bbc--2020-02-04--Yalta: World War Two summit that reshaped the world

In February 1945 , three men met in a holiday resort to decide the fate of the world .
Nazi Germany was on its knees .
Soviet troops were closing in on Berlin , while Allied forces had crossed Germany 's western border .
In the Pacific , US troops were steadily but bloodily advancing towards Japan .
As their armies poised for victory , the so-called Big Three - US President Franklin Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin - agreed to meet in Yalta , a Soviet resort on the Black Sea .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world had ever known , 75 years ago , the Allies wanted to stop such devastation from ever happening again .
But both the US and the USSR wanted co-operation on their own terms .
Despite the Yalta agreements , within months the stage was set for the Cold War - the struggle between the two new superpowers that split the globe into ideological camps for decades .
`` If the goal at Yalta was to lay the basis for a genuinely peaceful post-war order , then the conference failed , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the BBC .
`` But given the contradictory aspirations of the US and USSR , that goal was never in the cards . ''
What was happening in February 1945 ?
By the start of 1945 Nazi Germany had lost the war .
The country maintained its bloody and increasingly desperate resistance , but the result of the conflict was no longer in doubt .
In eastern Europe , the Soviet Union had turned the tide and shattered Germany 's armies after four years of savage warfare .
But while the USSR was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ German troop casualties in the war died on the Eastern Front - the country had suffered terribly .
It is estimated that one in seven Soviet citizens , some 27 million people , died in the conflict - two-thirds of whom were civilians .
Some academics put the numbers even higher .
The country 's cities and richest lands were devastated by the conflict .
Industry , farms , homes and even roads had been wiped from the landscape .
What were the leaders ' goals ?
Joseph Stalin was determined to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He came to Yalta seeking a sphere of influence in eastern Europe as a buffer zone to protect the USSR .
He also wanted to divide Germany , to ensure it could never pose a threat again , and to take huge reparations - in money , machinery and even men - to help his shattered nation .
• Why Russia is still fighting world 's biggest tank battle Stalin knew he would need the acceptance of the Western powers to achieve this .
Winston Churchill understood Stalin 's goals .
The pair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and discussed the idea of carving Europe into spheres of influence for the USSR and the western powers .
He also understood that the millions of Soviet troops that had pushed Germany out of central and eastern Europe far outnumbered the Allied forces in the west - and there was nothing the UK could do if Stalin chose to keep them there .
The UK had declared war in September 1939 because Germany had invaded its ally , Poland , and Churchill was determined to ensure the country 's freedom .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ price for victory , and was now essentially bankrupt .
Churchill hoped the US would support him and stand up to Stalin .
But US President Roosevelt had his own priorities .
He wanted Stalin to sign up to the United Nations - a new global peacekeeping body for the post-war world .
Prof Melvyn Leffler at the University of Virginia told the BBC that Roosevelt was well aware how acrimony between allies after World War One had led the US to step back from world politics in the 1920s and 1930s .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was to avert a return to American isolationism , '' he said .
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The president also wanted the Soviet Union to declare war on Japan .
Though the tide had dramatically turned against the Japanese Empire , their forces were still inflicting heavy casualties on advancing US forces in the Pacific .
Anxiety about a bloody invasion of the Japanese home islands loomed large in US strategic thinking .
Although Roosevelt wanted to meet somewhere in the Mediterranean , Stalin - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead offered up Yalta .
Group talks took place between 4-11 February at the US delegation 's residence , Livadia Palace , which was once the summer home of Russia 's last Tsar , Nicholas II .
The three leaders had met before , at Tehran in 1943 .
Roosevelt was more willing to trust Stalin than was Churchill , who saw the Soviet leader as an increasingly dangerous threat .
After a week of talks , the Big Three announced their decisions to the world .
Following its unconditional surrender , Germany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreed in principle to four occupation zones , one for each country at Yalta and also for France , and the same division of Berlin .
A declaration also said Germany would pay reparations `` to the greatest extent possible '' , and a commission would be created in Moscow to determine how much they owed .
The leaders also agreed to democratic elections throughout liberated Europe - including for Poland , which would have a new government `` with the inclusion of democratic leaders from Poland itself and from Poles abroad '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a provisional Communist government in Warsaw , which they agreed would be expanded .
But democracy meant something very different to Stalin .
Though he publicly agreed to free elections for liberated Europe , his forces were already seizing key offices of state across central and eastern European countries for local communist parties .
Moreover , the leaders decided - at Stalin 's urging - that Poland 's borders were to move westward , giving land to the USSR .
The Baltic States would also join the Soviet Union .
Historian Anne Applebaum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the leaders `` decided the fate of whole swathes of Europe with amazing insouciance '' .
Roosevelt `` half-heartedly '' asked Stalin if the city of Lwow might stay a part of Poland , but did not push the idea , and it was quickly dropped .
Roosevelt was more focused on his plan for the United Nations , and he got his wish .
All three nations agreed to send delegates to San Francisco on 25 April 1945 , to help set up the new international organisation .
What 's more , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Japan three months after the defeat of Germany .
Churchill remained deeply concerned about the situation in eastern Europe after the summit , despite the agreements .
He urged his forces and the Americans to move as far east as possible before the end of the war .
Within months , the political situation had changed dramatically .
Roosevelt died of a massive brain haemorrhage in April , and was replaced by Harry Truman .
Germany surrendered unconditionally in May .
And on 16 July , the US successfully tested its new secret @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very next day , President Truman met Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam conference outside Berlin .
Truman did not know Stalin , and had been president for just four months .
Winston Churchill , in power since May 1940 , was replaced halfway through the conference by Clement Atlee after the 1945 general election .
The mood at the conference was very different .
US policymakers felt more confident after realising the power of the atomic bomb .
Truman was far more sceptical of Stalin than Roosevelt had been .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ had no desire to stick to the Yalta accords .
In less than two years , the US president announced the so-called Truman Doctrine , which pledged US power to contain Soviet expansion efforts around the world .
The Cold War had begun .
Both Churchill and Roosevelt were later criticised for giving way to Stalin at Yalta .
But practically , there was little the US and UK could do .
Stalin already had troops throughout central and eastern Europe .
After Yalta , Churchill commissioned a plan of attack against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British military planners realised it was totally unrealistic .
Prof Leffler says that `` what Yalta did in regard to eastern Europe was simply to acknowledge the power realities that existed at the time '' .

Winston Churchill understood Stalin's goals. The pair had met in Moscow in October 1944, and discussed the idea of carving Europe into spheres of influence for the USSR and the western powers. He also understood that the millions of Soviet troops that had pushed Germany out of central and eastern Europe far outnumbered the Allied forces in the west - and there was nothing the UK could do if Stalin chose to keep them there.


bbc--2020-02-04--How Africa has been frozen out of Libya peace efforts

With the world 's major powers increasingly meddling in Libya , the African Union ( AU ) has found itself sidelined from initiatives aimed at ending the almost decade-long conflict in the oil-rich state .
The latest sign of Africa 's loss of influence came as a flurry of high-level diplomatic activity took place in Istanbul , Moscow and Berlin to end a conflict that has raged since a popular uprising , backed by a Nato bombing campaign , led to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi 's regime in 2011 .
`` African capitals complain , with good reason , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ various powers , '' said Jalel Harchaoui , a Libya analyst at the Netherland-based Institute for International Relations think-tank .
`` The conflict is seen from a European , Persian Gulf and increasingly a Russian and Turkish vantage-point , ignoring the basic fact that Libya is an African country , '' he added .
Expressing his frustration over the continent 's marginalisation , Uganda 's President Yoweri Museveni told the BBC that the AU point-man on Libya , Congo-Brazzaville 's President Denis Sassou Nguesso , was invited at the `` last minute '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as `` tokenism to show that Africa was also involved '' .
`` We should not have allowed Western countries to attack Libya [ in 2011 ] .
We could have intervened , even militarily .
Africa could have intervened and taught those people a lesson , '' Mr Museveni said .
`` If Africa wants to chase the invaders , we can chase them .
We defeated the Portuguese , the Boers , '' Mr Museveni said , referring to the Afrikaners who were in power in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say that while Africa has been sidelined by Western powers , it also has itself to blame .
Mr Nguessa chairs an AU committee on Libya , which has held a series of meetings to resolve the crisis - the most recent of which was after the Berlin summit - but it has so far failed to achieve much .
Gaddafi was well respected in the AU , which he financed heavily .
He campaigned for pan-African unity , and gained popular appeal by attacking `` imperialists '' .
The popular uprising against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there was a strong racially-tinged backlash against black Africans in Libya who were accused of being `` mercenaries '' trying to prop up Gaddafi .
Tarek Megersi , a Libyan analyst with the UK-based European Council on Foreign Relations think-tank , said Mr Museveni 's comments reflect that that some African leaders have not yet come to terms with Gaddafi 's fall .
`` During the 2011 revolution , the AU was seen as a Gaddafi supporter and there was a negative view of it among Libyans .
People felt it was bought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Mr Museveni 's cheapen Africa 's potential role as a neutral mediator , '' he said .
Yet there was a need for greater African involvement to end the conflict because the continent has suffered economically since the fall of Gaddafi , and the unrest in Libya has had serious knock-on effects further south .
`` One day , you had hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into Africa as investments by the Gaddafi regime .
Then it dried up , '' Mr Megersi pointed out .
`` You also had remittances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Libya from countries such as Nigeria because salaries and the exchange rate were good .
That also stopped . ''
Mr Megersi said that worryingly , some African states had now become a recruiting ground for the belligerents in Libya .
The latest example was reports that Sudanese men were duped into thinking they were accepting jobs offers as security guards in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , only to end up in the North African state to guard oil installations seized by the powerful Gen Khalifa Haftar 's Libyan National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ battling to seize control of the capital , Tripoli , from the UN-backed government .
Libya has Africa 's largest oil reserves and also has natural gas , creating huge foreign interest in the mostly desert nation along the Mediterranean Sea .
The conflict has had a disastrous impact on the oil industry , with Gen Haftar 's siege forcing the closure of oil fields and ports and knocking down production from about 1.2 million barrels per day ( bpd ) to 262,000 , according to Reuters news agency .
Who is involved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the general 's main international allies , in his bid to seize power from the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord ( GNA ) , which is made up of different political groupings .
`` They [ the UAE , Egypt and France ] share the ideology of Haftar .
They prefer a strict form of authoritarian rule , '' Mr Harchaoui told the BBC .
`` France , for instance , does not believe Libya is ready for a genuine , free democratic experiment .
And like the UAE , it does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of several pillars of the GNA . ''
Egypt , which sees itself more as part of the Arab world than Africa , has also sided with Gen Haftar .
This is not surprising as President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi seized power in 2013 after overthrowing the Muslim Brotherhood 's Mohammed Morsi , the first democratically elected president of Egypt .
`` Egypt supports Haftar politically , but it does not spend money on him .
Others do that .
Saudi Arabia has given him tens of millions of euros since March 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capture Tripoli ] , '' Mr Harchaou said .
The unrest in Libya has been widely blamed for leading to a flow of both weapons and Islamist fighters across the Sahara desert to countries such as Mali , Niger and Burkina Faso .
Mr Harchaou added that France had tried to get its former African colonies to endorse Gen Haftar , but has faced resistance from Chad 's President Idriss Déby , who commands a strong army and is a lynchpin in efforts to tackle militants linked to the Islamic State ( IS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the Sahel , a semi-arid region on the fringes of the Sahara desert .
`` Logically , Déby and Haftar should be in love with each other .
But they are not , '' Mr Harchaou said .
This is because Gen Haftar , part of Gaddafi 's army at the time , led an invasion of Chad in the late 1980s .
He was captured , and switched sides to collude with Chad 's then-President Hissène Habré , then an ally of Mr Déby , and the US in a failed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never fulfilled the mission , and Déby never liked him .
What Déby would like , however , now in 2020 , is for Hatar to secure south-western Libya , '' Mr Harchaou said .
`` But that area is not Haftar 's top priority because , despite the oil , it offers no money , no prestige , no power .
He is interested in Tripoli . ''
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• Sahel crisis in danger of slipping out of control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new front line Along with Mali , Niger , and Burkina Faso , Chad believes it is vital to have a strong military force in south-western Libya to prevent the vast area with a porous border being used for attacks on their territory .
`` Until around 2018 , the areas were used by jihadists as a resting place , to regroup , to buy weapons , and to then go and raise hell in northern Mali , '' Mr Harchaou said .
`` But the insurgency in the Sahel is now self-sustaining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups .
It is partly because of the mistakes of weak , often corrupt states in the region , and not because of Libya . ''
Mr Mergesi said Africa 's influence within Libya was weakened by the fact that some of its leading powers - including South Africa - were seen to be allied with the remnants of the Gaddafi regime .
`` There has always been a strong suspicion among Libyans that the man known as Gaddafi 's accountant knew where Libya 's assets and gold reserves were .
He fled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gold assets and funnelled the money to build a military force to come back to power in Libya , '' Mr Mergesi said .
`` African states also nationalised Libyan assets , like hotels , rather than handing them back to the Libyan Investment Authority , '' he added .
This has tarnished the reputation of many African states in Libya , even though they could help play a vital role in ending the protracted conflict .
`` Africa is not playing to its strengths in Libya .
Countries like South Africa and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and achieved reconciliation .
They can offer valuable lessons to Libyans who have more in common with Africa than Europe , '' Mr Mergesi said .

Mr Harchaou added that France had tried to get its former African colonies to endorse Gen Haftar, but has faced resistance from Chad's President Idriss Déby, who commands a strong army and is a lynchpin in efforts to tackle militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group and al-Qaeda in West Africa and the Sahel, a semi-arid region on the fringes of the Sahara desert.


bbc--2020-02-04--Keeping rats out of kitchens and bedbugs out of hotels

When construction work disturbed a pack of rats near his commercial kitchen business in County Wicklow , Ireland , Shane Bonner knew he needed a savvier approach to pest control .
His existing contract , which used a no-frills bait box and regular site inspections , was falling short at Newmarket Kitchen , a rented facility shared by 17 food producers , and giving the wrong impression .
`` It 's not great business having pest controllers on site regularly - people assume there 's a problem rather than an inspection ; plus we found they were either around when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue , the response was n't fast enough , '' says the entrepreneur .
`` If an animal was caught ( in the trap ) we also had no idea how long it had been there , or when or how it got into the building - which affects our peace of mind when running a food business . ''
So he opted for a more hi-tech approach .
Pest Pulse traps use pressure sensor technology to identify a catch and alert the company straight away over the internet .
Pest Pulse is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disrupt an industry worth £463m and $ 13.9bn ( £10.6bn ) annually , in the UK and US respectively .
`` By knowing exactly when something was caught you can then start look at the bigger picture by checking cameras to see if one of the loading bay doors was left open , '' says Mr Bonner .
`` It also means our annual pest management charge has come down by 20 % because we 're not paying for the labour involved in the usual service ; and we do n't have people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who co-founded Pest Pulse after working at Google and Ebay , believes the makeover is long overdue in an industry he describes as `` reactive , rudimentary and stuck in 1987 '' .
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• Robot tanks : On patrol but not allowed to shoot '' All other compliance-based industries , for example , food storage using smart fridges , have embraced the IoT [ internet of things ] .
But with pest management we still had a guy checking a box @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writing the result down on a piece of paper which is n't good enough - rats can multiply very fast .
`` We 've got rising levels of infestation so traditional pest control contracts are having to increase the number of visits from controllers - additional labour costs that will be passed onto the customer , '' he says .
`` Plus , we 're seeing much tighter legislation on the use of biocides [ poisons ] .
Increasingly , its use has to be based on evidence of infestation .
So a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduced environmental impact becomes much more critical . ''
But what if the infestation is harder to find ?
Thermal imaging cameras have become a popular tool to detect pests at night or in cavity walls , floors and roofs , illuminating their outline and pinpointing the source for faster , efficient removal .
Pest controller Thomas Bonny in Noyers , France , became aware of the technology 's potential in his previous role as a firefighter where it was used to improve visibility in heavy smoke .
Using a solution from US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has transformed how he removes wasp nests , by cutting costs and time .
`` In the past , we relied on sound rather than sight to find a nest , but locating this very faint noise can be very difficult and time consuming , '' he says .
`` For a single inspection , a thermal imager can save you one or more hours depending on how difficult it is to reach .
But it also allows you to quickly find the exact spot of the nest , which means that you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is no need to rip out entire walls or ceilings to find the right location . ''
It explains the growth of thermal imaging in the hotel sector , where the need to detect bedbugs the size of an apple seed , is an increasing problem .
Here , the impact of stringent pesticide controls is making it harder to eradicate bed bugs - affecting hotels ' reputations and their profits .
A 2016 study by pest control company , Orkin , of US hotels found that eight of 10 had dealt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with the average cost per outbreak of $ 6,383 in replacement of soft-goods , treatment and lost business .
The traditional reliance on a diligent housekeeping is no longer cutting it , says Robert Fryers , the chief executive of Spotta , a Cambridge-based business which has developed a more advanced way of tackling such infestations .
Designed by entomologists , the Spotta pod , is positioned in the bedbug 's sweet spot between the mattress and bedframe , the pod contains a synthetic pheromone that draws the insects into the trap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Bedbugs have always been a problem for hotels but with climate change and the rise in international travel from hot countries it has become much worse - although it is n't talked about much in the industry .
`` Historically , hotels could only deal with this reactively , when a guest complained , and by that point the damage is done , '' says Mr Fryers .
Algorithm analysis identifies the insect , distinguishing between a tropical bedbug , carbon beetle or silverfish and a camera takes a picture with all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contents of the pod are then sealed in and returned to Spotta 's laboratory for sterilization .
`` People assume these bugs are down to a hotel 's poor cleanliness .
But they are brought in by people from their clothes and bags , which is why we 're finding the greatest traction with city and airport hotels that have a high turnover of international guests , '' says Mr Fryers .
`` In the US , lawsuits and compensation claims on the issue are becoming more prevalent .
Hotels need to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can . ''
So while it might seem expensive to employ hi-tech pest control , it could save some even bigger legal bills .

"For a single inspection, a thermal imager can save you one or more hours depending on how difficult it is to reach. But it also allows you to quickly find the exact spot of the nest, which means that you only do the minimum required damage. There is no need to rip out entire walls or ceilings to find the right location."


bbc--2020-02-04--Williams needs to change strategy, says coach Mouratoglou

Serena Williams needs to `` change her strategy '' and `` face reality '' having not won a Grand Slam title since returning to tennis , says her coach Patrick Mouratoglou .
The American 23-time Grand Slam singles champion , 38 , has lost four major finals since giving birth to her daughter in September 2017 .
She was knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round last month .
`` We have to accept the fact that it is not working , '' said Mouratoglou .
Speaking to BBC Sport , he added : `` Maybe come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different strategy and different goals so she can make it .
`` She does feel positive , she feels negative too because it is a failure when she does n't win a Grand Slam .
`` We have to face reality , but she is positive that she can make it otherwise she probably would n't be on a tennis court anymore .
`` She believes she can make it and I believe it too .
She 's not that far , but we have to change a few things . ''
Williams @ @ @ @ @ @ @ errors to be a professional athlete '' when she lost to China 's 27th seed Wang Qiang in Melbourne .
She has been coached by Mouratoglou since 2012 and has won 10 of her Grand Slam singles titles under him .
She returned to tennis four months after giving birth to daughter Olympia with the aim of breaking Margaret Court 's record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles .
In January , she won her first title in three years and first since becoming a mother at the Auckland Classic - her 73rd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her performance in Melbourne was `` disappointing '' .
`` We did n't expect at all to be losing so early , or to be losing at all , '' he said .
Mouratoglou added : `` She had everything to retire , 23 Grand Slam titles .
But she decided to come back , she decided to make all the efforts , the physical efforts , the mental efforts , to come back to the game , with the goal to score more Grand Slams and beat the all-time record .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chances she will have , I do n't know how long she is going to be able to play , but being able to reach four Grand Slam finals says a lot about her level , and she 's not that far .
`` Her level is good enough but we have to understand what is going on and why she is not able to win one .
There is a big difference between reaching a final and winning one . ''

Serena Williams has been coached by Patrick Mouratoglou since 2012
Serena Williams' coaching team are considering changing her strategy because she has not won a Grand Slam title since returning to tennis, says her coach Patrick Mouratoglou.
The American 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, 38, has lost four major finals since giving birth to her daughter in September 2017.
She was knocked out of the Australian Open in the third round last month.
"We have to accept the fact that it is not working," said Mouratoglou.
Speaking to BBC Sport, he added: "Maybe come back with a different angle, a different strategy and different goals so she can make it.
"She does feel positive, she feels negative too because it is a failure when she doesn't win a Grand Slam.
"We have to face reality, but she is positive that she can make it otherwise she probably wouldn't be on a tennis court anymore.
"She believes she can make it and I believe it too. She's not that far, but we have to change a few things."
Williams said she made "far too many errors to be a professional athlete" when she lost to China's 27th seed Wang Qiang in Melbourne.
She has been coached by Mouratoglou since 2012 and has won 10 of her Grand Slam singles titles under him.
She returned to tennis four months after giving birth to daughter Olympia with the aim of breaking Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.
In January, she won her first title in three years and first since becoming a mother at the Auckland Classic - her 73rd WTA title overall - but Mouratoglou says her performance in Melbourne was "disappointing".
I can't play like that again, it's unprofessional - Serena Williams
"We didn't expect at all to be losing so early, or to be losing at all," he said.
Mouratoglou added: "She had everything to retire, 23 Grand Slam titles. But she decided to come back, she decided to make all the efforts, the physical efforts, the mental efforts, to come back to the game, with the goal to score more Grand Slams and beat the all-time record.
"It's difficult to know how many chances she will have, I don't know how long she is going to be able to play, but being able to reach four Grand Slam finals says a lot about her level, and she's not that far.
"Her level is good enough but we have to understand what is going on and why she is not able to win one. There is a big difference between reaching a final and winning one."


bbc--2020-02-04--John Mikel Obi: Trabzonspor condemn racial abuse of Nigeria midfielder

Turkish side Trabzonspor have condemned racial abuse aimed at former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi following their win over Fenerbahce @ @ @ @ @ international , 32 , was targeted on social media after a 2-1 victory that moved @ @ @ @ @ third place .
The club say they have filed `` criminal complaints '' against those @ @ @ @ @ a shelter for [ the ] helpless and ignorant , '' Trabzonspor said in a @ @ @ @ @ 's Trabzonspor team-mate Joao Pereira said it was `` sad and unacceptable '' .
`` @ @ @ @ @ the little people behind these unfortunate acts , '' he wrote on Twitter .

Last updated on .From the section European Football
John Mikel Obi joined Trabzonspor last July after a brief spell at Middlesbrough
Turkish side Trabzonspor have condemned racial abuse aimed at former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi following their win over Fenerbahce on Saturday.
The Nigeria international, 32, was targeted on social media after a 2-1 victory that moved Trabzonspor above their opponents into third place.
The club say they have filed "criminal complaints" against those responsible.
"Racism is a shelter for [the] helpless and ignorant," Trabzonspor said in a statement on Twitter. external-link
Mikel's Trabzonspor team-mate Joao Pereira said it was "sad and unacceptable".


bbc--2020-02-04--Quiz: How well do you know the Six Nations?

Apologies to the Royal Family , captains causing a stir and strange try celebrations - the past two decades in @ @ @ @ @ have provided no shortage of drama .
The tournament turned 20 years old at the @ @ @ @ @ Italy joined the party .
But how much can you remember of all that has @ @ @ @ @ became six in 2000 ?
We have picked out some of the tournament 's best @ @ @ @ @ you .

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Test your knowledge of 20 years of the Six Nations
Apologies to the Royal Family, captains causing a stir and strange try celebrations - the past two decades in the men's Six Nations have provided no shortage of drama.
It's 20 years since Italy joined the party - but how much can you remember of all that has happened since the Five Nations became six?
We have picked out some of the tournament's best and strangest moments to test you. Good luck!


bbc--2020-02-04--Iowa caucuses: Pete Buttigieg takes lead in partial results

Pete Buttigieg has taken a lead in the Iowa caucuses , according to partial results from the glitch-plagued first vote in the race to pick a Democratic White House candidate .
Iowa 's Democratic Party said results from 62 % of precincts show Mr Buttigieg on 26.9 % with Bernie Sanders on 25.1 % .
Elizabeth Warren was third on 18.3 % and Joe Biden fourth on 15.6 % .
The eventual nominee will challenge President Donald Trump , a Republican , in November 's White House election .
Amy Klobuchar was on 12.6 % , and Andrew Yang on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preliminary results released on Tuesday evening from all of Iowa 's 99 counties .
Tom Steyer and Tulsi Gabbard were on less than 1 % .
But the state party has still not declared a winner from Monday 's vote , which was derailed by technical malfunctions .
The results represent the share of delegates needed to clinch the party nomination under America 's quirky political system .
Iowa awards only 41 of the 1,991 delegates required to become the Democratic White House nominee .
But in the popular vote count , partial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots , while Mr Buttigieg was second at 27,030 .
Ms Warren was third with 22,254 , followed by Mr Biden at 14,176 and Ms Klobuchar at 13,357 .
• A simple guide to US primaries and caucuses Iowa was the first contest in a string of nationwide state-by-state votes , known as primaries and caucuses , that will culminate in the crowning of a Democratic White House candidate at the party convention in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , in July .
Eleven candidates remain in a Democratic field that has already been whittled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Where did it all go wrong ?
Iowa Democratic party chairman Troy Price told a news conference on Tuesday evening the fiasco had been `` simply unacceptable '' .
`` I apologise deeply for this , '' he added of the turmoil , which has provoked calls for Iowa to lose its coveted spot atop the presidential voting calendar .
`` This was a coding error , '' he said , while insisting the data was secure and promising a thorough review .
State party officials earlier said the problem was not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intrusion '' .
Officials were being dispatched across the Hawkeye state to retrieve hard-copy results .
They were matching those numbers against results reported via a mobile app that many precinct captains said had crashed .
Voters flocked on Monday to more than 1,600 caucus sites , including libraries , high schools and community centres .
President Trump said earlier that the Iowa Democratic caucuses had been an `` unmitigated disaster '' .
If elected , 38-year-old Mr Buttigieg would be the first openly gay US president .
He is the former mayor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city of just over 100,000 people .
He is a former Harvard and Oxford University Rhodes scholar , who served as a military intelligence officer in Afghanistan and used to work for global management consultancy McKinsey .
Rivals say Mr Buttigieg , who is younger than Macaulay Culkin and Britney Spears , is too inexperienced to be US president .
But he says he is transformative outsider who can break the gridlock in Washington and defeat President Trump .
Campaigning in Laconia , New Hampshire , on Tuesday evening , Mr Buttigieg welcomed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that started a year ago with four staff members , no name recognition , no money , just a big idea , a campaign that some said should have no business even making this attempt , has taken its place at the front of this race to replace the current president with a better vision for the future , '' he said .
We finally have some 2020 Iowa caucuses results to talk about .
And they 're going to generate a lot of talk - and hand-wringing .
There are clear winners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can both claim some kind of victory , depending on how the final tabulations come in .
There 's also a clear loser - Joe Biden .
He entered Monday leading in some polls and hoping for a strong showing that would put to bed concerns that he is a flawed front-runner .
Instead those concerns are wide awake and pacing the room .
Unlike candidates like Mr Sanders , Elizabeth Warren and Mr Buttigieg , the Biden campaign coffers are thin - and this Iowa performance is n't opening any cash spigots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the former vice-president - he could have had to give a fourth-place concession speech on Monday night - but the end result is the same .
He was unable to land a knock-out blow on fellow moderate Amy Klobuchar , while Mr Buttigieg and Mr Sanders both exit Iowa strengthened , suggesting Mr Biden could be staring at a third-place finish - or worse - in New Hampshire .
Until proven otherwise , Biden still has his southern-state firewall , based on support from elderly and black voters .
But the flames are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other campaigns responded ?
After pumping nearly $ 800m ( £610m ) into campaigning in Iowa , the rival campaigns expressed dismay at the debacle .
Mr Sanders , a Vermont senator , told reporters he was `` obviously disappointed '' at the hold-up , which he said was `` not a good night for democracy '' .
He said there was no reason to cast `` aspersions '' on the results , but criticised Mr Buttigieg 's decision to declare victory on Monday night , despite the lack of any official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how anybody declares victory before you have an official statement from the election results , we 're not even declaring victory , '' Mr Sanders said .
Ms Warren , a Massachusetts senator , and former US Vice-President Biden earlier on Tuesday questioned the state party 's decision to release partial results .
Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders told reporters : `` What we 're saying is there are some inconsistencies , that the process , the integrity , is at stake . ''

"A campaign that started a year ago with four staff members, no name recognition, no money, just a big idea, a campaign that some said should have no business even making this attempt, has taken its place at the front of this race to replace the current president with a better vision for the future," he said.


bbc--2020-02-04--State of the Union: Trump to focus on 'great American comeback'

President Donald Trump is due to give the annual State of the Union address in the same chamber where he was impeached less than three months ago .
The speech to Congress Tuesday night , with the theme `` the great American comeback '' , will highlight key election year accomplishments .
Mr Trump will tout US economic and military strength , US media report .
The speech comes as Mr Trump is expected to be acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial on Wednesday .
The address - Mr Trump 's third and possibly last , if he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is due to begin at 21:00 , local time .
He is expected to use the address to make his pitch to voters by emphasising optimistic economic figures and criticising rivals .
He is also expected to offer his own plans for healthcare , immigration and economic growth , US media say , contrasting his approach with that of the Democrats he accuses of `` socialism '' .
During Mr Trump 's time in office , unemployment has dropped to 3.5 % , the lowest in half a century - an accomplishment the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason to re-elect him .
However , economic growth and investment has slowed in the past three years .
• The Pelosi clap and other talking points from last year 's address • What is the State of the Union speech ?
• Four reactions to Trump 's first State of the Union speech The president has invited eight special guests to the address - among them are two military veterans , a former Venezuelan police chief , and the brother of a man killed by an undocumented immigrant .
Following the address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give a rebuttal and congresswoman Veronica Escobar of Texas will follow in Spanish .
At least seven Democratic lawmakers , including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley , have announced their intention boycott the State of the Union .
`` [ Mr Trump ] does not embody the principles , the responsibility , the grace , nor the integrity that is required of the president , '' Ms Pressley said in a statement .
The presidential address is due to begin hours after senators conclude their speeches in the weeks-long impeachment trial to determine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office .
The president was impeached by the House of Representatives in December on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress .
The first charge centres on the allegation that he pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rival , Democrat Joe Biden .
The second charge accuses him of purposefully obstructing the Congressional impeachment investigation .
Mr Trump has denied any wrongdoing .
The Republican-led Senate is expected to acquit him , with Mitch McConnell , the majority leader , urging his colleagues to `` reject the House abuse of power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Vote to protect our institutions , vote to reject new precedence that would reduce the [ Constitution ] framer 's design to rubble , '' he said .
`` Vote to acquit the president of these charges . ''
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin , a moderate who has voted with Republicans in the past , then called for legislation to censure Mr Trump over the Ukraine matter .
`` Censure would allow this body to unite across party lines , '' Mr Manchin said .
`` [ Trump 's ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate and censure would allow a bipartisan statement condemning his unacceptable behaviour in the strongest terms . ''
A Gallup poll released on Tuesday found Mr Trump 's approval ratings reach a personal best of 49 % ahead of the address .

The president was impeached by the House of Representatives in December on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The first charge centres on the allegation that he pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rival, Democrat Joe Biden.


bbc--2020-02-04--Coronavirus: Window of opportunity to act, World Health Organization says

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) says there is a `` window of opportunity '' to stop the deadly new coronavirus becoming a broader global crisis .
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the steps China took to fight the virus at its epicentre were a good way of stopping its spread .
The praise comes as Chinese officials have been widely criticised for their initial handling of the outbreak .
At least 492 people have died with more than 20,000 confirmed cases worldwide .
The WHO has declared a global health emergency over the outbreak but said it did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or the worldwide spread of a new disease .
Officials say 490 people have died in China , one in Hong Kong and one in the Philippines .
• Could it become pandemic ?
• The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others About 80 % of those who died were over the age of 60 , and 75 % of them had pre-existing health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes , according to China 's National Health Commission ( NHC ) .
The new coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , followed by a dry cough .
Most people infected are likely to fully recover - just as they would from a flu .
What did the WHO say ?
Speaking at a technical briefing in Geneva , Dr Tedros praised the Chinese authorities for their response at the epicentre of the outbreak - the city of Wuhan , in the province of Hubei , where millions of people are on lockdown and severe transport restrictions have been imposed .
`` There is a window of opportunity because of the high measures , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the epicentre , at the source .
So let 's use this opportunity to prevent further spread and control it , '' he said , stressing that developed countries were failing to share data .
The comments come a day after China 's top leadership admitted `` shortcomings and deficiencies '' in the country 's response .
The government has also been accused of downplaying the severity of the virus at the start of the outbreak and in some cases , attempting to keep news of it secret .
One doctor in Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ late last year was accused of `` making false comments '' and told by police to stop the `` illegal activity '' .
Dr Tedros also reiterated his call for countries not to impose travel and trade restrictions , saying 22 nations had officially reported such measures .
He urged them to be `` short in duration , proportionate '' and reviewed regularly .
But Chen Xu , China 's ambassador to the UN in Geneva , said some restrictions went against the WHO 's advice and told countries not to over-react .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Earlier , Sylvie Briand , head of WHO 's Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division , said the outbreak `` currently '' was not a pandemic .
While more than two dozen nations have reported cases there have been no confirmations across Africa or Latin America .
Dr Briand also stressed the importance of tackling unfounded rumours , saying they could be an `` obstacle for good response and hamper effective implementation of counter-measures '' .
Meanwhile , 27 cases of human-to-human infections have occurred in nine countries outside China , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ French governments told their citizens in China to leave the country if they could • Taiwan said that from Friday it would deny entry to all foreign nationals who had been to mainland China in the past 14 days • Macau - a special administrative region of China and one of Asia 's biggest gambling hubs - announced that it would temporarily close down all its casinos • Health officials are screening about 3,700 people on board a cruise ship off Japan after a passenger tested positive for the virus How deadly is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Hong Kong suggest the total number of cases could be far higher than official figures .
Dr David Heymann , who led the WHO 's response to the outbreak of Sars , or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome , in 2002-03 , told the Associated Press news agency that the new coronavirus appeared to still be on the increase , and that it was too early to estimate when it would peak .

The comments come a day after China's top leadership admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response. The government has also been accused of downplaying the severity of the virus at the start of the outbreak and in some cases, attempting to keep news of it secret.


bbc--2020-02-04--Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane faces charge of murdering rival

The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho is to be charged with murdering his previous wife .
First Lady Maesaiah Thabane handed herself in to be questioned by police in the southern African mountain kingdom .
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned about the killing .
His estranged wife , Lipolelo Thabane , was shot dead outside her home in the capital Maseru two days before his inauguration in 2017 .
The couple were involved in bitter divorce proceedings at the time .
• A murder mystery , the prime minister and his estranged wife The attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but recent court papers filed by the country 's police commissioner , Holomo Molibeli , have raised further questions .
An arrest warrant was issued for 42-year-old Maesaiah Thabane on 10 January after she disappeared .
She was `` picked from the border '' with South Africa on Tuesday after an arrangement between her lawyers and police , police spokesman Mpiti Mopeli told AFP news agency .
Police Commissioner Holomo Molibeli told the BBC that she was being held in custody and would be formally charged in court on Wednesday .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apply for bail at the court appearance .
Mr Molibeli said police will oppose her bid if she does , as she is believed to be a flight risk .
Maesaiah Thabane 's lawyer , Rethabile Setlojoane , told the BBC he could not comment on the case .
Eight others in Lesotho and South Africa are also reportedly facing charges over the murder .
Last month , Mr Thabane agreed to be questioned by the police .
On the day he was questioned , hundreds of opposition supporters marched through the streets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his immediate resignation .
As pressure over the case mounted , Mr Thabane announced his intention to resign on 16 January , but did not specify a date when he would do so .
Mr Thabane framed the decision to step down as retirement , making no reference to the allegations against him and his wife .
The governing party and the opposition have accused the leader of hindering the investigation into his previous wife 's murder .
Mr Thabane and his current wife have not yet commented on the case .
Lipolelo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr Thabane was sworn in as prime minister in June 2017 .
The 58-year-old had been living apart from her husband since 2012 .
One evening while returning home , she was ambushed , shot several times at close range and died on the side of a road .
The murder shocked the nation .
Mr Thabane described it as a `` senseless killing '' in his inauguration speech .
Initially , unknown armed men were blamed for the murder , but new evidence filed in court papers surfaced in early January .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency , included a copy of a letter that the police chief wrote to Mr Thabane .
The letter , dated 23 December 2019 , read : `` The investigations reveal that there was a telephonic communication at the scene of the crime in question ... with another cell phone .
The cell phone number belongs to you . ''

It is not clear if Maesaiah Thabane will apply for bail at the court appearance. Mr Molibeli said police will oppose her bid if she does, as she is believed to be a flight risk.


bbc--2020-02-04--Brian Wilson urges fans to boycott Beach Boys gig

Brian Wilson is urging fans to boycott a gig by his former band The Beach Boys , over trophy hunting fears .
A version of the California band , fronted by Mike Love , are to play the Safari Club International Convention in Reno , Nevada on Wednesday .
Wilson tweeted that he and former guitarist Al Jardine had nothing to do with the event .
Donald Trump Jr is due to be featured as a speaker .
`` This organisation supports trophy hunting , which both Al and I are emphatically opposed to , '' Wilson wrote .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calling for the Beach Boys to `` withdraw from the SCI Convention '' .
The 77-year-old still performs classic Beach Boys songs , which he wrote , under his own name , alongside Jardine .
However another founding member , Love , owns the touring rights to the name of the influential 60s band .
In a statement obtained by Variety on Monday , Love confirmed they intend to go ahead with the gig .
`` We look forward to a night of great music in Reno and , as always , support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fundamental tenet of our rights as Americans .
Peace & Love , Mike Love . ''
According to the Safari Club 's website , those attending the convention , which runs from 5 - 8 February , will be able to shop for the latest weapons and organise hunting trips , while seminars include Designing and Building Your Trophy Room and Managing Hunting Stress .
The US President 's eldest son will deliver the keynote speech and one of the auction items is a week-long hunting excursion in Alaska .
Last week in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banning the importing and exporting of hunting trophies has been extended by one month in order to get more responses .
Minister Lord Goldsmith has said he is `` repulsed '' by trophy hunting .
However , some conservationists argue money made from trophy hunting goes towards protecting endangered animals - an income source that could be lost if it was banned .
The petition demanding The Beach Boys pull out of the gig has attracted almost 73,000 signatures and threatens a total boycott of the band if they go ahead with it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line from a song on their seminal 1966 album , Pet Sounds , which pictured the band feeding animals at a zoo on the cover .
`` Would n't it be nice if all the Beach Boys , Stayed away from those who kill for fun '' .
Various members of the Beach Boys have been at odds over the years , but Wilson and Jardine played with Love and other original members as part of a 50th anniversary tour in 2012 .
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bbc--2020-02-04--Court victory for disputed Trans Mountain pipeline project

Canada 's Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to a controversial pipeline expansion , a victory for the beleaguered project .
The court says the federal government held `` adequate and meaningful '' consultations with indigenous peoples , as required by law .
Some indigenous groups had gone to the appellate court to block construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline .
The federal cabinet approved the project last summer .
`` While the parties challenging the cabinet 's decision are fully entitled to oppose the project , reconciliation and the duty to consult do not provide them with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one , '' reads the court decision , released on Tuesday .
The indigenous groups behind the court challenge said on Tuesday they were disappointed but vowed to continue to fight the project .
What is the Trans Mountain project ?
The Trans Mountain expansion project would triple the existing 67-year-old pipeline 's capacity , increasing its capacity from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 per day from Alberta , the heart of Canada 's oil industry , to Burnaby , British Columbia ( BC ) .
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests .
His federal Liberals took the rare step in 2018 of buying the pipeline for C $ 4.5bn ( $ 3.4bn ; £2.6bn ) from energy infrastructure giant Kinder Morgan in a bid to ensure the project 's survival .
The pipeline project has become a hot-button political issue for Mr Trudeau and has faced numerous legal and regulatory hurdles .
Environmentalists , and some First Nations along the route , fiercely oppose Trans Mountain .
Opponents are concerned about oil spills , climate change , and the threat the project poses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British Columbia coast .
Supporters see it as a necessary boost for Canada 's struggling energy sector - a project that will help fuel the economy for years to come .
A lack of pipeline capacity in the landlocked province of Alberta has forced the provincial government to curtail production to reduce a glut in storage .
A court decision in 2018 quashed earlier approval of the project , saying regulators failed to adequately consult First Nations representatives along the pipeline route and to fully account for the project 's impact on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decision launched a new round of consultations with indigenous communities , and the project was sent back for a second regulatory review .
It received federal approval again after project conditions were amended .

"While the parties challenging the cabinet's decision are fully entitled to oppose the project, reconciliation and the duty to consult do not provide them with a veto over projects such as this one," reads the court decision, released on Tuesday.


bbc--2020-02-04--Syria war: Turkey will not let Syrian army advance in Idlib, says Erdogan

Turkey will not let Syria 's government gain more ground in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says .
Mr Erdogan told reporters that Russian-backed pro-government forces were `` driving innocent and grieving people in Idlib towards our borders '' .
More than half a million civilians have fled their homes since the government launched an offensive in December .
Mr Erdogan 's warning came after eight Turkish military personnel were killed .
Turkey 's defence ministry said seven soldiers and one civilian died in Idlib on Monday when they were shelled by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ position .
In response , Turkish forces `` neutralised '' 76 Syrian soldiers , it added .
Syrian state media said there were no casualties .
But the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , a UK-based monitoring group , reported that at least 13 soldiers were killed by Turkish fire in Idlib and neighbouring Latakia and Hama provinces .
The Turkish military has deployed troops to Idlib to monitor a 2017 de-escalation agreement brokered by Turkey and Russia that has been repeatedly violated .
It was hoped the agreement would avert a government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ create the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st Century .
• The town with more cats than people '' Syria is right now trying to buy time by driving those innocent and grieving people in Idlib toward our borders , '' Mr Erdogan was quoted as saying by Turkish media .
`` We will not allow Syria the opportunity to gain ground there . ''
The president also said Turkey and Russia - who back opposing sides in Syria 's nine-year civil war - should seek to resolve their differences .
`` There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engaged in a conflict or a serious contradiction with Russia at this stage . ''
`` We will of course sit down and discuss everything .
Not with anger , though .
Because those who sit down with anger , get up with losses , '' he added .
On Friday , Mr Erdogan threatened to use military force if the situation in Idlib was `` not returned to normal quickly '' .
Turkey is already hosting 3.6m Syrian refugees and says it would not be able to handle a fresh influx of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told Reuters news agency that there were intermittent clashes between Turkish and Syrian troops on Tuesday around the major town of Saraqeb , which straddles the intersection of the M4 and M5 highways .
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said pro-government forces were advancing in the eastern Saraqeb countryside , capturing several villages .
Government and Russian warplanes were also carrying out intense air strikes in the surrounding area , it added .
The government and Russia have insisted that they are targeting jihadist militants , but activists have said civilians and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UN human rights office has verified the deaths of at least 83 civilians between 20 and 30 January alone , while more than 1,500 deaths have been recorded in the past nine months .
UN humanitarian officials warned on Tuesday that 520,000 of the 3m people living in Idlib , the vast majority of them women and children , had fled their homes since 1 December .
An additional 280,000 people living in urban centres on the M4/M5 highway axis were at imminent risk of displacement if military operations continued , they said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left with nothing but the clothes on their back or what they could pile onto ramshackle vehicles , '' Jens Laerke , a spokesman for the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs , told reporters in Geneva .
`` They urgently need shelter , food , water and sanitation support , health support , emergency education and not least protection . ''
It has compounded an already dire humanitarian situation on the ground caused by the displacement of more than 400,000 other people between April and August .

"Syria is right now trying to buy time by driving those innocent and grieving people in Idlib toward our borders," Mr Erdogan was quoted as saying by Turkish media. "We will not allow Syria the opportunity to gain ground there."


bbc--2020-02-04--French prosecutors to investigate rape claim of ice skating champion

Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation after a champion figure skater accused her former coach of sexually assaulting her as a teenager .
In an autobiography released last week , Sarah Abitbol alleges that Gilles Beyer first raped her when she was aged 15 .
Mr Beyer has admitted to `` intimate '' and `` inappropriate '' relations with her , and said he was `` sincerely sorry '' .
As part of their investigation , prosecutors said they would try to establish if anyone else was abused .
Three other skaters have accused Mr Beyer and two more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ official French Ice-Skating Federation ( FFSG ) - of abusing and raping them when they were minors .
Jean-Roland Racle denies the accusations and Michel Lotz has not commented .
Ms Abitbol and her skating partner , Stéphane Bernadis , are 10-time French national champions , and have won seven European medals .
At the 2000 World Championships , the two became the first French pair to win a world medal in nearly 70 years .
But in her book , Such a Long Silence , Ms Abitbol alleged that she was raped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` He started to do horrible things leading to sexual abuse , '' she told L'Obs magazine .
`` It was the first time a man touched me . ''
The former skater , who is now 44 , rejected Mr Beyer 's apology and said that she wanted accountability for `` all those who covered up [ the crimes¨ ] both in the club and the federation '' .
Mr Beyer , after coaching Ms Abitbol , went on to direct France 's national skating teams .
In the early 2000s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into misconduct .
The second investigation , conducted by France 's sports ministry , found repeated `` serious acts '' against young skaters .
His contract as a technical adviser was terminated in 2001 .
But despite his dismissal , Mr Beyer continued to work with hockey club Les Francais Volants and , until 2018 , served several terms with the FFSG .
On Monday , French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu called for the resignation of Didier Gailhaguet , who has been president of the FFSG almost continuously since 1998 .
Mrs Maracineanu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existed within the federation , and Mr Gailhaguet had a `` moral and personal responsibility '' to step down .
While unable to sack him , Mrs Maracineanu said the federation would face sanctions if he remained .
Mr Gailhaguet said he would `` think about '' a resignation , and is expected to hold a press conference on Wednesday .

The former skater, who is now 44, rejected Mr Beyer's apology and said that she wanted accountability for "all those who covered up [the crimes¨] both in the club and the federation".


bbc--2020-02-04--Shannen Doherty: 'My cancer came back'

Shannen Doherty: 'My cancer came back'

US actress Shannen Doherty has revealed she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer last year .
The Charmed and BH90210 star was first diagnosed with cancer in 2015 , but two years later said she was `` done with chemo '' and feeling `` great '' .
However , speaking on ABC 's Good Morning American on Tuesday , the 48-year-old said : `` It 's going to come out in a matter of days or a week that I 'm stage four .
`` So my cancer came back . ''
She added : `` I 'd rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Doherty , who starred as Brenda Walsh in the original Beverly Hills , 90210 , has openly documented her battle with cancer on social media - posting videos of herself exercising alongside the hashtag # cancerslayer .
During the filming of last year 's reboot though , which came just months after the death of her former co-star Luke Perry , she kept the news of her latest diagnosis to herself and tried her best to `` honour '' him .
`` It 's so weird for me to be diagnosed and then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first , '' said Doherty .
`` It was really shocking .
And the least I could do to honour him was to do that show . ''
'We got this , kiddo' She admitted she kept the diagnosis largely to herself , to prove that she was still able to work , and only told co-star Brian Austin Green .
The actor , who played David Silver , helped her to get through long days of filming .
`` I had moments of great anxiety where I thought , ' I ca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brian was the one person who - of that group of people that knew - that I told pretty quickly and said , 'Here , this is what I 'm dealing with , ' '' she said .
`` So prior to shooting he would always call me and say , 'Listen , you know , whatever happens , I have your back . '
He would look at me and be like , 'We got this , kiddo ' ... so Brian helped me through a lot . ''
Doherty went on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she did n't think she 'd properly `` processed '' the news yet and that `` it 's a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways '' .
`` I definitely have days where I say , 'Why me ? '
'' she said .
`` And then I go , 'Well , why not me ?
Who else ?
Who else besides me deserves this ? '
None of us do .
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"So prior to shooting he would always call me and say, 'Listen, you know, whatever happens, I have your back.' He would look at me and be like, 'We got this, kiddo'... so Brian helped me through a lot."


bbc--2020-02-04--Parents clash at school meeting on racism in Michigan

During a meeting about racism between students in Saline , Michigan , an exchange between two fathers turned heads .
@ @ @ @ @ 's distress caused by other students was asked by another : 'Then why did n't @ @ @ @ @ ' The district 's superintendent said the meeting was meant to heal tensions .

During a meeting about racism between students in Saline, Michigan, an exchange between two fathers turned heads.
One parent explaining his child's distress caused by other students was asked by another: 'Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?'
The district's superintendent said the meeting was meant to heal tensions.


bbc--2020-02-04--Anti-Semitic sculpture to remain on German church

A 13th-Century anti-Semitic carving may remain on the wall of a church in Wittenberg , Germany , a court has ruled .
A Jewish man , Michael Düllmann , is seeking to have the sculpture removed .
The relief shows a rabbi lifting a sow 's tail and peering at its behind while other Jewish figures suckle on her teats .
Pigs are considered unclean under Jewish law .
The image is on the wall of the Stadtkirche , where Protestant reformer Martin Luther preached .
Portrayals of Jews in obscene association with female pigs were used as a way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Middle Ages .
Mr Düllmann told local broadcaster MDR ahead of the ruling , that as long as the `` Judensau '' remained on the wall , the Church would be guilty of promulgating anti-Semitism .
Luther himself produced a tirade of anti-Semitic writings , arguing that synagogues and Jewish homes should be burned and Jews be expelled .
The theologian 's texts , including one entitled On the Jews and Their Lies , were quoted by the Nazis four centuries later .
• Four things about Luther and the 500th anniversary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church community in the east German town installed a memorial on the ground next to the church 's wall , which refers to the six million Jews murdered during the Third Reich .
There is also an information board , erected more recently , which aims to put the anti-Semitic relief in its historical context .
These additions informed Tuesday 's ruling by the regional appeals court of Saxony-Anhalt , in Naumburg .
The court found that while the sculpture would be offensive if viewed in isolation , `` in the context in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ church it has lost its insulting character '' , according to spokesman Henning Haberland .
The church 's pastor , Johannes Block , told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that having the sculpture on the facade of the church filled him `` with shame and pain '' .
`` We are trying to deal with this difficult inheritance responsibly , '' he told the paper ( in German ) .
The parish wanted to leave the carving in place as a reminder of the anti-Semitism of the Middle Ages , and of the anti-Semitic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained .
The court ruled that Mr Düllmann may still take the case to Germany 's highest court in Karlsruhe .

The court found that while the sculpture would be offensive if viewed in isolation, "in the context in which it has been placed by the church it has lost its insulting character", according to spokesman Henning Haberland.


bbc--2020-02-04--Homeless US student population 'highest in more than a decade'

The number of homeless students in the US is the highest in more than a decade according to a new study .
Most of the 1.5 million homeless schoolchildren stayed with other families or friends after losing their homes .
But 7 % lived in abandoned buildings or cars , the report by the National Centre for Homeless Education showed .
It is often caused by job insecurity , unaffordable housing , domestic violence and recently the opioid crisis .
Living without a fixed address has a seriously impact on children 's education and health .
Less than a third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adequately , and scored even lower in mathematics and science , the report showed .
`` Homeless children are in crisis mode , and because they do n't have the luxury of focusing on school , they often fall behind , '' Amanda Clifford , of the National Youth Forum on Homelessness ( NYFH ) , told the BBC .
The most recent data was recorded in 2017-18 and was more than double the nearly 680,000 homeless students reported in 2004-05 , the director of National Centre for Homeless Education told the New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of children in schools who report being homeless at some point during an academic year and as such does not show the total population of homeless young people in the US .
Homelessness is a growing problem in the US , usually linked to the national housing crisis .
Millions of people spend more than half their income on housing , and many report they can not afford to buy a house .
• A deepening crisis on the streets of America • The city with no homeless on its streets Increasing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands of people in California to live in caravans or inadequate housing .
A changing economy , with factories closing down or the rise of the insecure gig economy , also leaves parents unable to pay rent .
The opioid crisis , in which almost two million people are addicted to prescription drugs , is also causing some families to break up or children to be removed from their homes .
A disproportionate number of homeless youth are LGBT , according to University of California Williams Institute .
Nearly seven in 10 said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of becoming homeless , and abuse at home was another major reason .
What are the solutions ?
Most experts say the solution lies in providing more housing at affordable rates , as well as providing support to families who may be affected by trauma or addiction .
`` Addressing the immediate needs of families is important - providing housing and the next month 's rent .
But beyond that , people need to be supported after their crisis has ended , '' Ms Clifford , of the NYFH , said .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car repairs , so a parent can ensure they can travel to work .
Tracking how children are performing at school over a longer period of time is also important , Ms Clifford says , because the impact of homelessness can continue even if a child is in stable housing again .
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The research measures the number of children in schools who report being homeless at some point during an academic year. As such, it does not show the total population of homeless young people in the US.


bbc--2020-02-04--Polish judge suspended in row over court shake-up

A Polish judge who challenged the conservative government 's changes to the judiciary has been suspended and hit by a 40 % salary cut .
But the EU 's top court has questioned the political independence of the body that suspended Judge Pawel Juszczyszyn .
It is the latest twist in a long-running battle between Poland 's ruling Law and Justice ( PiS ) party and the EU Commission , which accuses PiS of undermining the independence of judges .
Opposition MPs said the judge 's suspension amounted to `` political persecution '' of someone who was merely applying EU @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports from Warsaw .
There have been street demonstrations against the government 's legal changes and defending judicial independence .
Mr Juszczyszyn was apparently punished for demanding that parliament provide a list of people who supported candidates to the National Council of the Judiciary , the newly politicised body that chooses Poland 's judges .
But the European Court of Justice has questioned the independence of that council and a newly created disciplinary chamber - the body that suspended Mr Juszczyszyn .
Parliament , dominated by PiS members , refused to publish the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personal data protection laws .
And last month Poland 's Supreme Court said hundreds of judges chosen under the new rules were not sufficiently independent and should no longer hear cases .
Before PiS changed the law in 2018 the process of selecting judges was in the hands of other judges .
PiS decided to let the lower house of parliament ( the Sejm ) choose members of the selection body , that is , the National Council of the Judiciary .
The government says judges have no right to question the legitimacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal chaos .
Europe 's top human rights watchdog , the Council of Europe , has also criticised the judicial changes in Poland , arguing that they give the justice ministry too much influence over court decisions .

Europe's top human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, has also criticised the judicial changes in Poland, arguing that they give the justice ministry too much influence over court decisions.


bbc--2020-02-04--Haringey, Harvard & Hollywood: The fabulous Temi Fagbenle and family

Temi Fagbenle 's basketball journey began on a court marked with tramlines , not free-throw lines .
A little over a decade ago , she was playing tennis with her younger sister in north London , without a single hoop dream in her head .
Last month , she played a low-key pick-up game with three of her brothers on a neighbourhood court in the capital .
The locations are only few miles apart .
The cast of characters drawn from the same family .
The switch apparently simple .
But the route between the two times and places is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Lagos and Los Angeles , Stratford and Salamanca .
And the most exciting chapter may be about to be written .
`` We had a plan to be the next Serena and Venus .
It did n't turn out that way . ''
Temi and her younger sister Torera had just finished a practice session , hitting with a hired coach , when her father Tunde approached .
Six foot three inches tall , 14 years old , with a bullwhip forehand , a concussive serve and an endless appetite to learn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prospect .
But , just when many tennis parents are pushing their offspring on , Tunde switched tracks .
`` After that session , my dad said I should move to basketball , '' she remembers .
It was no glaring glitch in Temi 's tennis technique , no deficit in Tunde 's belief , just a clear-headed reading of the odds and outlay .
`` I did n't really like the idea , but I understood , '' Temi continues .
`` Coming from a big family of 12 kids it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all these sessions .
`` I had only started playing tennis quite late , and if you want to be a pro you have to have a real knack at it or have started in the womb . ''
Tunde 's plan was to find a sport that would invest in his daughter 's future , rather than continuing to chase the losses of a late start in tennis .
And while 11 siblings may have stretched family finances , they also broadened Temi 's horizons .
Her brother Dapo had already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basketball scholarship to university in the United States .
It was an example she was determined to follow .
`` I knew basketball could be a good chance for me to get a free education at great institutions , '' she says .
`` I felt so stifled and restricted by the monotony of going to secondary school , doing the same thing over and over .
It was too boring . ''
It quickly got less so .
Less than two years after taking up basketball , she had soared through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to win a full scholarship to Blair Academy - an exclusive £49,000-a-year prep school set in beautiful countryside , 60 miles west of New York , that British former NBA star Luol Deng attended on a similar offer .
The rapid rise continued on the other side of the Atlantic .
She led Blair to a State title , was named in the All American team and , by the time it came to think about university , was fielding offers , that to others would have been as precious as biblical parchment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were more than 60 schools trying to recruit me .
Each of them would send you letters every day it felt like .
I would have bin bags full to go through , '' she says .
For appearances ' sake , Fagbenle narrowed the field to a stellar shortlist of Duke , Boston College , Colombia University and Harvard .
But in reality , her destination was already decided .
`` I knew I wanted to go to Harvard because academics are such a priority in our family , it is such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , '' she says .
`` Wherever you are if you say that name , people know what that means .
It was a no-brainer .
It was an easy decision . ''
She duly enrolled on an anthropology course at one of the world 's most famous seats of learning .
But Fagbenle 's basketball skills took her back home too .
After leaving her friends and family behind at the age of 15 for the United States , she had returned each summer break to represent England and Great Britain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a spot at London 2012 , she came through a gruelling multi-day X-Factor style selection process in Surrey to win a place on the squad for her home Olympics at just 19 years old .
`` That week was just crazy , '' remembers Fagbenle .
`` My knee was really hurting me and I would be popping paracetamol and ibuprofen to get the edge off the pain .
Day by day people would be eliminated , it was kind of a fight to the death .
`` When me and my room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we just were ecstatic , jumping on our beds and shouting .
`` I had n't even played a college game yet , but I was going to the Olympics . ''
Fagbenle played in all five games at London 2012 - `` everyone on the other teams just looked like these big women and I was just this little girl compared to them '' - before returning to the States to complete her degree and kick-start her college sporting career .
Now 27 , she has turned into a 'big woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since graduating from Harvard , she has been drafted by top-flight Minnesota Lynx , when she won an WNBA title , and represented clubs in Polkowice in Poland , where she won consecutive national championships and claimed MVP accolades , Botas in Turkey and Salamanca in Spain .
She 's picked up a Masters degree in Public Relations from University of Southern California for good measure as well .
After Great Britain missed out on qualification for Rio 2016 , Fagbenle is spearheading their attempts to return to Olympic action at Tokyo 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women will play China , Spain and South Korea in a four-team round-robin , with the top three earning their ticket to Japan .
`` It was great to be on that stage at London .
For those that went to the first Olympics in 2012 we know we just have to get back , '' she says .
An Olympian , a Harvard graduate , a WNBA title winner , with a fledgling modelling career , acting ambitions ( `` I have a specific look but I would love to be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a small business ( `` premium confectionary coming to your online store soon '' ) about to be launched .
The most gallingly successful member of the family , right ?
Well , the Fagbenles are a little different .
Twelve children born to former journalist Tunde and six different mothers , spread over a 39-year age-gap and several continents , but connected by modern technology and an all-conquering approach to life .
Perhaps most famous is OT Fagbenle , who is a bona-fide Hollywood star after starring opposite Elisabeth Moss in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's Tale .
He is also signed up for Black Widow - the next Marvel blockbuster .
Fellow older brothers Luti and Dapo are top producers and directors respectively , creating music videos for Beyonce , Drake , Stormzy , Nicky Minaj and many more .
There is Seyi , an in-demand music producer , brought in by a host of blue-chip brands to sharpen their image .
Oldest sister Banke is inspiring future generations as a teacher in London .
Pekun is studying political science in Tambov , Russia , Tito is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe , Torera is exploring opportunities in Nigeria after graduating from the prestigious Lafayette College in the states .
Second-youngest Toto is studying in England , but has inherited the basketball bug , while Tani , only 12 , is in Temi 's words `` the firework of the family '' .
Eldest Kunle - a high-flying lawyer in Nigeria and the United States - died in May 2018 aged 49 .
What mix of nature and nurture has produced success across such diverse fields , from one family ?
`` We just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are doing , '' explains Temi simply .
`` We are all competitive and we are competing with each other - when we play board games and debate stuff there is an amazing spectacle .
But also , not really .
`` We definitely all want each other to do so well .
It is like the Fagbenle clan , showing the world that we are a force to be reckoned with .
We did n't plan it that way but it became that way because we are all so driven individually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you are kind of representing the Fagbenles .
You know the name is bigger than yourself so you do n't want to hold yourself to a low standard or act erratically or in a way that will put a bad name on the family .
`` That makes it sound so serious , but you hold yourself to a high standard . ''
Over Christmas , the Fagbenles briefly turned from figurative team to literal line-up .
Temi , Toto , OT and Luti came together on a court close to their family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left behind .
`` They did n't know what they were getting into , '' remembers Temi of a befuddled opposition .
`` We just locked them down .
I wish I could send you a picture of us all heading back on defence , it was a beautiful thing . ''
The Fagbenles , taking on all-comers and succeeding , is not such a rare thing .

Last updated on .From the section Basketball
After Britain missed out on qualification for Rio 2016, Fagbenle is spearheading attempts to reach Tokyo 2020
Temi Fagbenle's basketball journey began on a court marked with tramlines, not free-throw lines.
A little over a decade ago, she was playing tennis with her younger sister in north London, without a single hoop dream in her head.
Last month, she played a low-key pick-up game with three of her brothers on a neighbourhood court in the capital.
The locations are only few miles apart. The cast of characters drawn from the same family. The switch apparently simple. But the route between the two times and places is a fantastical trip via Harvard and Hollywood, Lagos and Los Angeles, Stratford and Salamanca.
And the most exciting chapter may be about to be written.
"We had a plan to be the next Serena and Venus. It didn't turn out that way."
Temi and her younger sister Torera had just finished a practice session, hitting with a hired coach, when her father Tunde approached.
Six foot three inches tall, 14 years old, with a bullwhip forehand, a concussive serve and an endless appetite to learn and improve, Temi was undeniably a prospect.
But, just when many tennis parents are pushing their offspring on, Tunde switched tracks.
"After that session, my dad said I should move to basketball," she remembers.
It was no glaring glitch in Temi's tennis technique, no deficit in Tunde's belief, just a clear-headed reading of the odds and outlay.
"I didn't really like the idea, but I understood," Temi continues. "Coming from a big family of 12 kids it was going to get a bit expensive paying for all these sessions.
"I had only started playing tennis quite late, and if you want to be a pro you have to have a real knack at it or have started in the womb."
Tunde's plan was to find a sport that would invest in his daughter's future, rather than continuing to chase the losses of a late start in tennis.
And while 11 siblings may have stretched family finances, they also broadened Temi's horizons.
Temi (centre) pictured here with her sister Torera (left) and brother Tito (right)
Her brother Dapo had already left home in Barnet, riding a basketball scholarship to university in the United States. It was an example she was determined to follow.
"I knew basketball could be a good chance for me to get a free education at great institutions," she says.
"I felt so stifled and restricted by the monotony of going to secondary school, doing the same thing over and over. It was too boring."
It quickly got less so.
Less than two years after taking up basketball, she had soared through the ranks of her Haringey Angels basketball club to win a full scholarship to Blair Academy - an exclusive £49,000-a-year prep school set in beautiful countryside, 60 miles west of New York, that British former NBA star Luol Deng attended on a similar offer.
The rapid rise continued on the other side of the Atlantic. She led Blair to a State title, was named in the All American team and, by the time it came to think about university, was fielding offers, that to others would have been as precious as biblical parchment, in bin bags.
Britain finished a best-ever fourth at EuroBasket 2019, with Fagbenle named as one of the top five players of the tournament
"There were more than 60 schools trying to recruit me. Each of them would send you letters every day it felt like. I would have bin bags full to go through," she says.
For appearances' sake, Fagbenle narrowed the field to a stellar shortlist of Duke, Boston College, Columbia University and Harvard. But in reality, her destination was already decided.
"I knew I wanted to go to Harvard because academics are such a priority in our family, it is such a bastion of academia all over the world," she says.
"Wherever you are if you say that name, people know what that means. It was a no-brainer. It was an easy decision."
She duly enrolled on an anthropology course at one of the world's most famous seats of learning.
But Fagbenle's basketball skills took her back home too. After leaving her friends and family behind at the age of 15 for the United States, she had returned each summer break to represent England and Great Britain at age-grade levels.
An outsider for a spot at London 2012, she came through a gruelling multi-day X-Factor style selection process in Surrey to win a place on the squad for her home Olympics at just 19 years old.
"That week was just crazy," remembers Fagbenle.
"My knee was really hurting me and I would be popping paracetamol and ibuprofen to get the edge off the pain. Day by day people would be eliminated, it was kind of a fight to the death.
"When me and my room mate Dominique Allen made the final cut, we just were ecstatic, jumping on our beds and shouting.
"I hadn't even played a college game yet, but I was going to the Olympics."
Fagbenle signing the Team GB Olympian board with her parents, Buki and Tunde, during the London Games of 2012
Fagbenle played in all five games at London 2012 - "everyone on the other teams just looked like these big women and I was just this little girl compared to them" - before returning to the States to complete her degree and kick-start her college sporting career.
Now 27, she has turned into a 'big woman' of the world game herself. Since graduating from Harvard, she has been drafted by top-flight Minnesota Lynx, when she won an WNBA title, and represented clubs in Polkowice in Poland, where she won consecutive national championships and claimed MVP accolades, Botas in Turkey and Salamanca in Spain. She's picked up a Masters degree in Public Relations from University of Southern California for good measure as well.
After Great Britain missed out on qualification for Rio 2016, Fagbenle is spearheading their attempts to return to Olympic action at Tokyo 2020.
This February, Great Britain's women will play China, Spain and South Korea in a four-team round-robin, with the top three earning their ticket to Japan.
"It was great to be on that stage at London. For those that went to the first Olympics in 2012 we know we just have to get back," she says.
An Olympian, a Harvard graduate, a WNBA title winner, with a fledgling modelling career, acting ambitions ("I have a specific look but I would love to be a gladiator/witch/queen in fantasy type movie") and a small business ("premium confectionary coming to your online store soon") about to be launched.
The most gallingly successful member of the family, right? Well, the Fagbenles are a little different.
Twelve children born to former journalist Tunde and six different mothers, spread over a 39-year age-gap and several continents, but connected by modern technology and an all-conquering approach to life.
Perhaps most famous is OT Fagbenle, who is a bona-fide Hollywood star after starring opposite Elisabeth Moss in the hit television adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale. He is also signed up for Black Widow - the next Marvel blockbuster.
Fellow older brothers Luti and Dapo are top producers and directors respectively, creating music videos for Beyonce, Drake, Stormzy, Nicky Minaj and many more.
There is Seyi, an in-demand music producer, brought in by a host of blue-chip brands to sharpen their image. Oldest sister Banke is inspiring future generations as a teacher in London.
Pekun is studying political science in Tambov, Russia, Tito is a talented musician, performing all over Europe, Torera is exploring opportunities in Nigeria after graduating from the prestigious Lafayette College in the states.
Second-youngest Toto is studying in England, but has inherited the basketball bug, while Tani, only 12, is in Temi's words "the firework of the family".
Eldest Kunle - a high-flying lawyer in Nigeria and the United States - died in May 2018 aged 49.
What mix of nature and nurture has produced success across such diverse fields, from one family?
"We just want to be the best at whatever we are doing," explains Temi simply.
"We are all competitive and we are competing with each other - when we play board games and debate stuff there is an amazing spectacle. But also, not really.
"We definitely all want each other to do so well. It is like the Fagbenle clan, showing the world that we are a force to be reckoned with. We didn't plan it that way but it became that way because we are all so driven individually.
"Whatever you are doing, you are kind of representing the Fagbenles. You know the name is bigger than yourself so you don't want to hold yourself to a low standard or act erratically or in a way that will put a bad name on the family.
"That makes it sound so serious, but you hold yourself to a high standard."
A Fagbenle family group picture, taken in 2018
Over Christmas, the Fagbenles briefly turned from figurative team to literal line-up.
Temi, Toto, OT and Luti came together on a court close to their family homes in London that all have now left behind.
"They didn't know what they were getting into," remembers Temi of a befuddled opposition.
"We just locked them down. I wish I could send you a picture of us all heading back on defence, it was a beautiful thing."
The Fagbenles, taking on all-comers and succeeding, is not such a rare thing.


bbc--2020-02-04--Flash flooding leaves tourists stranded in New Zealand

Torrential rain and flash flooding in the south of New Zealand has left many tourists stranded .
Many hikers were @ @ @ @ @ on Tuesday , but heavy rain meant rescue efforts for those trapped in Milford Sound @ @ @ @ @

Torrential rain and flash flooding in the south of New Zealand has left many tourists stranded.
Many hikers were evacuated from Fiordland by helicopter on Tuesday, but heavy rain meant rescue efforts for those trapped in Milford Sound was put on hold.


bbc--2020-02-04--Stillbirth: The woman who found my baby's grave

Paula Jackson has traced the resting places of 800 stillborn babies through her organisation , Brief Lives Remembered .
Her @ @ @ @ @ before the 1990s .
The BBC followed her as she traced the location of a @ @ @ @ @ gave birth to her stillborn son in 1980 .
In contrast to today 's handling @ @ @ @ @ said that she received no support at the time .
Filmed and edited by Alex @ @ @ @

Paula Jackson has traced the resting places of 800 stillborn babies through her organisation, Brief Lives Remembered. Her cases usually involve births from before the 1990s.
The BBC followed her as she traced the location of a grave for Yvonne, who gave birth to her stillborn son in 1980. In contrast to today's handling of such cases, she said that she received no support at the time.
Stillborn babies lost decades ago 'must be traced'
Produced by Frankie McCamley
Filmed and edited by Alex Dackevych and Nigel Craze


bbc--2020-02-04--Tskaltubo: Georgia's abandoned resort that refugees call home

Georgia plans to spend millions turning an abandoned Soviet-era spa town into a tourist attraction .
But Tskaltubo 's decaying @ @ @ @ @ refugees from a past civil war , and their future is uncertain .

Georgia plans to spend millions turning an abandoned Soviet-era spa town into a tourist attraction.
But Tskaltubo's decaying sanatoriums are also home to refugees from a past civil war, and their future is uncertain.
Reporter: Rayhan Demytrie
Filmed and edited by Matthew Goddard


bbc--2020-02-05--Roll ball: Kenya are world champs - but what is this sport?

The sport is relatively young , started in 2003 by a PE teacher in the Indian city of Pune .
@ @ @ @ @ around the world , with India dominating the sport internationally .
But 2019 saw a @ @ @ @ @ s women in the World Cup final in the Indian city of Chennai .
BBC @ @ @ @ @ to assistant captain Winnie Mutembei to find out how they achieved their victory .

Kenya’s women won the 2019 Roll Ball World Cup.
The sport is relatively young, started in 2003 by a PE teacher in the Indian city of Pune.
It has since gained popularity around the world, with India dominating the sport internationally.
But 2019 saw a historic win for Kenya’s women in the World Cup final in the Indian city of Chennai.
BBC What's New? spoke to assistant captain Winnie Mutembei to find out how they achieved their victory.
Produced by Christine Njeri and Agnes Penda.


bbc--2020-02-04--Bang Bang: The artist who’s tattooed LeBron James, Lewis Hamilton and Thierry Henry

Bang Bang , a New York-based tattoo artist , tells his stories of inking the world ’ s biggest sports @ @ @ @ @ reveals the tattoos that Katy Perry and Kylie Jenner have done on him .
Player @ @ @ @ @ series of amazing stories from people who work in the background for some of the @ @ @ @ @ global sport .

Bang Bang, a New York-based tattoo artist, tells his stories of inking the world’s biggest sports stars and celebrities, and reveals the tattoos that Katy Perry and Kylie Jenner have done on him.
Player Makers USA is a six-part series of amazing stories from people who work in the background for some of the biggest names in American and global sport.
WATCH MORE: From Beckham & LeBron to Cam Newton - Meet the guy making 'crazy' hats


bbc--2020-02-04--Oscar nominee: 'Hopefully this year will be a turning point'

Cynthia Erivo has been nominated for Best Actress in this year 's Oscars , for her portrayal of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet @ @ @ @ @ only person of colour to be nominated in the four acting categories , and told @ @ @ @ @ to make sure it does n't look like this every single time . ''

Cynthia Erivo is nominated for Best Actress in this year's Oscars, for her portrayal of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
She is the only person of colour to be nominated in the four acting categories, and told the BBC she wants "to make sure it doesn't look like this every single time".


bbc--2020-02-04--How a beer can helped reunite a woman with her dog after three years

A US woman 's journey to reunite with her long lost dog will soon have a happy ending thanks to a can of beer .
Monica Mathis ' dog Hazel vanished from her Iowa yard in May 2017 .
But recently , Ms Mathis saw a familiar face starring out from a pint pictured on social media .
A brewery over 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) away in Florida had gained prominence on the internet for putting adoptable dogs on its cans to help a local shelter .
Hazel , renamed Day Day by the shelter , was among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While it 's still unclear how Hazel wound up across the country , she will be back home with Ms Mathis this month .
The golden-terrier mix disappeared while she was leashed in Ms Mathis ' yard in Iowa , and was never found , despite her owner 's search efforts .
When Ms Mathis moved to St Paul , Minnesota soon after Hazel 's disappearance , she had abandoned hope of ever finding her pet .
Somehow , Hazel had made her way some 1,300 miles down south to Bradenton , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When she was brought to the county animal shelter , staff tried to use her microchip to locate her owner , but the contact information was out of date , the Tampa Bay Times reported .
At the time , Motorworks Brewing , a local company , had partnered with the shelter to help dogs find homes by putting their faces on a four-pack of cold ones .
• US woman reunited with missing dog 12 years later The cans made headlines and were featured on the popular daytime TV programme the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minnesota , stories about the `` beer dogs '' suddenly appeared on Ms Mathis ' Facebook feed .
`` This is my dog , '' Ms Mathis wrote on the brewery 's post on 24 January .
She told WWSB News : `` I was a little hysterical because I was scared someone was going to adopt her at that point or something .
I was scared I was gon na lose her again . ''
The shelter then asked Ms Mathis to share proof that the golden-terrier mix was hers , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was set straight a few days later , the shelter announced that Hazel was going home .
`` You ca n't make up a story this good , '' Barry Elwonger , marketing director at Motorworks Brewing , told the BBC .
He said it was `` incredible '' to see the reach of the story on social media .
The brewery has a history of partnering with animal-related charities , but this is the first time a beer can has gained this much influence- and helped reconnect a family .
Mr Elwonger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ television appearances promoting the shelter , said she was a very sweet dog .
The Friends of Manatee County Animal Services nonprofit will send Hazel home later this month , just in time to celebrate her seventh birthday , after she obtains a health certificate .

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