bbc--2020-07-22--More music stars change their 'unacceptable' names

British dance music DJ Joey Negro is to drop his `` unacceptable '' stage name and instead go by his real name , Dave Lee .
The move comes a day after fellow DJ The Black Madonna stopped using her own moniker , noting that it had caused `` controversy , confusion , [ and ] pain '' .
They are among a number of acts who have changed their names in light of the Black Lives Matter movement .
Last month , US bands Lady Antebellum and Dixie Chicks renamed themselves due to links with the slavery era .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ hits and two US dance club chart number ones over the past 30 years under the stage name .
He also reached the UK top 10 three times using the pseudonym Jakatta .
In a Facebook post on Tuesday , he admitted he had `` not felt comfortable with the name Joey Negro for a while , especially as I 've got older '' .
'Out of place in 2020' He wrote : `` I understand now though that it 's not appropriate for me to carry on using the name .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etc saying that it is unacceptable and people find it out of place in 2020 - and I agree . ''
He went on : `` I 'm sorry to have caused any offence .
My whole life has been about music but particularly black music , I love soul , funk , disco , jazz in a way that 's impossible for me to articulate in words and I have tried to champion it with the best intentions . ''
• Hit US band change name over slave-era links Lee said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ merging two of his favourite artists at the time - Pal Joey and J Walter Negro .
He said he adopted the latter 's Spanish pronunciation , wanting his pseudonym to have a `` Latin American feel '' to fit in with other DJs like Junior Vasquez and David Morales , he said .
Spanish house label Blanco Y Negro and the song Piano Negro were big at the time , he explained .
On Monday , US DJ The Black Madonna announced she would go by the name The Blessed Madonna after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change it .
The producer , whose real name is Marea Stamper , revealed on Twitter that her chosen name was `` a reflection of my family 's lifelong and profound Catholic devotion to a specific kind of European icon of the Virgin Mary which is dark in hue '' .
However , she added she `` should have listened harder to other perspectives '' .
`` My artist name has been a point of controversy , confusion , pain and frustration that distracts from things that are a thousand times more important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' she wrote .
`` We all have a responsibility to try and affect positive change in any way we can , '' she added .
Other recent name changes in music • Chart-topping US country-pop group Lady Antebellum changed to Lady A because Antebellum has connotations with the slavery era .
The Grammy-winning Nashville trio said they took the name from an architectural style , but were `` deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused '' .
However , the change has led to a legal dispute with a blues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Fellow country band Dixie Chicks are now just The Chicks .
`` Dixie '' was often used as a nickname for the southern states during the US Civil War era .
The band 's Martie Erwin Maguire recently told BBC Radio 4 's Front Row : `` As race relations have been really tense in the US and in other countries , we 've really put a microscope on that word 'Dixie ' and it felt uncomfortable ... We just do n't want to have any association with something that can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
• In June , British record label One Little Indian , which has released music by Bjork , Sigur Ros and Paul McCartney 's side-project The Fireman , changed its name to One Little Independent .
Founder Derek Birkett said he made the decision after a fan explained why the name - which uses an outdated term for the indigenous people of the Americas - was `` offensive '' .
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He went on: "I'm sorry to have caused any offence. My whole life has been about music but particularly black music, I love soul, funk, disco, jazz in a way that's impossible for me to articulate in words and I have tried to champion it with the best intentions."


bbc--2020-07-22--George Floyd death: The other names we're also hearing now

The death of George Floyd has propelled the names of others who died in police custody into the spotlight , years after their passing .
For some bereaved relatives long fighting for justice that focus can be welcome , but it 's still painful .
Floyd 's face looks across the square in Minneapolis that 's become a monument to his death .
In front of it , Angelique Negroni-Kearse stops to take a picture .
She has travelled from New York , one of scores converging on the Upper Midwest city to mourn loved ones who died in police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd 's face surveys the flowers and tributes laid below .
Behind him , a list of names sits underneath the rallying cry heard on protests , t-shirts and timelines around the world : Say Our Names .
Names that have become known for reasons that no one would ever want to make their loved ones famous .
Eric Garner .
Tamir Rice .
Breonna Taylor .
Names whose lives most of us know relatively little about .
Sandra Bland .
Alton Sterling .
Philando Castile .
Names whose deaths many of us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's husband is n't among them .
Andrew Kearse died in 2017 .
Fifteen days after being released from prison , he was pulled over for a traffic violation in Schenectady , New York .
He ran .
A police officer chased him and handcuffed him .
Kearse complained of pain in his leg as he was put in the back of a police car .
`` Excuse me sir , excuse me sir , '' Kearse says , gasping , on video released by the police department and uploaded to YouTube by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breathe .
Sir , sir , I ca n't breathe .
Please . ''
In 17 minutes , he pleaded for help dozens of times .
Only after the car had arrived at the station , and some time after Kearse had lost consciousness , was an ambulance called .
He 'd had a heart attack , and died .
As Floyd 's name and image travelled around the world , propelled across nations and borders by the inexorable momentum of shares , likes and injustice , other names - other deaths - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People need to know what happened to Andrew , '' Angelique told the BBC by phone from a Minneapolis hotel room .
`` That 's why I pushed so much for him , for everybody to be his voice .
`` We 're going to get paint and we 're going to paint his name on the floor .
It might not be on the mural of… George Floyd , with everybody else .
`` But I 'm not letting nobody forget about Andrew . ''
Emerald Garner sometimes wishes she could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any of this national attention .
I do n't want people to recognise me in the street , '' she told the BBC .
`` I would like to just go and enjoy my day and not have people say : 'You 're Eric Garner 's daughter , this is how I felt about the video . '
`` And it 's just like , I 'm trying to enjoy Christmas .
I 'm trying to enjoy Easter .
It 's my kid 's birthday . ''
She was 22 when her dad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegally selling loose cigarettes , he was arrested and , like George Floyd , restrained in a chokehold .
Like George Floyd , he repeatedly said `` I ca n't breathe '' .
And , like George Floyd , his death was captured on video and triggered protests and outrage as it was shared around the world .
After Floyd 's death , there was an immediate , visible leap in the number of people talking about her dad and sharing his picture online .
She was working when it happened .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bunch of phone calls and emails like 'Did you see this video ? '
'' she said .
`` I do n't watch police brutality videos because of what happened to my father .
Everybody [ was ] trying to say [ I ] should reach out to the family . ''
She said she does n't want to `` bombard them '' by asking them how they are because she knows the answer .
`` They 're hurt .
They 're angry .
They 're upset .
They 're mad .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
New police deaths bring renewed attention and resurface old trauma .
Because of what happened to her dad - and her prominence - it also brings pressure .
She keeps being asked for her view .
`` My opinion is the same as it was six years ago - that nobody should die at the hands of police unjustly .
That 's always what 's going to be my fight .
That 's always what 's going to be my go-to , what 's going to be my struggle as these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's like rewinding the tape and just playing it back over and over again . ''
`` I 'm upset like so many other people are upset , '' Heather Schieder told the BBC .
An artist and illustrator from western New York , she maintains an Instagram account where she shares her work .
Lately , much of it has been overtly anti-racist .
Portraits of black victims of police violence sit alongside stylised images of protest and pleas for action .
`` I 'm half-Egyptian , so as a child there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taste of racism , '' she said .
She is also a Catholic .
`` My current church friends are empathetic and they want to ... centre black voices and work to be anti-racist .
`` But the circles which I was in before , which were more conservative , were very conservative actually .
`` They are the ones who would say things like 'all lives matter ' or just deny that it 's even a problem or they will victim shame or they will justify their own racism . ''
Her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people online .
The first portrait was George Floyd , and it drew on tributes she read about , that were paid to him by friends and family .
`` There are so many narratives that people put out there about a person , especially a black person killed by law enforcement .
I just wanted to use the words of those who knew him . ''
The 23-year-old was walking through the Denver , Colorado , suburb where he lived , returning home from a convenience store .
A 911 call @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his description .
Police stopped him .
A struggle ensued and , after being put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine , he died in hospital .
His death was reported in the local press .
A handful of rallies were held in his name .
But then his case was closed and the police officers involved in his arrest returned to work .
`` It hurts because I honestly did n't understand why Colorado was n't there for Elijah like they were there for George Floyd , '' his mother , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Everybody 's screaming names now , but… last year it would have made a big difference . ''
It was from social media that Heather learned what happened to Elijah .
When she drew him , she printed his own words behind him - words captured on police body cameras after he was stopped .
My name is Elijah McClain .
I was just going home .
I 'm an introvert .
I 'm just different .
`` I watch people respond to those pieces of art in a way that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Singer Janelle Monae shared the McClain piece , and said she would never be over what happened to him .
`` I know that my piece of art was probably a source of pain , '' said Heather .
`` It 's just a bittersweet thing to watch the art do its job . ''
Without social media , there 's no way to get these messages out and raise awareness for victims of police brutality , she added .
As Heather and others have helped to amplify the terrible details of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands have turned out on protests offline , pressure has mounted on authorities to act .
A month before the first anniversary of Elijah 's death , more than 4.5 million people have signed a petition demanding justice .
Colorado governor Jared Polis has appointed a special prosecutor to review what happened .
Aurora police have banned the chokehold used to restrain McClain .
New rules say officers must intercede if they see a colleague using excessive force .
And police must themselves observe a person acting suspiciously before stopping them .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the arrest was fired .
Colleagues had sent him images re-enacting the chokehold which preceded McClain 's death .
Two others were fired , and a fourth resigned .
Victims ' families are themselves using social media to try and join the dots between hashtags and lasting legislative change .
In June , Emerald Garner and Angelique Kearse took over the Instagram account of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren .
`` Right now I think that social media is everything , '' Emerald told the BBC .
`` Because we ca n't do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on shutdown .
We needed this national attention to get national change . ''
The two women - aided by a clutch of Democratic lawmakers including Warren , her Senate colleague Kirsten Gillibrand and the congresswoman Ayanna Pressley , as well as Warren 's 2.4 million Instagram followers - are advocating for the introduction of legislation named for their loved ones .
The Eric Garner Act , which criminalises the use of chokeholds by police officers resulting in injury or death , passed both houses in the state of New York within a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Andrew Kearse Act , signed into state law less than two weeks later , requires law enforcement officers to seek medical care for people in their custody who require it .
Should they fail to , they can be held liable in civil court .
Proposed federal legislation was formally introduced in Washington by Senator Warren and Congresswoman Pressley on 19 June .
`` Andrew Kearse should be alive right now , '' Congresswoman Pressley said .
`` This bill would help ensure accountability by holding officers who refuse medical care to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their inaction . ''
Concurrently , Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries have introduced bicameral legislation to outlaw chokeholds .
`` George Floyd and Eric Garner should be alive , '' Senator Gillibrand said .
`` I will fight alongside my colleagues to pass this legislation and institute meaningful change that can no longer wait . ''
`` We have to lean on the Republicans for them to vote on the bill , '' Emerald told the BBC .
`` These laws are specifically to take out the bad cops .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minneapolis , Angelique is looking ahead to the march that took place the day after I spoke to her .
On the morning we speak , family and friends of those who died in police custody , from across the US , were heading to Minneapolis to remember , to grieve and to demand change .
`` There 's so many of us that do n't have a voice and people do n't know about their loved ones , so they started calling each and every family members out here from all over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have gone through the situation .
All of us can relate to each and every one of our pain . ''
One family lost a man shot 17 times , another one was shot 70 times , she said .
`` They have to pass these laws , because enough is enough .
We do n't want another family to be in this group . ''
That night , yards from where George Floyd was killed , her husband 's name was painted on the road .
`` Andrew Kearse is finally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Angelique wrote on Twitter a few days later .
`` Andrew I told you I will never give up .
`` I will get you justice . ''
His name lives on with the others .

"My opinion is the same as it was six years ago - that nobody should die at the hands of police unjustly. That's always what's going to be my fight. That's always what's going to be my go-to, what's going to be my struggle as these cases come to light.


bbc--2020-07-22--Abood Hamam: 'A picture can kill you or save your life'

For years Abood Hamam chronicled the war in Syria for news outlets all over the world without ever revealing his name - and despite being employed by different warring parties .
He began as personal photographer to the presidential couple - Bashar and Asma al-Assad .
Later he filmed Islamic State 's victory parade .
Now , finally , he 's broken cover , to encourage exiles to return to his beloved hometown , Raqqa .
Abood Hamam laughs when asked - as a professional studier of faces - to describe himself .
His looks and his personality , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war in his country that 's already lasted nine years .
`` Whenever I look in the mirror , I 'm astonished by how much white hair I have now , '' he says .
`` And it 's all because of the war and the stress I 've been living through . ''
Abood is only 45 .
But he lives his life on a tightrope , in constant fear , risking everything to bring the truth of what 's happening in Syria to the world .
He 's probably the only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force in the conflict - the Assad dictatorship , the opposition Free Syrian Army , the rival Islamist groups Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State , and the Kurdish-controlled SDF .
`` A picture can kill you , just as a picture can save your life , '' he says .
He feared his secretly taken photos of rebel attacks in Damascus , early in the uprising , would get him killed by the secret police , the Mukhabarat , if they found out what he was doing .
At that stage the regime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing military strength .
And later , his camera skills may have helped keep him alive when the Islamic State ( IS ) needed him to record the military parade celebrating their takeover of his home city , Raqqa .
Abood 's remarkable story begins amid the rolling fields around Raqqa - the subject of many of his pictures - where his father was a farmer .
`` To be honest , the society I grew up in , and also my parents , they did n't really appreciate journalism or photographers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a teacher or a lawyer , '' he says .
`` They thought photographers , it 's just a silly job . ''
But Abood became hooked when his elder brother gave him his first camera , a Russian-made Zenit .
He graduated from the School of Photography in Damascus , and ended up , before the uprising of 2011 , as head of photography at the state news agency , Sana , a propaganda arm of the government .
Part of his job was to record the official comings and goings of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asma .
Despite the image she cultivated as a down-to-earth First Lady , eager to talk and listen to ordinary people , Abood says she and her husband never spoke to him in all the time he hovered around them with his camera .
`` On official missions we photographers were always accompanied by senior army and intelligence officers , '' he says .
`` I hated it , because you had to deal with them in a certain [ respectful ] way , and that 's just not my character . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ turned into armed insurrection , Abood began to live a terrifying double life .
By day he helped polish the regime 's image with his official photos .
By night and at dawn , he secretly recorded the opposition Free Syrian Army 's attacks in the capital .
He sent his pictures to international news agencies using a pseudonym , Nur Furat .
Furat is the Arabic name for the River Euphrates which flows through Raqqa , where Abood likes to relax when he gets the chance - he calls the river his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he says , the outlets that published his pictures do n't know his real name .
But soon , it became too dangerous to continue .
`` The memory stick that I sneaked in my pocket after covering these events that I was n't allowed to cover , I always thought of as a bullet that would kill me if I was discovered , '' he says .
In 2013 , after Raqqa became the first provincial capital in Syria to fall to the rebels , Abood escaped from Damascus and returned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life as a photojournalist there was no less risky .
He feared the many rebel forces jostling for control of the city would suspect him of being a regime infiltrator .
Then , in mid-2014 , his position became more precarious still .
`` I saw cars and motorcycles roaming the streets with black flags .
Someone approached me and said , 'This is the new Islamic caliphate . '
And I did n't know what that meant .
What was this caliphate ? ''
When IS took over , most journalists fled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Assads , should have been in more danger than most .
But he stayed - and went on working .
Extraordinary footage discovered later in the mobile phone of a dead IS fighter shows him in a long beige galabiya gown filming at a road junction - the snapper snapped .
But then Abood got an offer he could n't refuse .
IS asked him to film their victory parade , when captured military hardware decked in black flags rolled through the streets .
His pictures were used in an IS propaganda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many more followed of life in the `` caliphate '' , though Abood says he avoided public executions , even staying indoors on days they were held .
`` I never swore allegiance to IS and I never had to .
I built a strategy to remain independent at all times . ''
He escaped arrest he believes , because he had good contacts with tribal leaders in Raqqa who later joined IS .
But in 2015 , two IS enforcers knocked on his door and warned him he 'd be in great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So later that year , he left Raqqa to report on the war elsewhere in northern Syria .
He only returned in late 2017 , after the bombing campaign by the US-led anti-IS coalition had freed the city from the terrorists - but largely reduced it to ruins .
• Listen to The Many Colours of Raqqa on Crossing Continents , on BBC Radio 4 , at 11:00 on Thursday 23 July • Or catch up later online '' On the first day I was silent .
I had nothing to say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't me .
On the second day , when I went out and started taking pictures , I started crying .
I was roaming the streets and crying all the time . ''
For months , he wandered endlessly through the wreckage of Raqqa , camera at the ready .
He became , he says , the guardian of the city , getting to know every silent , shattered street , every broken family .
The UN said 80 % of the city was uninhabitable ; 90 % of its population had fled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took , the one that 's affected him most shows a ruined block of flats , the walls mostly blown out , with a bright turquoise woman 's dress hanging down from the edge of what was once a room .
`` I felt it was a huge invasion of privacy , '' he says .
`` Because this is normally a dress that a woman wears only inside the house .
The family is no longer here , there is no more happiness here , and the dress is hanging alone .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wind blew it left and right .
I thought it was hanging like someone hangs on a rope , choking to death . ''
Slowly , though , colour crept back into Abood 's pictures as the city began to come back to life - the yellow and red signs of reopened shops , the swirling blue waters of the Euphrates dotted with bathers .
Finally , he decided to come out of the shadows and showcase his photos - under his real name - on a Facebook page , Abood without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to return .
`` It was a kind of shout in the face of all the bad things that happened to my city .
My only goal was to show Raqqa citizens who are away , that you need to look at your city differently .
I know that grey has been the colour of your city .
But remember how Raqqa looks in other colours , love Raqqa again and think of coming back .
If you look into my pictures , you always see , even with the most extremely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an element of life . ''
The picture he 's proudest of shows a girl in a bright dress smiling shyly as she holds out a plate of ripe , freshly picked plums .
She 's the daughter of a man who had moved to Saudi Arabia but returned to rejoin his family in Raqqa - and contributed to the rebuilding of a local school - after seeing Abood 's pictures online .
Others , too , he says , have come back because of his Facebook page .
But now Abood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city , although he swore he 'd never leave .
Journalistic impulse sent him off to cover fighting in and around Turkish-controlled parts of northern Syria .
And now he 's scared to go home , for fear Raqqa 's current masters , the Kurdish-dominated SDF ( Syrian Democratic Forces ) , will suspect him of being a Turkish infiltrator .
He 's survived the most brutal forces , yet it 's the one that freed Raqqa from extremists - alongside Western allies - that he now feels he ca n't risk working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with his job , in Syria , fear never ends .
`` I ca n't think of any moment where I lived peacefully or happily in all this period .
I remember , for example , how once I went filming after an air strike , and afterwards they told me my cousin was among the dead .
I went back to my video , and saw his body there .
`` I 'm now 45 years old and , because of the war , I did n't get married .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do n't have a wife .
And it 's really sad .
`` If did n't have this camera , I would have carried a gun .
I am against weapons , but I think that if I had got involved in the war just as a regular citizen , the impact of it would have been less on me .
`` I 'll go on taking photos of what is happening in Syria , whether miserable or happy .
I want everyone to see it .
But if I had the choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a very peaceful area .
I 've always dreamed of going to Switzerland… I need the peace and calm . ''
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"It was a kind of shout in the face of all the bad things that happened to my city. My only goal was to show Raqqa citizens who are away, that you need to look at your city differently. I know that grey has been the colour of your city. But remember how Raqqa looks in other colours, love Raqqa again and think of coming back. If you look into my pictures, you always see, even with the most extremely sad and deadly pictures, something colourful, an element of life."


bbc--2020-07-22--QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?

Twitter has announced a crackdown on the QAnon conspiracy theory , banning thousands of accounts and blocking web addresses linking to videos and websites spreading QAnon 's bizarre ideas .
It 's a fringe movement but one that has picked up a tremendous head of steam online , particularly in the United States .
So what is QAnon and who believes in it ?
What is it ?
At its heart , QAnon is a wide-ranging , unfounded conspiracy theory that says that Donald Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government , business and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this fight will lead to a day of reckoning where prominent people such as Hillary Clinton will be arrested and executed .
That 's the basic story , but there are so many offshoots , detours and internal debates that the total list of QAnon claims is enormous - and often contradictory .
Adherents draw in news events , historical facts and numerology to develop their own far-fetched conclusions .
Where did it all start ?
In October 2017 , an anonymous user put a series of posts on the message board 4chan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Q '' and claimed to have a level of US security approval known as `` Q clearance '' .
These messages became known as `` Q drops '' or `` breadcrumbs '' , often written in cryptic language peppered with slogans , pledges and pro-Trump themes .
Nobody actually believes it , right ?
Actually , thousands do .
The amount of traffic to mainstream social networking sites like Facebook , Twitter , Reddit and YouTube has exploded since 2017 , and indications are the numbers have gone up further during the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are hundreds of thousands of people who believe in at least some of the bizarre theories offered up by QAnon .
And its popularity has n't been diminished by events which would seem to debunk the whole thing .
For instance , early Q drops focused on the investigation by special prosecutor Robert Mueller .
QAnon supporters claimed Mr Mueller 's inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 US election was really an elaborate cover story for an investigation into paedophiles .
When it concluded with no such bombshell revelation , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
True believers contend deliberate misinformation is sown into Q 's messages - in their minds making the conspiracy theory impossible to disprove .
What impact has it had ?
QAnon supporters drive hashtags and co-ordinate abuse of perceived enemies - the politicians , celebrities and journalists who they believe are covering up for paedophiles .
It 's not just threatening messages online .
Twitter says it took action against QAnon because of the potential for `` offline harm '' .
Several QAnon believers have been arrested after making threats or taking offline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2018 , a heavily armed man blocked a bridge over the Hoover Dam .
Matthew Wright later pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge .
Could it have impact on the US election ?
Studies indicate that most Americans have n't heard of QAnon .
But for many believers , it forms the foundation of their support for President Trump .
The president has , unwittingly or not , retweeted QAnon supporters , and last month his son Eric Trump posted a QAnon meme on Instagram .
Dozens of QAnon supporters are running for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope but some , such as Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia - appear to have a good chance of winning a seat .
It 's quite likely that a QAnon supporter - or someone sympathetic to the conspiracy theory - will sit in the next US Congress .
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bbc--2020-07-22--Kanye West: What to say - and not to say - about the US star

A few things we know about Kanye West .
As a rapper and producer , he has made some of the best-selling and most acclaimed music of our era .
His marriage to a reality TV star has made him part of one of the most famous celebrity couples on the planet .
He is a father and a successful fashion designer .
He is not afraid of speaking out or courting controversy .
He once accused President George W Bush live on air of racism and said the current incumbent has `` dragon energy '' .
He caused outrage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most recently he announced , not for the first time , that he is running for the US presidency .
All of this and more have made him a figure of enormous public interest .
Here 's one important thing we do n't know about Kanye West - the inner workings of his mind .
That this remains unknown should be remembered in the light of a much discussed campaign launch and a follow-up series of tweets .
The rally , and social media messages , have sparked alarm .
Some people have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called a `` meltdown '' .
So what to make of his latest actions ?
West 's situation is complicated by the fact that he has been candid about his mental health .
Last year , he stated he had bipolar disorder , describing being in a `` hyper-paranoid '' state and pleading for understanding .
`` It 's a health issue that has a strong stigma on it and people are allowed to say anything about it and discriminate in any way .
This is like a sprained brain , like having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a sprained ankle , you 're not going to push on him more , '' he said .
On Wednesday , Kim Kardashian West publicly addressed the issue on Instagram .
`` As many of you know , Kanye has bi-polar disorder .
Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does , knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand , '' she wrote .
He is a `` brilliant but complicated person '' whose `` words sometimes do not align with his intentions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , although varying in its symptoms and severity for individuals , can cause extreme mood swings , with patients suffering both depression and high-energy `` manic '' phases .
Stick to what you know The overwhelming message from mental health experts is that , no one , not even professionals , should try to guess what an individual is going through , however famous they are .
Speculation should be avoided , they say , not just for the good of a person in the public eye but for the wider understanding of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to think about all of the other people in the world who may be struggling with similar sorts of issues and think about what it means for those problems to be dragged up in the public eye , '' says Peter Kinderman , Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool .
Prof Kinderman says unusual behaviour can be scrutinised but it is important not to link it to mental health conditions .
`` If it were to be the case that a particular candidate for president was rambling and incoherent , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Give the evidence .
If you think there is evidence that somebody is making bizarre and unsubstantiated claims , then say they are making bizarre and unsubstantiated claims .
Whether or not somebody decides that that meets the criteria for a so-called mental illness of bipolar is another matter . ''
`` Stick to the facts , stick to what people do , and do n't speculate to potential psychiatric causes of people 's behaviour , '' he says .
For counselling psychologist Dr Carolyne Keenan , a celebrity raising awareness about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a positive impact .
But she says the condition needs to be separated from the figure .
`` We have no idea who is in control of his social media accounts .
So we take it at face value what 's being put out into the world wide web are his words but actually , we do n't know , '' she says .
`` We have no idea what this man , the actual human man behind the celebrity face , is experiencing or going through . ''
`` I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrities , need to remember that they do n't know the full story .
And so even making comment is really difficult because you do n't know what you are commenting on . ''
`` Sensationalising these difficulties whether they are members of the public or celebrities is really problematic for anyone who is experiencing mental health because it gives a very small picture of what might be going on . ''
People should respond with `` curiosity and kindness '' if they feel they need to respond at all to West , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say anything at all The idea of kindness might be anathema to the often brutal world of celebrity news and social media but despite the negative posts there has been a swell of concern and a wider discussion of the issues involved .
Some commentators saw an element of hypocrisy amid the sympathy , pointing to the jokes faced by singers Azealia Banks and Britney Spears , who also faced public questions over their mental health .
One of the most shared responses came from singer Halsey , who called for understanding while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

As a rapper and producer, he has made some of the best-selling and most acclaimed music of our era. His marriage to a reality TV star has made him part of one of the most famous celebrity couples on the planet. He is a father and a successful fashion designer. He is not afraid of speaking out or courting controversy. He once accused President George W Bush live on air of racism and said the current incumbent has "dragon energy". He caused outrage by humiliating Taylor Swift on stage. Most recently he announced, not for the first time, that he is running for the US presidency.


bbc--2020-07-22--We built a recording studio to take on music industry

`` I 've made it into the industry , so why not hold the door open for someone else ? ''
It 's a safe bet that at some point in your life , you or one of your friends has harboured dreams of working in music .
Lots of us spent our maths lessons in the back of the classroom writing lyrics , counting down the minutes until we could get home and load up Fruity Loops in preparation of a life producing music for our favourite artists .
But chances are , unless you come from a high-income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry would likely hit a brick wall at some point .
Young people from higher income backgrounds are significantly more likely to be earning from music than people from lower income backgrounds , even if they studied music at school or university , according to a report from national charity Youth Music .
For low-income women the gap is even greater .
But Youth Music 's research suggests that people with ambitions of forging a career in music are finding their own ways in .
Promoter Alexandra Ampofo says she 's never got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who 's already at the company '' .
`` It 's an old boys club .
It 's a gentlemen 's club - and that needs to change , '' the 26-year-old tells Radio 1 Newsbeat .
The promoter has pulled together tours for huge musicians like SiR and Goldlink in the past year in her job at Metropolis Music , part of Live Nation .
But `` if it was n't for my friend who was already at the company I work at now reaching out to me , I might not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' she says .
That 's why Alex , who started making contacts in the industry via bar work at music venues , co-founded Women Connect .
She hopes it can bridge the gap by helping young women from marginalised groups and lower-income backgrounds to connect with industry figures and learn about the jobs that can lead to sustainable careers .
They link people up with work experience and Alex says she 's applied for jobs on behalf of hundreds of people .
`` Rarely you get a call back - usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but legally they have to advertise it , '' she says .
Alex says there 's a `` lack of information '' about jobs that are available in the music industry - something backed up by the report .
Most people wanting to work in music are hoping to make it as artists , according to Youth Music - jobs that are few and far between .
But there 's `` a wide range of new roles which did n't exist two decades ago '' beyond performing , thanks to growth in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Its report suggests that schools are `` unaware of the breadth of career paths available '' in the UK music industries , meaning school leavers are too .
Alex says she had no idea how to access a career in music , something she says is the one thing that `` feeds her soul '' .
`` There was a real lack of education , '' she says . '
I see them experience a show I put together' Music promotion is her perfect career - the job involves figuring out the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ booking the venues , sorting out the ticket prices and getting a guestlist together .
`` You 're going to get to meet the person and get to know the person and they 're gon na know that you 're the person that brought their dream to life as well , '' she says .
A big pull is how much of the work is behind the scenes .
`` How you can be at Shepherds Bush Empire walking around and this is something that you put together but you do n't have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
I just think that 's really nice .
`` I 'm able to see first-hand people 's faces and how they 're experiencing the show that I put together .
And they have no idea it 's me .
I love that . ''
Imogen Storey and James Duckworth , two members of the band Novustory , are a bit more used to being centre stage .
They 've had festival slots , they 're being played on local and some national radio , and they 're involved in a campaign for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 're doing behind the scenes is maybe more important .
When we speak to them in early July they 're sitting in a converted ballroom in the centre of Blackburn .
It 's a building they 've been renting since the start of March .
And despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting down normal life in the UK just a few weeks later , they 're surrounded by new equipment and speakers , wearing matching hoodies bearing their company 's logo .
The recording studio they 've been dreaming about and working on is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are 25 and 23 , make up Esche Haus Audio - a recording studio in the north of England set up to help combat the `` many stone walls that you come up against '' when you 've got ambitions of working in the music industry .
`` We 've encountered so many sharks along the way in music , we wanted to be able to almost offer a safe place where you get in what you put out , '' says Imogen .
But they offer more than just somewhere to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much money to go into the studio .
`` We have one lad who 's 15 .
He goes out busking and as soon as he makes enough money , he records so he can sell it while he 's busking , to make more money so he can come back to the studio .
`` He 's not got a pot of money to waste… so we want people to have the full package .
`` You come under our wing and you get a really good quality recording , we can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can sort you with people who can do your graphic design for your logos , we can sort you with band merch , we can help with your social media . ''
`` We can organise a package that brings the cost down , '' James adds .
They 're the kind of business eligible to apply for Youth Music 's £2m incubator fund of up to £30,000 , designed to help open up sustainable careers in music for 18 to 25 year olds .
The creative industries are at risk due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - but the charity 's CEO Matt Griffiths says in the wake of the virus the music industry has a `` real opportunity '' to make change .
`` We must use the upheaval and challenges of 2020 as a springboard to hit reset on the music industry and fling open the doors , '' he says .
`` The existing music industry model is broken and there 's a new one up for grabs . ''
He 's calling on the industry 's biggest companies to overhaul their recruitment policy to ensure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unpaid internships and form better relationships with the music education sector .
`` This seminal moment presents us with a real opportunity to not only reflect but to act .
`` We know there 's a deep desire for transformation across the grassroots of the music industries .
`` By working together , individually and collectively , we can create the change that 's being loudly called for . ''
Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here .

"You come under our wing and you get a really good quality recording, we can sort you with music videos, we can sort you with people who can do your graphic design for your logos, we can sort you with band merch, we can help with your social media."


bbc--2020-07-22--India coronavirus: Online classes expose extent of digital divide

Mahima and Ananya are in the same class at a small private school in the northern Indian state of Punjab .
Teachers describe them both as `` brilliant '' students , but ever since classes moved online , they have found themselves on opposite sides of India 's digital divide .
Ananya , who lives in an urban area , has wi-fi at home , and says she is able to log in to her classes and follow them easily .
`` The experience is awesome and classes are going really well .
This is our school now , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mahima , who lives in a village , it has been a frustrating experience .
For one , she has no home wi-fi .
Instead she relies on her mobile phone 's 4G signal , a common source of internet across rural and small-town India .
But the phone signal is strongest on the terrace of her house , so Mahima often has no choice but to study there in the searing heat .
Even then , she says , she may or may not be able to join the classes online .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I ca n't watch online videos sent by the teacher .
Downloading is a big problem .
We only get electricity a few hours a day , so keeping the phone charged is also an issue , '' she says .
`` I have barely attended 10-12 classes in the last one and half months .
At times I feel like crying because of the backlog .
I am so behind the syllabus . ''
The government has been touting online classes as a viable alternative , but unequal and patchy access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is vastly different depending on location and household income .
With more than 630 million subscribers , India is home to the world 's second-largest internet user base .
But connectivity is still an issue , especially since mobile data - rather than wi-fi - is the main source .
The signal is often uneven , making it hard to stream videos smoothly , and electricity supply is erratic , which means devices often run out of charge .
All of this was recently flagged by state representatives to the federal ministry of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in India .
The Indian Express newspaper quoted senior officials warning that almost 30 % of the central state of Jharkhand had poor connectivity , while similar complaints had been made in Arunachal Pradesh in the north-east .
There are other issues too .
The internet device most Indians use is a mobile phone - so many students follow classes on cheap phones rather than laptops .
Many poor households have only one phone , and access to it is unreliable .
And then there are those who ca n't afford any device @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Kerala , for instance , a teenager killed herself , allegedly because her family could not afford a mobile phone or a television ( lessons are being aired on a special educational channel ) .
Her father told local journalists that he was a daily-wage earner and could not afford either .
`` She was very worried that she would not be able to attend the classes .
I had told her that some solution will be found by the teachers , but she was very upset , '' he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy researcher , told the BBC : `` As everyone was unexpectedly thrust into an online-only environment , the type and number of devices that a family had became instrumental in deciding a student 's ability to engage with the system .
`` At one extreme of this spectrum are those who do not have any type of device and therefore get completely excluded .
Many students in government-run schools have faced this problem .
It 's not just about whether you can access the internet , she says - it 's how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a clear difference in the user experience of doing online classes on a mobile phone versus a computer or a laptop . ''
State governments and civil associations have tried to address this .
The death of the student in Kerala compelled two rival student organisations to work together to provide television sets to students .
`` In some houses , particularly in tribal communities , we are getting electrical connections established , '' one representative told BBC Hindi .
Read more of the BBC 's original stories on the pandemic in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first virus fatality' But these efforts do little to bridge the gap in internet access .
This has caused some experts to question if online education is a fair option at all .
Among them is Anurag Behar , CEO of Aziz Premji Foundation , which funds education initiatives .
`` The education of children can not be done effectively online , '' he told the BBC , adding that to do so would `` damage education deeply and exacerbate inequities '' .
Most disadvantaged children , he added , did not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home and are in families combating deep livelihood crises , making them unable to cope with other challenges .
`` Unless we get a grip on these bare necessities , there is no point in bothering about the education of children . ''

But the phone signal is strongest on the terrace of her house, so Mahima often has no choice but to study there in the searing heat. Even then, she says, she may or may not be able to join the classes online.


bbc--2020-07-22--Turkey-Greece tensions escalate over Turkish Med drilling plans

Greece has issued a naval alert after Turkey announced it was sending a ship to carry out a drilling survey in waters close to a Greek island off Turkey 's south coast .
Turkey 's initial advisory on Tuesday sparked alarm in Greece amid reports that naval ships from both countries were preparing to patrol the area .
The EU said Turkey 's alert was `` not helpful and sends the wrong message '' .
Turkey said its survey ship was working entirely within its continental shelf .
Although the Turkish survey ship , Oruc Reis , was still reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ port of Antalya on Wednesday , the Turkish alert - known as a Navtex - prompted alarm in the Greek military and was condemned by Athens as illegal .
The survey alert covers an area between Cyprus and Crete .
Unconfirmed Greek reports said Turkish and Greek navy ships were heading to an area near the Greek island of Kastellorizo , a short distance from the Turkish mainland .
Relations between Greece and Turkey have been icy anyway .
The two countries have quarrelled over migrants crossing into Greece ; then earlier this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul , for centuries an Orthodox Christian cathedral , would be turned into a mosque .
Greece has said the Turkish naval move violates its sovereign rights .
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and said he would talk to other Greek political leaders about the escalation on Thursday .
Nato allies Turkey and Greece are on separate sides in a race to develop energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean .
In recent years , huge gas reserves have been found in the waters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Greece , Israel and Egypt to work together to make the most of the resources .
As part of that agreement , energy supplies would go to Europe via a 2,000km ( 1,200-mile ) pipeline in the Med .
Last year Turkey stepped up drilling to the west of Cyprus , which has been divided since 1974 , with Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus only recognised as a republic by Ankara .
The division of the island was marked in Turkey this week , and Ankara has always argued that the island 's natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in November 2019 , Ankara signed a deal with Libya that Turkey said created an exclusive economic zone ( EEZ ) from the Turkish southern coast to Libya 's north-east coast .
Egypt said it was illegal , Greece said it was absurd as it failed to take account of the Greek island of Crete , midway between the two countries .
At the end of May , Turkey said it planned to start drilling in the coming months in several other areas further west , alarming EU members Greece and Cyprus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Petroleum to drill in the Eastern Med , including off the Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete .
`` Everyone should accept that Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus can not be excluded from the energy equation in the region , '' said Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay .
• Turkey ramps up its drilling operations off Cyprus What are the legal issues ?
Many Greek islands in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean are within sight of the Turkish coast , so issues of territorial waters are complex and the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war in the past .
If Greece were to extend its territorial waters from six miles to the maximum of 12 allowed internationally , Turkey argues its sea routes would be severely affected .
Apart from territorial waters , there are exclusive economic zones ( EEZs ) , like that agreed between Turkey and Libya , but also like the Cypriot EEZ accords with Lebanon , Egypt and Israel .
They can extend for 200 nautical miles .
So where does Kastellorizo fit in , 2km from the Turkish mainland ?
Greece argues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area of the continental shelf of Kastellorizo .
But Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last month that `` islands that are far from the mainland and closer to Turkey can not have a continental shelf '' .
Turkey 's vice-president said last month that Ankara was tearing up maps `` drawn to imprison us on the mainland '' , and Ankara insists it is acting with the UN 's Law of the Sea .
What reaction has there been ?
Greece 's European allies have backed its position .
German Foreign Minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Athens , urged Ankara to stop `` provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean '' .
On Wednesday , an EU spokeswoman said Turkey 's new move was `` not helpful and sends the wrong message '' .
The bloc had repeatedly underlined that the limitation of exclusive economic zones and the continental shelf should be addressed through negotiations and in good faith , she added .

After German intervention, there was a commitment to dialogue and calm was apparently restored. But then in early August Greece signed a deal with Egypt to set up a maritime zone that infuriated Turkey. The talks were called off and the Oruc Reis left port on 10 August. By late the next day the Oruc Reis was reported to be sailing in waters between Crete and Cyprus.


bbc--2020-07-22--Top 10 tips for diversifying your workplace

How can businesses move to better represent their customers and workforces following the cultural shifts aided by the Black Lives Matter movement ?
Advertising boss Karen Blackett OBE - who was made race equality business champion by former Prime Minister Theresa May - has a series of tips for bosses seeking to tackle racism and to diversify their firms .
Ms Blackett is the UK manager of advertising giant WPP and UK CEO of media investment firm GroupM .
I think it 's people just not even realising what they 're saying .
[ People have said to me : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can get away with that colour . ''
Or , a comment about the size of your lips : `` She could take shares out in those . ''
It 's like a mosquito bite .
It 's annoying and itches , but you can live with it .
If you have another , and then another , and another , all on the same arm , by the end of the day you 've got an arm that 's quite painful and quite swollen .
And that 's what it feels like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ putdowns day after day .
2 .
Look at your phone I always ask senior leaders to tell me the four people in your phone that you contact most often from a work perspective .
Now look at the next four people .
Look at the eight people and now start telling me what these people are like .
And if they 're similar to you in terms of background , in terms of social class , in terms of race , none of us are doing enough .
That applies to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still the only person of colour on the team' What 's really important is understanding the differences - even between African and Caribbean .
Understanding the differences and what the pressure points are or the triggers are so that you can address it .
And I always talk about how important data is , and that really means drilling and mining the data , not lumping it together to get an average .
Unless we 're comfortable talking about race and making it part of our everyday vernacular , it 's going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single time .
We 've all got to get comfortable talking about race .
But we 've got one black CEO in the FTSE 100 .
So it 's something that you have to get comfortable with .
It 's something you have to talk about .
If you had a business issue you would absolutely drill down and you would look at where you can improve and where you have targets and how you set them .
You break it down and you address it and you focus on it and you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actually , more diversity is a huge solution to so many business issues that we all have , where you can source growth and have that real opportunity to leap forward .
We do that with any other business metric , and this should be exactly the same .
If you look at gender , we have seen how the Davies report and the Hampton-Alexander report were a catalyst to organisations doing more to make sure that they had senior women on their decision-making boards .
We 've also seen how gender pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and focus on the data and focus on what proportion of our business is female .
We 've seen how legislation can just help businesses focus .
I do n't believe in overloading businesses with lots of paperwork and reporting , but when it can make a huge economic difference to the UK and for society as well , I think it 's something that we should do .
7 .
Go further than unconscious bias training I believe that unconscious bias training is hygiene .
It 's hygiene , which any responsible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a fundamental difference to your culture ?
I do n't believe it does .
I genuinely believe in much more active interventions .
And that involves the boardrooms of all of our organisations and all of our companies across the UK .
• ' I 've been stared at in disbelief when I introduce myself' You need to really focus on your people practices and your interview systems .
Because if you level the playing field , you still might not allow somebody to get through the door .
It 's actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a university in a really deprived area , which is where they were brought up , could be the equivalent of a First from a Russell Group university ( group of 24 leading universities ) .
We had the first government-backed apprenticeship programme in our industry sector , whereby we looked to people aged 18-24 that have n't been to university .
We specifically looked at recruiting from areas where the schools had above-average exam results , but also an above-average reliance on subsidised school meals .
So you had talent , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We started that in 2012 at MediaCom ( she was UK CEO from 2011-16 ) and it 's been one of the most successful things that we have done to bring diversity of thought and diverse talent into the organisation - not just in terms of more talent from ethnic minority backgrounds , but also social class as well .
If [ using anonymised CVs ] helps with the sifting and getting people through the door because there 's some sort of bias which is happening at the recruitment stage , I understand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to meet the person , even in the remote working world which we 're in now - whether it 's through a laptop screen or whether it 's face to face .
Unless you 've absolutely , fundamentally looked at your recruitment system - and that system can sometimes perpetuate inequality - then it does n't make a bit of difference .
Karen Blackett was speaking to Evan Davis for The Bottom Line on BBC Radio 4

I think it's people just not even realising what they're saying. [People have said to me:] "With your skin tone you can get away with that colour." Or, a comment about the size of your lips: "She could take shares out in those." It's like a mosquito bite. It's annoying and itches, but you can live with it. If you have another, and then another, and another, all on the same arm, by the end of the day you've got an arm that's quite painful and quite swollen. And that's what it feels like if you keep getting those tiny little putdowns day after day.


bbc--2020-07-22--One Direction: 10 years of the band - in pictures

Dormant pop beasts One Direction are marking their 10th anniversary on Thursday by launching a new website containing a series of celebration videos , archived behind-the-scenes footage and interactive playlists for fans to enjoy .
The much-loved boy band , who have been on hiatus since 2015 , broke their two-year Twitter silence on Wednesday , to announce : `` Tomorrow !
You and me got a whole lot of history # 10YearsOf1D . ''
The pop act first appeared on ITV talent show The X Factor in 2010 and went on to make the Best Song Ever ( quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Horan , Liam Payne , Louis Tomlinson and former bandmate Zayn Malik have stolen plenty of hearts along the way too .
With rumours of a 2020 reunion rife , check out their story below , and remind yourselves of exactly what makes them beautiful .
One Direction were born on series seven of The X Factor , where they reached the final - losing out to Matt Cardle .
The five-piece were formed as a group on the talent show after having entered as individual performers , and soon signed to Simon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ended up having huge chart success with four UK number one albums and four number ones singles .
The boy band 's prowess was recognised with multiple Teen Choice Awards , Brit Awards , and MTV Video Music Awards .
They have had global hits with songs like Best Song Ever , Little Things , Steal My Girl , Story Of My Life and What Makes You Beautiful - the latter being the most-played One Direction track ever in the UK , according to music licensers PPL .
1D , as they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Music Awards , MTV Video Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards .
They have sold more than 50 million records around the world , and also worked with charities like Children in Need .
In 2015 , the band of five became four , when Malik quit in the middle of a world tour , citing stress .
As he went it alone , the departing member later called One Direction 's music `` generic '' and said it did n't suit his tastes .
One Direction went on as a four-piece , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go on hiatus ... where they have remained until now .
During that time , though , all four have forged careers as solo artists , yet always left the door open for a reunion .
Payne ( second left ) hinted in April this year that the group might reunite in 2020 to mark their 10th anniversary .
`` I 'm not allowed to say too much obviously , because I 'd be giving it away , '' he told presenter James Corden .
`` But we 've been speaking a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he added .
`` I think that we 're all feeling that that 10 year [ s ] is a very special moment . ''
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They have had global hits with songs like Best Song Ever, Little Things, Steal My Girl, Story Of My Life and What Makes You Beautiful - the latter being the most-played One Direction track ever in the UK, according to music licensers PPL.


bbc--2020-07-22--Uganda - where security forces may be more deadly than coronavirus

In Uganda , at least 12 people have allegedly been killed by security officers enforcing measures to restrict the spread of coronavirus , while no-one has been killed by the virus itself .
Patience Atuhaire has been meeting some of those affected by the violence .
Joyce Namugalu Mutasiga speaks to me as she fries small pancakes , known as kabalagala , over a woodfire , her words coming out in short , crisp sentences punctuated with long silences .
`` Somebody is moving away from you and then you shoot him ?
At least they would have said sorry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back , and now I am going to struggle with the children , '' she says , straining to bottle up her emotions .
The 65-year-old is now the main bread-winner for a family of eight .
Two of her grandchildren , aged three and five , too young to grasp the full scale of what has befallen them , run across the yard pointing to a car in the yard : `` Take a photo of daddy 's car ! ''
In June , nearly three weeks after he was reportedly shot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Eric Mutasiga died from his wounds .
His last moments were in an operating theatre in the country 's Mulago Hospital , according to his mother .
The 30-year-old headteacher was one of those allegedly killed by security forces enforcing a coronavirus lockdown .
The killings are believed to have been at the hands of policemen , soldiers and members of an armed civilian force called the Local Defence Unit ( LDU ) .
Since March , they have been jointly manning roadblocks to ensure that people stick to the control measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( known locally as boda bodas ) and a dusk-to-dawn curfew .
Many Ugandans are wary as they approach these roadblocks not knowing what might happen , but on 13 May trouble came to Mr Mutasiga 's home .
As well as running the Merrytime Primary school , the father of three had a small shop next to his home on the edge of Mukono , about an hour 's drive east of the capital , Kampala .
On that Wednesday , policemen and members of the LDU were arresting people found breaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Mr Mutasiga 's employee , a young man working at the chapati stall outside the shop , had just been detained .
`` I begged [ the policemen ] to forgive him .
The two officers debated amongst themselves whether to let him go , '' the headteacher later explained to local journalists .
Then , as people gathered round , things got heated .
`` One of the policemen started to say I was n't the one who trained him .
He said he could even shoot me .
`` As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policeman ] shot in the air .
I turned to see what happened , and saw him aim directly at me .
`` The bullet went right into my left leg and I fell .
They got on their motorcycle really quickly and rode away . ''
He made those comments as he was being wheeled into hospital - the police have not verified his account .
His family had hoped that he would make a full recovery .
`` We stayed in hospital awaiting surgery , but every time we asked , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wound was bad , they could n't operate , '' his mother says .
Mr Mutasiga was eventually taken to the operating theatre on 8 June where he died , she adds .
The death certificate shows that he died directly from gunshot wounds .
Mrs Mutasiga stares at the ground , taking a moment to compose herself .
She feels let down by the entire government system , saying : `` Some family members have suggested we go to court .
But the police have not revealed the shooter 's identify , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Her brother , Robert Senyonga , died after being beaten .
Around midday on 7 July , she received a call from his employer .
She was told that she had to get to the eastern city of Jinja fast , as Mr Senyonga had been repeatedly struck by the butt of a gun wielded by someone believed to be from the LDU for riding a motorcycle .
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The beating left the 20-year-old , who worked as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the skull .
Ms Nanyonjo got to him late at night and then returned with him to the capital , where he was referred to hospital .
`` We made it to Mulago at about 2am , and spent the rest of the night on the ward floor .
I approached a medical worker for help , but was asked for money .
He was finally given a bed in the morning , '' she says .
It took a lot of haggling , and a couple of days , before Mr Senyonga @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by then , it was too late .
`` I am extremely angry .
They beat him , but even the top hospital in the country could not give him proper medical care , '' Ms Nanyonjo says .
`` My brother died in my arms . ''
For this family , the void left by their departed will be impossible to fill .
The LDU earned notoriety in the early 2000s when it was first created .
Its personnel were accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings or of turning into gunmen for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demobilised .
Ugandans were therefore apprehensive when it was revived in 2018 .
Critics say the force puts guns in the hands of young , poorly trained people who are unable to reduce the tension in a confrontation .
The army has now withdrawn all LDU personnel from deployment , for retraining .
President Yoweri Museveni and other senior officials have condemned the reported attacks but when the BBC contacted the various security agencies implicated , none of them wished to give us a statement in response to the allegations .
Rights groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` We 've found that security forces have been using Covid-19 and the measures put in place to prevent its spread as an excuse to violate human rights , '' says Oryem Nyeko , a researcher for Human Rights Watch .
But these problems have been known for many years , he says , and `` we need to explore reforming a system that emboldens people to commit abuses '' .
Families say the judicial process is often too convoluted to navigate , but there have been successful prosecutions in two cases in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a soldier and the other a member of the LDU .
The soldier who killed Allen Musiimenta 's husband was jailed by a military court for 35 years after being found guilty of murder four days after the incident .
But she is not satisfied .
`` The soldier got his punishment , but I wo n't get my husband back , '' Ms Musiimenta says .
Benon Nsimenta , who was due to be ordained as a reverend in November , was gunned down on a highway in the western town of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his wife had set off for their village home on a motorbike .
They had a document from a local councillor indicating that the vehicle was theirs and not a motorcycle taxi .
`` The soldiers who stopped us did n't even take a minute to ask questions .
One of them crossed the road , raised his gun and shot my husband in the neck , '' Ms Musiimenta says .
`` We did our family projects together , talked through everything .
We made plans for our children 's future .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their education by working our small farm ? ''
she trails off , overcome with emotion .
Football coach Nelly Julius Kalema survived his alleged brush with the security forces - but only just .
On 8 July he was rushing a friend 's sick girlfriend , Esther , to a clinic on a motorcycle .
It was already curfew time .
You may also want to watch : They were allowed through a roadblock , but then some people on a motorcycle , who he says were policemen , waved them down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he could find a safer place to stop just ahead .
He says one man took out a baton and hit Esther hard on the neck .
She screamed , and fell .
`` I lost balance and rammed into a concrete slab , on which I hit my head , '' he says , lying in a hospital bed .
The accident left him with a deep cut on the head , the scalp hanging by a few inches , that had to be stitched back .
Esther survived with a broken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The police declined to comment on his allegations .
When we met , Mr Kalema had been in hospital for nearly a week , his head constantly throbbing .
`` I have been lying here thinking I should n't have to feel lucky , because I had no fault in the accident .
How many of us must die or be maimed before the security forces change their methods ? ''
he wonders .
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"Somebody is moving away from you and then you shoot him? At least they would have said sorry, because his life will never be back, and now I am going to struggle with the children," she says, straining to bottle up her emotions.


bbc--2020-07-22--'To crown it like that was special' - Liverpool receive Premier League trophy in Kop ceremony

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy on the Kop at a near-empty Anfield to mark the club 's first top-flight triumph for 30 years .
Henderson received the trophy from Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish , who was manager when Liverpool last won it in 1990 , during a spectacular ceremony after the champions beat Chelsea 5-3 .
Liverpool were confirmed as champions on 25 June with seven games to spare , when nearest rivals Manchester City lost at Chelsea , but they had to wait until their final home game of the season to be presented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in front of their families , who were given special permission to attend the trophy presentation .
`` We 've been waiting a long time , '' said Henderson , who is recovering from a knee injury .
`` Walking up there was amazing , the lads deserved the moment and thankfully the families were watching .
`` To crown it off like that was really special . ''
There were no supporters in their 53,000-capacity Anfield home after the Premier League season resumed on 17 June behind closed doors following a three-month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Merseyside Police had warned fans not to repeat the widespread gatherings that took place on the city 's waterfront after the club 's title win last month - amid fears of a spike in infections - and Reds boss Jurgen Klopp urged them to celebrate at home .
A small group of fans , some with red flares , greeted the team coach when it arrived at the ground before kick-off , and fireworks were set off outside Anfield throughout the match .
During the game , Merseyside Police announced they had put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BST on Wednesday and 21:30 BST on Friday as they anticipated large crowds gathering .
Dalglish , who scored 172 goals in 515 appearances as a Liverpool player between 1977 and 1990 , handed out medals during a ceremony which involved a light show and pyrotechnics .
Klopp and his players sang the club 's famous anthem You 'll Never Walk Alone on the pitch after lifting the trophy .
Asked if he had a message for fans , Klopp said : `` If you do n't see that we do it for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` You made us happy , we all should celebrate at home .
Prepare for a party and when this virus has gone we will have a party . ''
After 30 years of near misses , some dark days and even mid-table finishes , Liverpool finally ended the club 's long wait to be champions of England for the 19th time .
It started on 9 August 2019 when they beat newly promoted Norwich 4-1 in the opening match of the 2019-20 Premier League season .
That result set the tone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finished one point behind champions Manchester City in 2018-19 , the Reds were relentless , winning their first eight league games .
Despite travelling to Qatar for the Fifa Club World Cup in December , they finished 2019 with a 13-point lead .
That had grown to 25 points when the Premier League was suspended in March because of Covid-19 .
Klopp later admitted he was `` worried '' about the season being declared null and void during the enforced shutdown .
As it turned out , Liverpool 's tally of 82 points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was enough to win the title .
Manchester City , who are guaranteed to finish second , can only reach 81 .
Wednesday 's victory over Chelsea means Liverpool are on 96 points - 18 ahead of City - with one game , at Newcastle on Sunday ( 16:00 BST ) , to go .
On 1 May 1990 , Liverpool 's players paraded the league trophy around a packed and joyous Anfield .
It was the last time they would celebrate such a success for three decades .
Wednesday 's celebrations come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ season rewriting the history books .
At one stage the Reds had a 25-point lead , the biggest ever in English top-flight history .
By claiming the title with seven matches to spare , Liverpool beat the mark set by Manchester United in 2000-01 and Manchester City in 2017-18 , who both became champions with five matches remaining .
When Liverpool reached 61 points from their opening 21 matches , it was the most a team had ever accumulated at that stage in any of Europe 's top five leagues .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have missed out on .
Manchester City 's record of 100 points in a single season set in 2017-18 remains as the most the Reds can reach is 99 .
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Last updated on .From the section Liverpool
Liverpool have won the Premier League, Champions League and Club World Cup in the past 13 months
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy on the Kop at a near-empty Anfield to mark the club's first top-flight triumph for 30 years.
Henderson received the trophy from Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish, who was manager when Liverpool last won it in 1990, during a spectacular ceremony after the champions beat Chelsea 5-3.
Liverpool were confirmed as champions on 25 June with seven games to spare, when nearest rivals Manchester City lost at Chelsea, but they had to wait until their final home game of the season to be presented with the trophy.
They did so in front of their families, who were given special permission to attend the trophy presentation.
"We've been waiting a long time," said Henderson, who is recovering from a knee injury. "Walking up there was amazing, the lads deserved the moment and thankfully the families were watching.
"To crown it off like that was really special."
There were no supporters in their 53,000-capacity Anfield home after the Premier League season resumed on 17 June behind closed doors following a three-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Liverpool win 2019-20 Premier League title: Henderson on 'amazing feeling' of lifting Premier League trophy
Merseyside Police had warned fans not to repeat the widespread gatherings that took place on the city's waterfront after the club's title win last month - amid fears of a spike in infections - and Reds boss Jurgen Klopp urged them to celebrate at home.
A small group of fans, some with red flares, greeted the team coach when it arrived at the ground before kick-off, and fireworks were set off outside Anfield throughout the match.
During the game, Merseyside Police announced they had put in place a dispersal order between 21:30 BST on Wednesday and 21:30 BST on Friday as they anticipated large crowds gathering.
Liverpool have won 31 of their 37 Premier League games this season
Dalglish, who scored 172 goals in 515 appearances as a Liverpool player between 1977 and 1990, handed out medals during a ceremony which involved a light show and pyrotechnics.
Klopp and his players sang the club's famous anthem You'll Never Walk Alone on the pitch after lifting the trophy.
Asked if he had a message for fans, Klopp said: "If you don't see that we do it for you, I can't help you.
"You made us happy, we all should celebrate at home. Prepare for a party and when this virus has gone we will have a party."
Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea: Jurgen Klopp 'couldn't be more proud' after Reds lift trophy
How Liverpool won the title
After 30 years of near misses, some dark days and even mid-table finishes, Liverpool finally ended the club's long wait to be champions of England for the 19th time.
It started on 9 August 2019 when they beat newly promoted Norwich 4-1 in the opening match of the 2019-20 Premier League season.
That result set the tone for what was to come.
Having finished one point behind champions Manchester City in 2018-19, the Reds were relentless, winning their first eight league games.
Despite travelling to Qatar for the Fifa Club World Cup in December, they finished 2019 with a 13-point lead.
That had grown to 25 points when the Premier League was suspended in March because of Covid-19.
Klopp later admitted he was "worried" about the season being declared null and void during the enforced shutdown. As it turned out, Liverpool's tally of 82 points from 29 games when football was stopped was enough to win the title. Manchester City, who are guaranteed to finish second, can only reach 81.
Wednesday's victory over Chelsea means Liverpool are on 96 points - 18 ahead of City - with one game, at Newcastle on Sunday (16:00 BST), to go.
Record-breaking season
On 1 May 1990, Liverpool's players paraded the league trophy around a packed and joyous Anfield.
It was the last time they would celebrate such a success for three decades.
Wednesday's celebrations come after Klopp's side have spent the season rewriting the history books.
At one stage the Reds had a 25-point lead, the biggest ever in English top-flight history.
A number of Liverpool supporters gathered outside Anfield on Wednesday as the team lifted the Premier League trophy inside the ground
By claiming the title with seven matches to spare, Liverpool beat the mark set by Manchester United in 2000-01 and Manchester City in 2017-18, who both became champions with five matches remaining.
When Liverpool reached 61 points from their opening 21 matches, it was the most a team had ever accumulated at that stage in any of Europe's top five leagues.
However, there is one record Klopp's side have missed out on.
Manchester City's record of 100 points in a single season set in 2017-18 remains as the most the Reds can reach is 99.
A night to remember
Liverpool's Egypt forward Mohamed Salah (right) has scored 19 Premier League goals this season
Liverpool have remained unbeaten at Anfield in three consecutive league seasons for the first time in the club's history
Jurgen Klopp was appointed Liverpool manager in October 2015
Liverpool have lost just three of their 37 Premier League matches this season


bbc--2020-07-22--Liverpool score five to edge out Chelsea in cracker

Liverpool celebrated receiving the title trophy for the first time in 30 years in style as the new Premier League champions overcame Chelsea in a thriller at Anfield .
Jordan Henderson - currently out injured - received the trophy from Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish on a special podium built on the Kop after Jurgen Klopp 's side made it three full unbeaten Premier League seasons at Anfield .
Chelsea , who now need a point from their final game at home to Wolves on Sunday to confirm a place in the top four - and next season 's Champions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moved through the gears after Naby Keita broke the deadlock with a rising 25-yard drive , and they added further goals before the break through Trent Alexander-Arnold 's fine free-kick and Gini Wijnaldum 's close-range strike .
Olivier Giroud scrambled in for Chelsea on the stroke of half-time but their hopes of a comeback appeared to be snuffed out 10 minutes after the break , when Roberto Firmino headed in his first Premier League home goal of the season from Alexander-Arnold 's cross .
Chelsea substitute Christian Pulisic then had a dramatic impact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creating a goal for Tammy Abraham then scoring another himself on the turn as this entertaining game took an unexpected turn .
To the thunderous sound of fireworks being let off outside Anfield by celebrating fans , the champions pressed forward again and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain slammed home the fifth from Andy Robertson 's cross with six minutes left .
And then it was time for the ceremony Liverpool have waited three decades to enjoy - albeit conducted in the somewhat surreal surroundings of a virtually empty stadium .
Liverpool may have secured the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but there is a relentless quality about the drive and motivation of Klopp 's team .
They showed that against opponents who still needed that crucial point to assure a place in next season 's Champions League .
Chelsea were the better team early on but Liverpool produced one of those spells after the midway point in the first half in which they are simply irresistible .
Liverpool scored three goals and even when Chelsea threatened an unlikely resurgence , they rose to the challenge again to confirm the win through substitute Oxlade-Chamberlain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims for the Golden Boot but missed several chances - while Keita distinguished himself with a superb strike and excellent performance .
Once again , Liverpool refused to finish second best in a show of character and quality .
It was a fitting way for them to round off another unbeaten league season at Anfield and the perfect set-up for those title presentation celebrations .
Chelsea are left needing that final point at home to Wolves to earn a top-four place as reward for a season of development under manager Frank Lampard .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to their performance but frailty at the back is never going to escape punishment against a side of Liverpool 's potency .
There was huge cause for optimism with the explosive contribution of Pulisic , who unnerved Liverpool 's defence with his pace and threat .
Wolves represent dangerous opponents in the season 's finale and Lampard will be warning his players that they can not display the same flaws as they did here .
'We were n't that far away' Chelsea boss Frank Lampard to BBC Sport : `` I can respect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 're a neutral , but when you play against Liverpool and their quality ... until the first two goals I thought we were comfortable .
We reacted and really contributed to the game .
At 4-3 we looked like the one to get a goal .
`` I thought we could draw the game because if you take out the isolated incidents of the goals ... we were n't that far away tonight . ''
On Christian Pulisic : `` He 's got huge quality .
He could n't play against United because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stronger and he 's going to be a huge player for us . ''
• Liverpool have amassed 55 points from the 57 available to them at Anfield in this season 's Premier League ( P19 W18 D1 L0 ) , the joint-most any side has earned at home in a campaign in the competition ( alongside Chelsea in 2005-06 , Manchester United in 2010-11 and Manchester City in 2011-12 ) .
• Only Aston Villa ( 0 ) have kept fewer clean sheets away from home than Chelsea ( 1 ) in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Chelsea 's outright lowest number of shutouts away from home in a single season in the competition .
• Liverpool have remained unbeaten at Anfield in three consecutive league seasons for the first time in the club 's history .
• This was the first Premier League game at Anfield to see as many as eight goals scored since Liverpool 's 4-4 draw with Arsenal in April 2009 .
• Only bottom-placed Norwich City ( 12 ) have conceded more Premier League goals from corner situations than Chelsea ( 10 ) this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has scored three direct free-kicks in the Premier League ; only Jamie Redknapp ( four ) scored more at the age of 21 or under in the competition .
• Mohamed Salah is the only Liverpool player to reach 10-plus goals and 10-plus assists in two separate Premier League seasons ( also 2017-18 ) .
• Liverpool 's Roberto Firmino scored his first Premier League goal at Anfield in 20 appearances , ending a run of 1,591 minutes of play and 56 attempted shots without scoring at the ground since he netted against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago .
• With their assists against Chelsea , Andy Robertson ( 27 ) and Trent Alexander-Arnold ( 26 ) are now the outright top two defenders for most Premier League assists for Liverpool , both ahead of Stig Inge Bjornebye ( 25 ) .
• Chelsea 's Olivier Giroud has scored seven Premier League goals against Liverpool ; only versus Aston Villa and Newcastle ( both eight ) has he netted more in the competition .
• Christian Pulisic has scored nine Premier League goals for Chelsea this season ; among American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2011-12 and 12 in 2010-11 ) has ever scored more in a campaign - his goal was the 1,000th scored in this season 's Premier League .
Liverpool end their title-winning season at Newcastle on Sunday , while Chelsea go in search of the point they need to seal a place in next season 's Champions League in a home game against Wolves .
Both games kick off at 16:00 BST .
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Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea: Jurgen Klopp 'couldn't be more proud' after Reds lift trophy
Liverpool celebrated receiving the league trophy for the first time in 30 years in style as the new champions overcame Chelsea in a thriller at Anfield.
Jordan Henderson - currently out injured - was presented with the trophy by Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish on a special podium built on the Kop after Jurgen Klopp's side made it three full unbeaten Premier League seasons at Anfield.
Chelsea, who now need a point from their final game at home to Wolves on Sunday to confirm a place in the top four - and next season's Champions League - started well.
But Liverpool moved through the gears after Naby Keita broke the deadlock with a rising 25-yard drive that thundered in off the bar, and they added further first-half goals - a fine Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick and Georginio Wijnaldum's powerful strike.
Olivier Giroud scrambled in for Chelsea on the stroke of half-time but their hopes of a comeback appeared to be snuffed out 10 minutes after the break, when Roberto Firmino headed in his first league goal of the season at Anfield from Alexander-Arnold's cross.
Substitute Christian Pulisic then had a dramatic impact as he sparked a Chelsea fightback, creating a goal for Tammy Abraham then scoring another himself on the turn as this entertaining game took an unexpected turn.
To the thunderous sound of fireworks being let off outside Anfield by celebrating fans, the champions pressed forward again and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain slammed home the fifth from Andy Robertson's cross with six minutes left.
And then it was time for the ceremony Liverpool have waited three decades to enjoy - albeit conducted in the somewhat surreal surroundings of a virtually empty stadium.
Liverpool irresistible to the end
Liverpool may have secured the title with seven games to go, but there is a relentless quality about the drive and motivation of Klopp's team.
They showed that against opponents who still needed that crucial point to assure a place in next season's Champions League.
Chelsea were the better team early on but the Reds produced one of those irresistible spells after the midway point in the first half.
Liverpool scored three goals and even when Chelsea threatened an unlikely resurgence, they rose to the challenge again to confirm the win through substitute Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Mohamed Salah could have pushed his claims for the Golden Boot but missed several chances, while Keita distinguished himself with a superb strike and excellent performance.
Once again, Liverpool refused to finish second best in a show of character and quality.
It was a fitting way for them to round off another unbeaten league season at Anfield and the perfect set-up for those title presentation celebrations.
Liverpool win 2019-20 Premier League title: Henderson on 'amazing feeling' of lifting Premier League trophy
Chelsea pay for defensive lapses
Chelsea are left needing that final point at home to Wolves to guarantee a top-four place as reward for a season of development under manager Frank Lampard.
There were many fine elements to their performance on Wednesday, but frailty at the back is never going to escape punishment against a side of Liverpool's potency.
There was huge cause for optimism with the explosive contribution of Pulisic, who unnerved the hosts' defence with his pace and threat.
Wolves represent dangerous opponents in the season's finale and Lampard will be warning his players that they cannot display the same flaws as they did here.
Man of the match - Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Trent Alexander-Arnold's assist for Roberto Firmino's goal was his 13th in this season's Premier League, breaking his own record for the most by a defender in a season in the competition
'We weren't that far away'
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard to BBC Sport: "Until the first two goals I thought we were comfortable. We reacted and really contributed to the game. At 4-3 we looked like the one to get a goal.
"I thought we could draw the game because if you take out the isolated incidents of the goals, we weren't that far away tonight."
On Christian Pulisic: "He's got huge quality. He couldn't play against United because of his injury. He's getting stronger and he's going to be a huge player for us."
Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea: Blues made mistakes but reacted to them - Frank Lampard
Liverpool equal home points record
Liverpool have taken 55 points from the 57 available to them at Anfield in this season's Premier League (P19 W18 D1 L0), the joint-most any side has earned at home in a campaign in the competition (alongside Chelsea in 2005-06, Manchester United in 2010-11 and Manchester City in 2011-12).
Liverpool have remained unbeaten at Anfield in three consecutive league seasons for the first time.
Only Aston Villa, with zero, have kept fewer clean sheets away from home in the league than Chelsea's one this season.
Only bottom side Norwich City (12) have conceded more Premier League goals from corner situations than Chelsea (10) this season.
This was the first Premier League game at Anfield involving eight goals since Liverpool's 4-4 draw with Arsenal in April 2009.
Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has scored three direct free-kicks in the Premier League; only Jamie Redknapp (four) scored more at the age of 21 or under in the competition.
Mohamed Salah is the only Liverpool player to reach 10-plus goals and 10-plus assists in two separate Premier League seasons (also 2017-18).
Liverpool's Roberto Firmino scored his first Premier League goal at Anfield in 20 appearances, ending a run of 1,591 minutes of play and 56 attempted shots without scoring at the ground since he netted 479 days ago against Tottenham in March 2019.
Christian Pulisic's goal for Chelsea on Wednesday was the 1,000th scored in this season's Premier League.
What's next?
Liverpool end their title-winning season at Newcastle United on Sunday, while Chelsea host Wolves as they seek he point they need to seal a place in next season's Champions League. Both games kick off at 16:00 BST.