government funding.


A 15-year-old girl is in hospital with head injuries after falling off a cliff in North Yorkshire.

Coastguard rescue teams were called to just north of Chimney Hole, near Filey, just after 19:00 BST on Thursday.
It is thought the girl, understood to be Leah Price, lost her footing on cliffs near the Blue Dolphin holiday park.
She was airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary where she is in a "critical but stable condition", police said.
A spokesman for the holiday park said they believed the family were from Nottingham.
"We are continuing to offer assistance to Leah's family and friends through this difficult and painful time," he added.
Coastguard rescue teams from Filey, Scarborough, Burniston, and Bridlington attended along with the inshore lifeboat from Filey.
The coastguard said the rescue was the first carried out using the new Rescue 912 helicopter.
In 2005, a six-year-old girl escaped with just "bumps and bruises" when she plunged 150ft (46m) from the same area.
Terri Ellwood, a 16-year-old-girl, fell to her death near the same caravan site in 2003.


Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and leading hardliner Ebrahim Raisi have both been approved to run in elections next month, state media has reported.

However former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was barred from standing by a government-controlled vetting body, as was his close ally Hamid Baghaie.
A final list of candidates for the 19 May poll will be announced on 27 April.
More than 1,600 candidates sought to stand, but only about six are selected by the Guardian Council.
The nominations of Mr Rouhani and Mr Raisi will lead to a showdown between bitterly divided political camps.
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Mr Rouhani was elected by a landslide in 2013, on a platform of ending the country's diplomatic isolation and creating a freer society.
Two years later his government and six other countries reached a landmark deal, in which Iran agreed to curb its sensitive nuclear activities in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Mr Raisi is a seyed, meaning he traces his genealogy back to the Prophet Muhammad. He has a reputation for his uncompromising stance on key issues and  is rumoured to be supported by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Mr Ahmadinejad, a hardliner who served two terms as president between 2005 and 2013, caused widespread shock when he registered as a candidate last week in defiance of Mr Khamenei's advice.
Last year the Supreme Leader warned Mr Ahmadinejad that such a move was "not in his interest and that of the country".
Mr Khamenei appoints about half of the Guardian Council.
Mr Rouhani and Mr Raisi are expected to focus their campaigns on the state of the economy as well as the nuclear deal, which has been hailed by the president as his most significant success over the four years he has been in office.
Other candidates given the go-ahead to compete in the vote are Mostafa Mirsalim, Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mostafa Hashemitaba and Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.


An actor best-known for sitcom Bread has been chosen as the Conservative candidate in the Clacton by-election.

Giles Watling, who played Oswald in the 1980s show and is now a Tory councillor, was selected at an open primary in the constituency.
He was chosen ahead of fellow local councillor Sue Lissimore following a hustings at Clacton town hall.
The by-election was triggered by the defection of sitting Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who will now stand for UKIP.
The vote will be held on 9 October.
The open primary allowed anyone from Clacton, no matter which party they supported, to take part in the selection.
After his selection, Mr Watling was asked by BBC political correspondent Robin Brant whether an actor could be trusted to serve as an MP.
"'Of course', he responded, adding that actors have "been around for thousands of years."
Conservative Chief Whip Michael Gove was among 30 MPs from the party campaigning in Clacton on Thursday.
Mr Watling became a well-known face because of his role in Bread - a BBC One TV series during the late 1980s and early 1990s about the working class Roman Catholic Boswell family in Liverpool.
He played the character Oswald, a vicar who romanced and eventually married the only Boswell daughter, Aveline. He appeared in a total of 49 episodes and the 1988 edition which saw the couple get married was watched by 21 million viewers.
Other TV credits include roles in How's Your Father?, Grange Hill and 'Allo 'Allo.


Three men arrested in the investigation into the murder of a prominent loyalist paramilitary have been charged with perverting the course of justice.

UDA member John Boreland, 46, was shot dead in north Belfast last month.
In the dock were Darren McAllister, 33, from Carrs Glen, Belfast, Thomas Pearson, 61, from Cliftondene Park in the city and Thomas O'Hara, 29, from Brownhill Drive, Kilbirnie, Scotland.
They appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
The men spoke only to confirm their names. All three were remanded in custody to appear in court again via video link on 13 October.
Mr Boreland was shot a number of times as he walked to his flat in the Sunningdale Gardens area of north Belfast on 7 August.
He died at the scene.
A fourth man, aged 33, who was arrested on Tuesday in Newtownabbey, north Belfast, has been released pending a report to the PPS.


Analysis of black organic fragments found in the Sutton Hoo boat burial has revealed they are bitumen from Syria.

The Suffolk site was excavated in 1939. Gold and garnet jewellery, silverware and ceremonial armour were discovered.
The small black objects scattered among the 7th Century finds were believed to be pine tar used for boat maintenance.
British Museum and Aberdeen University experts have revealed they are bitumen and said they demonstrated the "far-reaching" Anglo-Saxon trade network.
They believe the petrochemical scraps should now be viewed as "exotic grave goods which can be counted among the other treasures from the burial".
The discovery was made when the fragments were included in an EU-funded research project studying the preservation of tars associated with ancient boats.
Pauline Burger, who analysed the material while on a Marie Curie Fellowship at the museum, said the result was "completely unexpected".
She said: "To find some undiscovered imported grave goods instead was tremendously exciting."
The chemical fossils within "show this material comes from the Dead Sea family of bitumens, perhaps sourced in Syria", according to Stephen Bowden, from the University of Aberdeen.
Bitumen is a viscous or semi-solid oil deposit, which is also known as asphalt.
The British Museum has described archaeological finds of bitumen from ancient Britain as "extremely rare" - and said this is the first to be linked to the Middle East
The experts do not know if the fragments were part of a larger object whose other materials did not survive or the remains of small objects.
British Museum senior scientist Rebecca Stacey said: "Either way, it rewrites our understanding of the finds and shows that more than 75 years after its first discovery there is still much to be learnt about this remarkable burial assemblage".


Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has joined eight of his predecessors in backing a Remain EU referendum vote.

The nine Labour and Tory politicians have made their appeal to the public in a joint letter.
But Leave campaigners including ex-Welsh secretaries David Jones and Cheryl Gillian have not lent their support.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned many Labour supporters may stay at home and not vote.
As well as Mr Cairns and Mr Crabb, signatories to the open letter included former Conservative Welsh secretaries Lord Crickhowell, Lord Hunt and Lord Hague.
Labour Welsh secretaries Lord Hain, Lord Murphy, Alun Michael and Ron Davies also supported the letter, which said: "It's not an exaggeration to say that Welsh businesses, Welsh farmers and Welsh universities could suffer enormously if we left the single market."
Conservative MP David Jones, who was Welsh Secretary between 2012 and 2014 and is leader of the Vote Leave Cymru campaign, was not a signatory.
At a campaign event in north Wales on Friday, Mr Jones said: "Sovereignty is the key issue of this referendum.
"The question is whether we govern ourselves, whether we make our own laws, whether our parliament is sovereign and whether we want to rely  upon ourselves and have the confidence in our country, and whether we want to rely upon laws that are initiated by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels.
"Now is our only opportunity, our once in a lifetime opportunity, to make Britain an independent country again."
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke at the Hay Festival on Saturday, warning that recent polls suggested "a large number of Labour supporters may not support Remain but instead remain at home".
"In one recent poll as many as 62% of skilled workers are at risk of voting Leave unless we send out positive messages on employment rights," he said.
"They feel economically insecure, they don't like the status quo and they need to know that Europe offers something better for their future."
After hosting a Q&A session at the Hay Festival, he told BBC Wales a "positive, principled, progressive message" on European membership was needed to help the remain camp to convince voters.
Meanwhile, Plaid Cymru leader and Remain campaigner Leanne Wood urged voters not to see the EU referendum as an opportunity to land a blow on Prime Minister David Cameron.
"This isn't and shouldn't be about deciding which Tories we side with. It should be about our future and the futures of our childrens' generation," she said.
"This issue is far bigger than the Tory party or people's feelings towards them - this decision on June 23rd will not only shape our future but our children's too."
The leader of UKIP in the assembly, Neil Hamilton, accused Ms Wood of "patronising words", saying she "seems to think the electorate are a simple folk who will not consider the arguments properly before casting their vote".
A number of campaign events are taking place across Wales on Saturday on both sides - with Mr Crabb and Mr Cairns visiting Swansea Bay University Campus and Vote Leave Cymru campaigning in Cowbridge.
Vote Leave Cymru's Ross England said immigration would put pressure on the availability of housing.
He said: "For as long as we remain in the EU, the UK government will be completely unable to control its own borders, placing huge pressure not just on public services but on the availability of housing."
Britain Stronger In Europe has argued that a Leave vote would "destroy" young people's hopes of getting on the housing ladder.


Three men have denied helping to smuggle a multimillion-pound haul of drugs into the UK in an ambulance.

Leonardus Bijlsma, Dennis Vogelaar and Richard Engelsbel, all from Amsterdam or nearby in the Netherlands, denied a joint charge of conspiracy to smuggle.
They were charged in June after cocaine and heroin were found in a Dutch-registered ambulance in Smethwick in the West Midlands.
Olaf Schoon, 38, from Hoofddorp, will enter a plea on 6 November.
He was arrested at the same time as the others.
Mr Bijlsma, 55, Mr Vogelaar, 28, and Mr Engelsbel, 51, are also alleged to have conspired with Mr Schoon and others to import drugs over the period between April 2014 and June 2015.
The men appeared at Birmingham Crown Court and were remanded in custody to face trial on 16 November.


A Shanghai restaurant has closed down a day after being awarded a Michelin star, reportedly because it lacked the necessary licences to operate.

The Taian Table, which opened in April and served Western dishes, was described by Michelin as "graceful" and praised for its "clever recipes".
But neighbours living above had complained of kitchen smoke and noise.
The restaurant - one of 26 in the city to gain a star in the guide's first China edition - said it would relocate.
"Our idea and concept was to build a small place to entertain our friends and to have some foodies and chef friends around to create new and imaginative dishes," Taian Table said in a statement.
It added that it had never intentionally violated any rules.
The restaurant apologised to diners who had booked tables and said it was moving to bigger premises and would apply for all required licenses.
Residents told AFP news agency they had petitioned to have the restaurant closed down.
"The noise is always there, with the stereo subwoofer vibrating. It's so hot where we live, but we can't open our windows," said Zhang Fuzhen, who lives in the building.
Taian Table offered a 14-course menu and a 10-course menu, reportedly priced at 1,288 yuan ($193; Â£148) and 988 yuan, including dishes such as grilled endives, lobster and Wagyu beef.
It was run under the direction of German chef Stefan Stiller, who has previously opened a series of restaurants in the city.


Jim Allenby says winning a trophy this season will be a huge achievement for Glamorgan after they moved into the YB40 final by beating Hampshire.

Glamorgan batted first in Saturday's semi-final at the Ageas Bowl and made 234-4, with Allenby scoring 74 runs.
He then took 2-18 to restrict Hampshire to 203-8 and secure a 31-run victory.
The tournament was known as the CB40 from 2010-2012, but is now known as the YB40.
"It's massive for these supporters. You can see the smiles on their faces and the players' faces, it means the world," said the Australian.
"We've got to Lord's now and it's one more win towards our goal of winning a trophy.
"I've been lucky enough to play in a few [T20] finals days a few years ago and that was great, but this is a different level again. This is tradition as well as the atmosphere and we can't wait.
"To be honest we were probably a bit distracted this week in the County Championship game [where they lost by seven wickets at home to Kent] and that showed in our poor performance.
"But I think everyone will forgive us because we had this win."
Glamorgan will now face the winners of Monday evening's second semi-final between Nottinghamshire and Somerset in the final at Lord's on 21 September.
The Welsh county have not won any silverware since 2004, when Robert Croft captained Glamorgan to the one-day league title, and it will be their first Lord's final for 13 years.
Allenby was modest about his man-of-the-match performance and stressed the win over defending champions Hampshire was because Glamorgan operated as a strong unit.
"Three or four guys chipped in with the bat and the bowlers did a good job," added Allenby, as he shared an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 84 with Ben Wright, who scored 47 not out off 28 balls.
"It was my day in the end to get the most runs but you can't overlook Ben Wright.
"Murray Goodwin came in and changed the tempo and the bowlers chipped in throughout the innings.
"We did what we've been doing all year and it came off, which was magnificent."


A German court has convicted a 94-year-old former guard at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz of being an accessory to the murder of at least 300,000 Jews.

Oskar Groening, known as the "book-keeper of Auschwitz", was sentenced to four years in prison.
He was responsible for counting the belongings confiscated from prisoners and had admitted "moral guilt".
His lawyers said he did not facilitate genocide, but prosecutors argued that he had helped the camp run smoothly.
Many observers have questioned whether Groening will ultimately be sent to jail, given his advanced age. He is expected to be one of the last Nazis to face a courtroom.
Defence lawyer Hans Holtermann was quoted as saying that he would review the verdict before deciding whether to appeal.
Oskar Groening joked with his lawyers as the court waited for the judge to arrive to deliver his verdict.
Watching him carefully was a small elderly man with bright eyes. Leon Schwarzbaum was 22 when he was transported to Auschwitz. He told me he is now 94 - the same age as Groening.
He pointed to the tattooed numbers on his arm. "When they punched this on my arm they told me no-one lasts long in Auschwitz."
After the verdict, I saw him again; four years is the right sentence, he said, after all he's an old man.
Can he forgive Oskar Groening, I asked? "No," he replied. "I lost 30 members of my family in Auschwitz."
Delivering the verdict, Judge Franz Kompisch said Groening had willingly taken a "safe desk job" in a system that was "inhumane and all but unbearable for the human psyche".
The trial in the northern German city of Lueneburg, which began earlier this year, heard evidence from several people who had survived the death camp.
One of the survivors, Eva Kor, said she forgave Groening, and a picture of her shaking his hand was tweeted earlier this year.
Judith Kalman, whose sister died at Auschwitz, said that as a child she "formed a strange myth to explain the baffling circumstances of my existence".
"Early on, through my father's stories and my mother's startling revelations of horror, I absorbed the knowledge that innocent children could be murdered and whole families and communities eradicated by forces beyond their control," she added.
A statement from a group of Holocaust survivors and victims' relatives said the pain of losing families at Auschwitz could not be alleviated by criminal proceedings or the words of the accused.
"But it gives us satisfaction that now the perpetrators cannot evade prosecution as long as they live," the statement said.
The case revolved around the question of whether people who had played a minor role in the Nazi-ordered genocide but had not actively killed any Jews could still be guilty of a crime.
Cornelius Nestler, a lawyer for a group of plaintiffs, said the case demonstrated that Auschwitz as a whole was "a murder machinery".
"Everyone who participated in it has to take responsibility for it," he told Reuters news agency.
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Groening had publicly discussed his role at Auschwitz, making him unusual among former Nazis brought to trial. He said he was speaking out in order to silence those who deny the Holocaust took place.
"I saw the gas chambers. I saw the crematoria," he told the BBC in the 2005 documentary Auschwitz: the Nazis and the "Final Solution".
"I was on the ramp when the selections [for the gas chambers] took place."
More than one million people, most of them European Jews, died between 1940 and 1945 in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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Luke O'Nien and Aaron Pierre scored second-half goals as Wycombe Wanderers picked up a welcome three points against Morecambe.

The first half produced few clear-cut chances but Morecambe did go close when Paul Mullin was found by James Jennings, only to see his shot from eight yards well saved by Jamal Blackman in the Wycombe goal.
Pierre put the hosts ahead early in the second half, beating goalkeeper Barry Roche with a header from six yards out after meeting a Joe Jacobson free-kick.
Morecambe were denied a penalty in response when Matt Bloomfield appeared to handled in the box, but the referee gave a free kick which Michael Rose hit against the post.
And the Shrimps' hopes of a comeback were dashed when O'Nien nipped in front of his marker to head Paul Hayes' cross into the Morecambe goal with just nine minutes remaining.
Wycombe's first win in five league games moves them to 16th in the League Two table.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 2, Morecambe 0.
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 2, Morecambe 0.
Foul by Garry Thompson (Wycombe Wanderers).
Dean Winnard (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Cole Stockton (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Michael Rose (Morecambe).
Foul by Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers).
Cole Stockton (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (Wycombe Wanderers).
Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Corner,  Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Aaron McGowan.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Garry Thompson replaces Paul Hayes.
Corner,  Morecambe. Conceded by Michael Harriman.
Foul by Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers).
Alex Whitmore (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Morecambe. Conceded by Marcus Bean.
Attempt blocked. Jack Dunn (Morecambe) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal!  Wycombe Wanderers 2, Morecambe 0. Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Hayes with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Alex Whitmore.
Attempt missed. Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Paris Cowan-Hall (Wycombe Wanderers).
Ryan Edwards (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Luke O'Nien (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Morecambe. Lee Molyneux replaces Aaron Wildig.
Substitution, Morecambe. Jack Dunn replaces Paul Mullin.
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers).
Paul Mullin (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Paul Mullin (Morecambe) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers).
Michael Rose (Morecambe) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Mullin (Morecambe).
Foul by Paul Hayes (Wycombe Wanderers).
Alex Whitmore (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Hayes (Wycombe Wanderers).


Grimsby Town and Blackpool did little for their respective League Two play-off hopes as they played out a goalless draw at Blundell Park.

Both sides have taken four points over the festive period after a contest in which chances were few and far between.
Ahead of kick-off, there were two changes in the Grimsby ranks as Zak Mills and Dominic Vose both returned, while Mark Cullen retained his place for Blackpool.
After 20 minutes Manchester United loanee Dean Henderson came to the home side's rescue as the goalkeeper pulled off a fine save to deny Kyle Vassell after an incisive Blackpool break.
At the other end, a curling free-kick from Danny Andrew went just wide, before Omar Bogle saw his tame attempt saved by Sam Slocombe.
After the interval, another fantastic save from Henderson - again from Vassell - kept it level, though he should have been beaten on 58 minutes.
Blackpool forward Mark Cullen could only glance wide when presented with a guilt-edged chance inside the six-yard box.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Grimsby Town 0, Blackpool 0.
Second Half ends, Grimsby Town 0, Blackpool 0.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kayden Jackson (Grimsby Town).
Andy Taylor (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Tom Aldred (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kayden Jackson (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tom Aldred (Blackpool).
Danny Philliskirk (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town).
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Substitution, Blackpool. Jamille Matt replaces Mark Cullen.
Substitution, Blackpool. Danny Philliskirk replaces Bright Samuel.
Substitution, Blackpool. Michael Cain replaces Jack Payne.
Attempt missed. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Brandon Comley (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bright Samuel (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Jack Payne (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Danny Collins (Grimsby Town).
Mark Cullen (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town).
Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Mark Cullen (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Danny Andrew (Grimsby Town).
Jack Payne (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Dominic Vose (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Brad Potts (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Shaun Pearson.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Dean Henderson.
Attempt saved. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Bright Samuel (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Second Half begins Grimsby Town 0, Blackpool 0.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Craig Disley replaces Luke Summerfield because of an injury.
First Half ends, Grimsby Town 0, Blackpool 0.
Hand ball by Luke Summerfield (Grimsby Town).


The pound has continued to come under pressure as worries over the Brexit process persist.

After falling to a 31-year low against the dollar on Tuesday, the pound slid further in early trade to $1.2687. It then recovered to stand at $1.2758.
Sterling hit a five-year low against the euro, hitting €1.1308 at one point, before recovering to €1.1382.
The FTSE 100 share index, which has risen sharply in the past couple of days, fell back.
The benchmark index, which came close to hitting record high on Tuesday, closed 41.09 points lower at 7,033.25.
The pound has fallen sharply since the start of the week when Prime Minister Theresa May said she would begin the formal process to take the UK out of the EU by March next year.
Sterling has fallen on worries that the UK will be prepared to leave the EU single market as part of the Brexit process so that it can impose controls on immigration.
In general, the fall in the pound has boosted the FTSE 100 as many of the companies in the index generate most of their revenues abroad. A weaker pound means overseas revenues are worth more when they are converted back into sterling.
However, global equity markets were lower in general on Wednesday, following a report by Bloomberg that the European Central Bank might begin to slow the pace of its bond-buying programme.
The stand-out share movement in the FTSE 100 came from Tesco. Shares in the supermarket jumped nearly 10% after it reported a third consecutive quarter of rising sales and announced plans to lift its profit margins.


New Zealand claimed the one-day series with Sri Lanka, taking an unassailable 4-1 lead with a 120-run win in the penultimate match in Dunedin.

Kane Williamson (97) and Ross Taylor (96) hit two sixes apiece during a stand of 117 in 123 balls as the Kiwis posted 315-8 having opted to bat first.
Kumar Sangakkara (81) made his 93rd one-day international fifty but fell in the 38th over, the eighth wicket to go.
Sri Lanka were all out soon after for 195. The final game is on Thursday.
It was an emphatic victory for the Kiwis, who meet the Sri Lankans in the opening match of the World Cup on 14 February.
Williamson was badly dropped on 27 by Tillakarate Dilshan at short cover and reached fifty from 60 balls, but he was denied a sixth ODI century when he was run out after finding himself at the same end as Taylor when in pursuit of a second run.
Corey Anderson added 40 in 28 balls and hit three fours in an over from seamer Thisara Perera that cost 19.
Taylor struck sixes in consecutive overs before he was trapped lbw on the toe in the 47th over, but his team compiled the second highest total at the University Oval, to follow the record they set in the previous match.
The Sri Lankans made a solid start, reaching 55-0 after 12 overs before Dilshan and opening partner Lahiru Thirimanne departed in successive overs.
Sangakkara reached fifty from 39 balls, but having struck successive boundaries off left-arm seamer Trent Boult he got a leading edge and spooned a catch to mid-on, as New Zealand took control.


Hundreds of handheld audio computers are to be given to some of Ghana's poorest communities to help spread potentially life-saving information.

The Talking Books will let families play sound files as well as make their own recordings, which can be shared with others or used to give feedback.
Organisers plan to use the kit to teach people about Ebola, how to deal with diseased crops and the importance of breastfeeding, among other topics.
If successful, the trial should expand.
Child-focused charity Unicef and the British computer chip designer ARM are providing most of the funds for the $750,000 (Â£477,850) scheme.
It is scheduled to run for two-and-a-half years with each device's content updated roughly once every five weeks.
The money will cover the cost of 2,000 devices and the staff to support them, with the goal that they will be used by about 40,000 people.
Literacy Bridge - the charity running the pilot - said its Talking Books had been designed for people who might not be able to read.
"It speaks to you in your local language and local dialect and prompts you to press a button based on what your interests are," Cliff Schmidt, the organisation's executive director, told the BBC.
"The message might be a song, a story, a drama, an interview with a public health officer or a peer in your own community.
"There's also a microphone on every device so people can respond to the knowledge that they are getting.
"They can provide useful feedback like, 'I just didn't understand what you meant here' or 'You mentioned this problem, but let me tell you about another problem that is even more important for our community.'"
Literacy Bridge has worked on the technology since 2007 and has already carried out smaller-scale tests.
The devices store data on microSD cards, meaning they can each hold hundreds of hours of audio.
Their computer chips also makes them programmable. This has allowed interactive quizzes and "audio hyperlinks" to be created, and paves the way for further apps that do not require a screen.
Since users are unlikely to have internet access of their own, staff are required to collect the machines on a regular basis and refresh their contents by plugging them into either a net-connected PC or an Android device. Files can also be exchanged between one device and another via a USB cable by the communities themselves.
"We're able to track what people are listening to, for how long, when they move on to another topic and even how loud they listen to a particular recording [indicating how many people listened] - all of this helps us get a sense of what's working and what is not," added Mr Schmidt.
"If you really are focused on the very poorest of the poor and the very hardest to reach, then you can't rely on smartphones or text messages. You are forced to do things a bit differently."
Because many of the targeted users earn less than Â£1 a day and do not have access to electricity, Talking Books are designed to run off cheap zinc-carbon batteries available from Ghana's local markets.
The original model offered up to 15 hours of use from each pack, but next year a revamped design will use a new chip custom-designed by researchers at the University of Michigan, which should last much longer.
Literacy Bridge hopes the project will eventually be extended to other African nations.
One Africa specialist noted there were already several schemes under way to educate the continent's poorest communities, but added she thought the new one had potential.
"Over 80% of Ghana's population is covered by mobile networks, but there are those who are too poor, too young or too old to afford a phone - and this will provide a way to communicate with some of the most vulnerable people," commented Thecla Mbongue, from the tech consultancy Ovum.
"People living in extreme poverty will still have access to the radio, but it is true that the programmes might not provide the exact information that they need."
However, another expert was more critical, suggesting the Talking Books were "missing a trick".
"An ink-based monochrome screen, which may only cost a few dollars to add, would allow illiterate people to try and read along with the audio, giving them an opportunity to build literacy skills through general use of the device," said Ken Banks, who advises the UK's Department for International Development.
"Rather than just assuming that illiterate people will likely always be illiterate, why not integrate something into this device which will actually help them develop skills, rather than just passively listening and never having the chance to learn to read.
"Older Kindles do text-to-voice, they work offline, their ink-based screens work brilliantly in bright sunlight, and the battery lasts for a month or more. They're a great example, for me, of an appropriate technology in this setting."


Friends, family and colleagues have sent best wishes to the actress Carrie Fisher, who is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack during a flight, her brother says.

Fisher, 60, who played Princess Leia in Star Wars, was taken ill on a flight from London to LA on Friday.
Passengers attempted to revive her with CPR and she was taken to hospital when the plane landed.
Co-star Harrison Ford said he was "shocked and saddened" by the news.
"Our thoughts are with Carrie, her family and friends," he said. Ford played Fisher's on-screen love interest in the franchise, and Fisher revealed earlier this year in a memoir that the pair had a brief off-screen romance.
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, said he was sending "all our love" and Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, tweeted his thoughts and prayers for "everyone's favourite princess".
Fisher's brother Todd said she was in intensive care in Los Angeles. "We have to wait and be patient," he said. "We have so little information ourselves."
He added: "She's obviously a very tough girl who's survived many things. I encourage everyone to pray for her."
Fisher had been on tour promoting her latest book, The Princess Diarist.
The heart attack happened about 15 minutes before the plane landed in LA, celebrity news website TMZ reported. A medic who was travelling on the plane administered CPR.
Paramedics then spent a further 15 minutes administering more CPR to Fisher before getting a pulse, TMZ said. The actress was on a ventilator in the UCLA medical centre, the website said.
A law enforcement official told NBC that her condition was "not good".
Passengers on the plane have been tweeting about what they saw.
Fisher appeared in the original Star Wars trilogy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a sequel released last year.
She was in other films including The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally.
She has written four novels and three memoirs and was previously married to the musician Paul Simon.
She is the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.


The FAI's chief executive has written to TDs (MPs) on an Irish parliamentary committee to disclose details of a 5m euros payment from Fifa.

Last week, it was revealed that Fifa paid the FAI 5m euros (Â£3.6m) after France controversially beat Ireland in a World Cup play-off.
FAI boss John Delaney said a deal was made to drop a claim against Fifa.
TDs are due to decide on Wednesday whether to call Mr Delaney to answer questions before the committee.
Mr Delaney sent his letter to members of the transport and communications committee.
The FAI believed it had a case against Fifa after French striker Thierry Henry's handball in the build-up to a decisive goal in the 2009 match in Paris which caused Ireland to miss the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The payment from Fifa to the IFA was agreed in 2010.
Fifa said it entered into an agreement with the IFA to "put and end to any claims" against it.
Fifa is facing criminal investigations after allegations of "systemic and deep-rooted" corruption within the organisation, and its president Sepp Blatter is stepping down.


Nato has begun to deploy Patriot missiles to Turkey to help Turkish troops repel attacks by missiles or aircraft from neighbouring Syria.

The US European Command said its troops and equipment had started arriving in southern Turkey, and more would arrive in the coming days.
Germany and the Netherlands are preparing to ship their Patriot batteries early next week.
The six battery units are scheduled to be operational by the end of January.
Nato approved the deployment of the surface-to-air missiles early last month, after a request from Turkey, amid "grave concerns" that Syria could use chemical weapons.
Syria has said it would never use such weapons against its own people.
But new launches of "Scud-type missiles" against rebel fighters were being detected in Syria, Nato said in mid-December.
Sources: CSIS, RUSI
Fact file: Patriot missile defence
Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen described it as "an act of a desperate regime approaching collapse" and said it emphasised "the need for effective defence and protection of our ally Turkey".
The US, Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to deploy two batteries of Patriot missiles each to be placed under the command of Nato along the Turkish-Syria border.
US personnel and equipment had begun arriving at Turkey's southern Incirlik Air Base and a further 400 personnel and equipment would be airlifted there in the coming days, the US command in Europe, Eucom, said. More equipment would reach Turkey by sea later in January, Eucom was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
The Dutch Patriot batteries will depart for Turkey on Monday and are expected to arrive by 22 January along with nearly 300 troops, the country's daily De Telegraaf newspaper reports.  Germany is expected to follow a similar schedule.
"The forces will augment Turkey's air defence capabilities and contribute to the de-escalation of the crisis along the Alliance's border," Eucom said in a statement.
"The deployment will be defensive only and will not support a no-fly zone or any offensive operation," it added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 44,000 people have been killed since the uprising began nearly two years ago, including nearly 31,000 civilians
The UN believes up to four million people inside Syria are soon going to need humanitarian aid, up from 2.5 million. Another 500,000 Syrians have also fled to neighbouring countries.


Hampshire batsman Joe Weatherley has signed a new contract with the county, while also agreeing to join Kent on a season-long loan for the 2017 campaign.

The former England Under-19 captain and Hampshire academy graduate has extended his deal at the Ageas Bowl until 2019.
Weatherley, 20, has made two first-class appearances and spent the winter playing grade cricket in Adelaide.
"Hampshire's where I want to be playing my cricket, it's an exciting club to be at," he told BBC Radio Solent.
Following Hampshire's signing of top-order batsman Rilee Rossouw on a Kolpak deal, Weatherley believes the loan to Division Two Kent will increase his chances of first-team cricket this season.
"It stems down to me being at an age where I want to play as much as possible," the right-hander said.
"Ultimately, I want to be playing as much cricket as I can. Ideally, that would be for Hampshire and I want that to be for them long-term.
"But this year, I think it's best for me to get some cricket elsewhere and I'm looking forward to joining up with Kent.
"They seem like a really good family club, who did well last year and will no doubt be pushing for promotion to Division One of the County Championship."


Britain's Jenson Button will race for McLaren-Honda in 2016.

The 2009 world champion had been considering his future but the 35-year-old said McLaren's determination to improve following a difficult year was decisive in his decision to race on.
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said an option to end his contract "became an irrelevance" once he was sure Button was "as committed and focused as ever".
There was no mention in the statement of Button's team-mate Fernando Alonso.
The Spanish two-time world champion is contracted to the team until the end of 2017, but his future is in doubt after he said following the Japanese Grand Prix that he "didn't know" whether he would be racing in F1 next year.
He later put out a series of tweets which seemed to reconfirm his commitment to the team.
Asked why there was no mention of Alonso in the statement, a McLaren spokesman said: "Today is about Jenson."
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Button, who has been with McLaren since 2010, had refused over the weekend in Japan to say anything concrete about his future.
But the McLaren statement made it clear that he would be retained on the terms of his original contract, which dictates a pay rise from $10m (£6.9m) to $15m (£10.3m) next season.
Dennis added that Button's "wealth of experience makes him a massively valuable asset to our team - he is also supremely fit and as super-fast as ever".
Button said: "Over the past month or so I have done quite a lot of thinking, and it is no secret that I was at one point in two minds about my future.
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"But I have been a McLaren driver for six seasons now, and in that time I have got to know Ron very well.
"He and I have had some very good chats these past few weeks, and during those chats it has become clear to me that Ron is both utterly determined and uniquely equipped to lead our team through its current difficulties to great successes in the future.
"That gives me great confidence, and it is for that reason that, together, he and I have decided to continue our partnership.
"As soon as I had made that decision, straight away I realised it was the correct one."
McLaren have had a difficult season in 2015 and are ninth out of 10 teams in the constructors' championship with little prospect of improvement in the remaining five races.
The lack of performance is largely caused by the Honda engine, which is uncompetitive in the extreme in the Japanese company's first year back in F1 since 2008.
Button said: "Granted, this year has not been an easy one for us, but we know what we need to do to improve things and, in collaboration with Honda, we will work extremely hard over the next weeks and months in order to make sure that 2016 will be a much better season than 2015 has been."


A review has been carried out into death rates at a Denbighshire mental health unit, where it is claimed patients were treated like "animals".

It follows a damning report into practices at the Tawel Fan ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan.
In the independent report, one family said it was like going into a zoo and seeing "captured animals".
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has looked for a link between alleged mistreatment and premature deaths.
It said the findings will be made public once health officials have met with the families of patients affected.
The health board has apologised for the "inexcusable and unacceptable" treatment outlined in the report.
The ward was closed after concerns were raised in December 2013.
Eight members of nursing staff have been suspended on full pay and a "significant" number have also been transferred to other roles. Others, including managers, have been "stood down".
Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, North Wales Police has decided not to bring any charges in the case.
The report's author, health specialist Donna Ockenden, found the concerns raised proven and said they amounted to "institutional abuse".
She told BBC Radio Wales: "Clearly there was a culture that had been allowed to fester over a long period of time. The staff thought they were invincible - they were never challenged.
"I think there was a lack of control, there was a lack of oversight by the very senior members of the team and the health board acknowledged that.
"Relatives regularly and over a long period of time raised their concerns verbally, via email, in writing, formal letters and everything went ignored for a very long period of time."
The independent report was commissioned by the health board, who decided not to publish it until police completed their investigation.
In the report, families described seeing patients "constantly crawling on dirty floors" and being "like a zombie...drugged up".
A family told the report's author they found a relative in bed "in a pool of stale urine and it's so stale it was brown".
When they raised this issue, they were told: "Psychiatric nurses aren't very good at looking after physically ill people."
The health board's chief executive, Prof Trevor Purt, called the ward "the worst case" he has seen in his role while Angela Hopkins, director of nursing and midwifery, said it was "shameful".
Shadow health minister Darren Millar AM said: "Anyone who's responsible for such poor levels of care shouldn't ever be allowed to look after patients again, and the senior leaders, the managers in this organisation that allowed this to happen... should face the sack."