bbc--2020-12-31--Obituary: Tommy Docherty - man of many clubs and quips

Tommy Docherty , who has died at the age of 92 , will be remembered as one of football 's great characters .
He was irrepressible , outspoken and often controversial , accruing a seemingly endless supply of anecdotes , quips and one-liners .
Docherty spent nine years as a player with Preston North End and played for Scotland at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden before a managerial career that took him to Portugal and Australia .
However , he is probably best remembered for a five-year spell with Manchester United .
Born in the Gorbals district of Glasgow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in a Daily Telegraph interview of his tough upbringing : `` If you wanted a new pair of shoes , you went down the swimming baths in bare feet and just nicked a pair .
I did n't think it was morally wrong .
It was the thing to do . ''
His mother , Georgina , was a charwoman , but he recalled nothing of his father , Thomas , who worked in an iron foundry .
`` I do n't remember him putting me on his knee , or telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a park , '' Docherty said .
`` I only remember the sound of my mum crying when there was a loud knock on the door to tell her he was dying .
`` He was in hospital with pleurisy .
They 'd give you a couple of tablets for that now . ''
Docherty started his career as a right-half at junior side Shettleston before joining boyhood heroes Celtic in 1947 after leaving the army , making his debut in a 1-0 home league defeat by Rangers .
He left for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which he married his first wife , Agnes - after failing to pin down a first-team spot and said years later : `` When I was a youngster , it was my one and only ambition to play in a green and white jersey .
When I was transferred , it was one of the great disappointments of my life . ''
His time at Deepdale included an appearance in the 1954 FA Cup final and he won the first of his 25 Scotland caps , playing twice in the 1954 World Cup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arsenal , where he effectively ended his playing career .
Although he made a few appearances for Chelsea after moving to Stamford Bridge in February 1961 , the switch brought about his first step into coaching and management .
He was unable to prevent the west London club being relegated from the top flight at the end of the 1961-62 season , but the Blues bounced back at the first attempt .
In 1964-65 , they won the League Cup with an aggregate victory over Leicester City but lost the 1967 FA Cup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become manager of unfashionable Rotherham United and memorably said : `` I promised I would take Rotherham out of the Second Division - and I took them into the Third .
The old chairman said , 'Doc , you 're a man of your word ! ''
' The Glaswegian left Rotherham after a year and began racking up a dizzying number of clubs while honing his repartee .
He had spells at Queens Park Rangers , Aston Villa and Porto and a term as assistant manager to Terry Neill at Hull @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manager of Scotland , first on a temporary basis , then permanently .
In December 1972 , with Scotland having qualified for the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany , he quit to take over at Manchester United .
`` One of my biggest regrets was leaving the Scotland job when I did , '' he later said .
The Red Devils were relegated to the Second Division in 1974 but stormed back the next season as champions .
After United surprisingly lost the 1976 FA Cup final 1-0 to Second Division @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the FA Cup final again the following year , when they beat favourites Liverpool 2-1 .
However , celebrations did not last as he was almost immediately sacked for having an affair with the wife of club physiotherapist Laurie Brown .
Docherty later married Mary Brown and they remained together until his death .
They had two children , Lucy and Grace , while he had four children - Tom , Michael , Peter and Catherine - with Agnes , who died in 2002 .
Docherty returned to management with Derby County @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was sacked , then reinstated after just nine days - and then sacked again .
He subsequently had spells at Sydney Olympic , Preston , South Melbourne and then managed Sydney again in 1983 before becoming boss of Wolverhampton Wanderers .
Altrincham was his final managerial post before retirement at the end of the 1987-88 campaign .
Docherty later worked as an after-dinner speaker and media pundit and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November .
He was still going strong with the jokes at the media conference but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` This is something that will be there forever and will never be obliterated . ''
'The Doc was a law until himself' Former Scotland and Man Utd striker Lou Macari on BBC Radio Scotland 's Drivetime There was no bigger character in the game than the Doc and there has never been one of such character since .
He was funny , he could argue with you , but if you had a raging argument with him , he would make up with you the next day - it did n't affect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far as company is concerned , I could n't have had better company over the years than Tommy Doc and , believe it or not , it was one of the biggest assets to his management style .
The laughter and wit in the dressing-room before any game made every player relaxed .
He had these wild dreams .
When we got relegated , he told everybody in Manchester we would be back the next year - it happened and it 's never easy to do that .
We went to an FA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expected to win against Southampton and we did n't - conceded a goal six minutes from the end .
Got back into the dressing-room , we were down , but he lifted us by telling us we would be back next year and next year we won it , beating Liverpool .
I had Jock Stein who changed my life by taking me to Celtic as a young boy and then I went to Old Trafford with the Doc .
He was an entertainer , a law unto himself and a great guy @

Tommy Docherty (back) said his biggest regret was leaving Scotland for Manchester United
Tommy Docherty, who has died at the age of 92, will be remembered as one of football's great characters.
Known as "The Doc", he managed 12 clubs and the Scotland national team during the most colourful of careers.
He was irrepressible, outspoken and often controversial, accruing a seemingly endless supply of anecdotes, quips and one-liners.
Docherty spent nine years as a player with Preston North End and played for Scotland at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden before a managerial career that took him to Portugal and Australia. However, he is probably best remembered for a five-year spell with Manchester United.
Born in the Gorbals district of Glasgow on 24 April 1928, he once said in a Daily Telegraph interview of his tough upbringing: "If you wanted a new pair of shoes, you went down the swimming baths in bare feet and just nicked a pair. I didn't think it was morally wrong. It was the thing to do."
His mother, Georgina, was a charwoman, but he recalled nothing of his father, Thomas, who worked in an iron foundry.
"I don't remember him putting me on his knee, or telling me a story, or taking me to a park," Docherty said. "I only remember the sound of my mum crying when there was a loud knock on the door to tell her he was dying.
"He was in hospital with pleurisy. They'd give you a couple of tablets for that now."
Leaving Celtic one of biggest disappointments
Tommy Docherty (right) captained Scotland in his playing days
Docherty started his career as a right-half at junior side Shettleston before joining boyhood heroes Celtic in 1947 after leaving the army, making his debut in a 1-0 home league defeat by Rangers.
He left for Preston in 1949 - the year in which he married his first wife, Agnes - after failing to pin down a first-team spot and said years later: "When I was a youngster, it was my one and only ambition to play in a green and white jersey. When I was transferred, it was one of the great disappointments of my life."
His time at Deepdale included an appearance in the 1954 FA Cup final and he won the first of his 25 Scotland caps, playing twice in the 1954 World Cup finals.
In 1958, Docherty joined Arsenal, where he effectively ended his playing career.
Although he made a few appearances for Chelsea after moving to Stamford Bridge in February 1961, the switch brought about his first step into coaching and management.
He was unable to prevent the west London club being relegated from the top flight at the end of the 1961-62 season, but the Blues bounced back at the first attempt.
In 1964-65, they won the League Cup with an aggregate victory over Leicester City but lost the 1967 FA Cup final to Tottenham Hotspur.
Docherty left to become manager of unfashionable Rotherham United and memorably said: "I promised I would take Rotherham out of the Second Division - and I took them into the Third. The old chairman said, 'Doc, you're a man of your word!"'
The Glaswegian left Rotherham after a year and began racking up a dizzying number of clubs while honing his repartee.
He had spells at Queens Park Rangers, Aston Villa and Porto and a term as assistant manager to Terry Neill at Hull City before leaving in 1971 to become manager of Scotland, first on a temporary basis, then permanently.
In December 1972, with Scotland having qualified for the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany, he quit to take over at Manchester United.
"One of my biggest regrets was leaving the Scotland job when I did," he later said.
One love lost, another gained
Tommy Docherty's affair with future wife Mary Brown led to his sacking at Old Trafford
The Red Devils were relegated to the Second Division in 1974 but stormed back the next season as champions.
After United surprisingly lost the 1976 FA Cup final 1-0 to Second Division outfit Southampton, Docherty led his side to the FA Cup final again the following year, when they beat favourites Liverpool 2-1.
However, celebrations did not last as he was almost immediately sacked for having an affair with the wife of club physiotherapist Laurie Brown. Docherty later married Mary Brown and they remained together until his death.
They had two children, Lucy and Grace, while he had four children - Tom, Michael, Peter and Catherine - with Agnes, who died in 2002.
Docherty returned to management with Derby County before moving back to QPR, where was sacked, then reinstated after just nine days - and then sacked again.
He subsequently had spells at Sydney Olympic, Preston, South Melbourne and then managed Sydney again in 1983 before becoming boss of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Altrincham was his final managerial post before retirement at the end of the 1987-88 campaign.
Docherty later worked as an after-dinner speaker and media pundit and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in November.
He was still going strong with the jokes at the media conference but for once turned serious, saying: "This is something that will be there forever and will never be obliterated."
'The Doc was a law until himself'
Tommy Docherty and Lou Macari (centre) lifted the FA Cup with Manchester United
Former Scotland and Man Utd striker Lou Macari on BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime
There was no bigger character in the game than the Doc and there has never been one of such character since.
He was funny, he could argue with you, but if you had a raging argument with him, he would make up with you the next day - it didn't affect your position in the team.
As far as company is concerned, I couldn't have had better company over the years than Tommy Doc and, believe it or not, it was one of the biggest assets to his management style. The laughter and wit in the dressing-room before any game made every player relaxed.
He had these wild dreams. When we got relegated, he told everybody in Manchester we would be back the next year - it happened and it's never easy to do that.
We went to an FA Cup final at Wembley and we were expected to win against Southampton and we didn't - conceded a goal six minutes from the end. Got back into the dressing-room, we were down, but he lifted us by telling us we would be back next year and next year we won it, beating Liverpool.
I had Jock Stein who changed my life by taking me to Celtic as a young boy and then I went to Old Trafford with the Doc. He was an entertainer, a law unto himself and a great guy.


bbc--2020-12-31--How 2021 was celebrated around the world

Countries around the world have welcomed 2021 with fireworks , but crowds were only allowed at some displays .
Restrictions @ @ @ @ @ festivities as many countries struggle to curb new spikes in coronavirus cases .
Strict lockdown @ @ @ @ @ Zealand have all but eliminated Covid , so New Year 's Eve plans were held @ @ @ @ @ fireworks display went ahead , but crowds were n't allowed to gather on the city @ @ @ @ @ .
Read more : Covid dampens new year celebrations around world

Countries around the world have welcomed 2021 with fireworks, but crowds were only allowed at some displays.
Restrictions were placed on new year festivities as many countries struggle to curb new spikes in coronavirus cases.
Strict lockdown and border closures in New Zealand have all but eliminated Covid, so New Year's Eve plans were held as usual.
The Sydney fireworks display went ahead, but crowds weren't allowed to gather on the city's harbour to enjoy it.
Read more: Covid dampens new year celebrations around world


bbc--2020-12-31--Hogmanay drone swarm lights up Scottish skies

Edinburgh 's Hogmanay has been lighting up the skies online with a drone display of Scottish icons and messages of @ @ @ @ @ which is a three-part series , uses a drone swarm to create the spectacular replacement @ @ @ @ @ .
The series was filmed in the Scottish Highlands and over Edinburgh and can be @ @ @ @ @ Edinburgh 's Hogmanay website , YouTube and Instagram , with the final instalment streaming from @ @ @ @

Edinburgh's Hogmanay has been lighting up the skies online with a drone display of Scottish icons and messages of hope.
Fare Well, which is a three-part series, uses a drone swarm to create the spectacular replacement to the traditional end-of-year festivities.
The series was filmed in the Scottish Highlands and over Edinburgh and can be viewed for free at the Edinburgh's Hogmanay website, YouTube and Instagram, with the final instalment streaming from 19:00 on Thursday.


bbc--2020-12-31--Covid-19 pandemic: Tracking the global coronavirus outbreak

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bbc--2020-01-31--Trump impeachment: Major blow for Democrats in witnesses battle

US Democrats have been dealt a major blow in their efforts to call witnesses at President Trump 's impeachment trial .
They needed four Republicans to vote with them to allow witness testimony , but one of the few wavering senators said he would not support the measure .
Lamar Alexander said the Democrats had proved Mr Trump acted inappropriately but it was not an impeachable offence .
The announcement paves the way for the possible acquittal of the president by the Senate as early as Friday .
The Democrats had especially wanted to call former National Security Adviser John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him directly that he was withholding US military aid to Ukraine until it agreed to investigate his rival , Joe Biden .
What did Lamar Alexander say ?
In a statement late on Thursday after a long question-and-answer session at the Senate , Mr Alexander , who represents Tennessee , said the Democrats had proven that Mr Trump 's actions were `` inappropriate '' .
But the 79-year-old said : `` There is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeachable offence . ''
He added : `` The question then is not whether the president did it , but whether the United States Senate or the American people should decide what to do about what he did .
I believe that the Constitution provides that the people should make that decision in the presidential election that begins in Iowa on Monday . ''
• All you need to know about Trump 's impeachment Democrats were hoping that four Republican senators - Mitt Romney , Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins , as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to reach the 51 votes necessary to call witnesses .
On Thursday , Ms Collins joined Mr Romney by saying she would also vote for more witnesses .
Mr Alexander 's announcement is a sign that Republicans will be able to block the move and put an end to Mr Trump 's trial with his expected acquittal .
A two-thirds majority in the Senate is required to remove him from office , and Republicans hold a 53-47 majority .
Each side is expected to present closing arguments in Friday 's session , before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If the vote were to end in a tie , it would mean that the motion had failed unless US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts , who is presiding over the trial , decided to break it , which is unlikely .
Why is Bolton so important ?
A bombshell report in the New York Times earlier this week said that Mr Bolton had written in his upcoming book that the president told him directly that military aid was being withheld from Ukraine in exchange for dirt on a Democratic political rival @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president .
The report reinvigorated Democrats ' attempts to call new witnesses to the trial , and simultaneously energised Republican efforts to push the process through without anyone being called .
If the reports about Mr Bolton were true , and he testified to that effect , he would be the first witness in the process to directly link the president to an alleged quid pro quo ( exchange of favours ) with Ukraine and an abuse of presidential power .
Mr Trump 's lawyer expanded their defence in the Senate earlier this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president did in service of his own re-election could be considered to be in the public interest , and therefore not impeachable .
The tactic shocked Republicans and Democrats alike .
The White House pushed back against the publication of Mr Bolton 's book , citing security concerns .
The National Security Council alleged that the book had `` top secret '' details that must be removed , a claim Mr Bolton rejects .
Mr Bolton 's lawyer Charles Cooper responded to the NSC letter last week by saying the book contained nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not believe that any of that information could reasonably be considered classified , '' Mr Cooper wrote in an email to the White House on 24 January , the Washington Post reported .
Mr Cooper also said he had asked for an expedited review of a chapter about Ukraine , adding that Mr Bolton was `` preparing '' for the possibility he could be called to testify in the trial .

If the reports about Mr Bolton were true, and he were to testify to that effect, he would be the first witness in the process to directly link the president to an alleged quid pro quo (exchange of favours) with Ukraine and an abuse of presidential power.


bbc--2020-01-31--Coronavirus: Worldwide cases surpass Sars outbreak in 2003

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed that of the Sars epidemic , which spread to more than two dozen countries in 2003 .
There were around 8,100 cases of Sars - severe acute respiratory syndrome - reported during that outbreak .
But at least 9,962 people have been infected with the new coronavirus , which emerged in China in December .
The number of deaths stands at 213 - all in China .
That is far lower than the 774 people killed by Sars .
On Thursday , the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been 98 cases outside China , but no deaths .
But on Friday , two cases of the virus were confirmed for the first time in the UK .
• The lessons learned from the Sars outbreak • US advises against all travel to China over virus • Why are we catching more diseases from animals ?
Most international cases are in people who had been to the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province , where the virus originated .
However , in eight cases - in Germany , Japan , Vietnam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected by people who had travelled to China .
How does this outbreak compare to Sars ?
The Sars virus , which was also a type of coronavirus that originated in China , spread to 26 countries in the early 2000s .
The new virus has spread to fewer countries and - while more people have been infected globally - it has resulted in fewer deaths .
On Wednesday , the number of confirmed cases within China surpassed the Sars epidemic .
Sars was also estimated to have cost the global economy more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But economists have said the new coronavirus could have an even bigger impact on the world economy .
It has forced global companies including tech giants , car makers and retailers to shut down temporarily in China .
China was also criticised by the UN 's global health body for concealing the scale of the original Sars outbreak .
It has been praised for responding to the latest virus with tough measures , including effectively quarantining millions of residents in cities .
Harder to spot and harder to stop Why is this outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The answer is not down to China - the speed and scale of the country 's response to this new virus is widely considered to be unprecedented .
The difference is the way the virus behaves inside the human body .
Sars was a brutal infection that you could n't miss - patients were contagious only when they had symptoms .
This made it relatively easy to isolate the sick and quarantine anyone who might have been exposed .
But the new virus , 2019-nCov , is harder to spot and therefore harder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perspective , it has a far smarter evolutionary survival strategy than Sars .
The best estimate is only one-in-five cases cause severe symptoms , so instead of infected people turning up in hospital , you have to go out and find them .
And we are getting detailed documented cases of people spreading the virus before they even have symptoms .
There is a tendency to focus only on how deadly a virus is .
But it is this , in combination with a virus 's ability to spread , that determines its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this outbreak ?
A confirmed case in Tibet means the virus has now reached every region in mainland China .
The central province of Hubei , where nearly all deaths have occurred , is in a state of lockdown .
The province of 60 million people is home to Wuhan , which is at the heart of the outbreak .
The city has effectively been sealed off and China has put numerous transport restrictions in place to curb the spread of the virus .
People who have been in Hubei are also being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has said it will send charter planes to bring back Hubei residents who are overseas `` as soon as possible '' .
A foreign ministry spokesman said this was because of the `` practical difficulties '' Chinese citizens had faced abroad .
The virus is affecting China 's economy , the world 's second-largest , with a growing number of countries advising their citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to the country .
How is the world responding ?
Voluntary evacuations of hundreds of foreign nationals from Wuhan are under way .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Singapore and New Zealand are expected to quarantine all evacuees for two weeks to monitor them for symptoms and avoid contagion .
Australia plans to quarantine its evacuees on Christmas Island , 2,000km ( 1,200 miles ) from the mainland in a detention centre that has been used to house asylum seekers .
• Singapore closed its borders to all travellers from China • Italy declared a six-month state of emergency after two Chinese tourists in Rome were diagnosed with the virus • Thailand confirmed its first case of human-to-human transmission inside the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China until 2 March .
It also banned its citizens from travelling to the country • In the US , Chicago health officials reported the first US case of human-to-human transmission • Russia decided to close its 4,300km ( 2,670-mile ) far-eastern border with China • Some 250 French nationals were evacuated from Wuhan • India confirmed its first case of the virus - a student in the southern state of Kerala who was studying in Wuhan • North Korea suspended all flights and trains to and from China , said the British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affected by any of the issues raised ?
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Estimates by the University of Hong Kong suggest the true total number of cases could be far higher than official figures suggest. Based on mathematical models of the outbreak, experts there say more than 75,000 people may have been infected in the Chinese city of Wuhan alone, where the virus originated.


bbc--2020-01-31--Two coronavirus cases confirmed in UK

Two coronavirus cases confirmed in UK

Two people from the same family have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK , the chief medical officer for England has announced .
It is understood the patients were staying in a hotel in Yorkshire , before being taken overnight to a specialist centre in Newcastle .
At least 213 people in China have died from the virus , with almost 10,000 cases nationally .
There have been 98 cases in another 18 countries .
• Coronavirus : How worried should we be ?
• Coronavirus : What it does to the body Prof Chris Whitty , chief medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` extremely well-prepared for managing infections '' and it was quickly trying to identify any contacts the patients had to prevent further spread .
`` We have been preparing for UK cases of novel coronavirus and we have robust infection control measures in place to respond immediately , '' he added .
Prof Whitty said the UK was working closely with the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and the international community as the outbreak in China develops `` to ensure we are ready for all eventualities '' .
Ian Jones , professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said the possibility of further spread was `` minimal '' because the cases were caught early .
`` For the majority of those who contract this virus , the outcome will be a mild respiratory illness from which they will recover , '' he said .
It was a situation `` that should not cause undue alarm '' , Prof Jones added .
The WHO declared the outbreak a global emergency on Thursday .
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has now surpassed that of the Sars epidemic , which spread to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The mortality rate for the new strain of coronavirus is currently low , at 2 % - less than Sars at 10 % and Ebola at 70 % , the chief medical officer says .
But the death rate could yet go up if more of those in hospital die , or down if it 's discovered there are many other people with mild symptoms .
At present , 83 Britons and 27 foreign nationals are flying back to the UK from Wuhan , the Chinese city at the centre of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the spread of viruses ?
• Coronavirus : Why are we catching more diseases from animals ?
The flight is due to land at RAF Brize Norton on Oxfordshire at 13:30 GMT .
The UK passengers will then be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral and quarantined for two weeks .
Cllr Pat Hackett , leader of Wirral Council , said they would be housed in an accommodation block , separate from the main hospital .
He added : `` All services in the hospital are running as usual including emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Staff working in the hospital will not be in contact with these UK citizens .
`` We understand this is a stressful time for the people on the flight , but also their families .
After a very long journey , we welcome them to our borough and trust they will be comfortable during their time here . ''
This is not a surprise and is a moment the country has been preparing for .
The response now will be two-fold .
The first is to treat the patients while preventing any spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specialist centres in the NHS have plenty of experience of - including when caring for patients that caught Ebola during the outbreak in west Africa in 2014 .
The second is a massive feat of detective work to find out who these patients may have passed the virus on to .
Last night , doctors in Germany confirmed cases there had spread before people even developed symptoms .
Effective `` contact tracing '' is how the virus can be contained .
There is still much we do not know about these cases , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely different to China where there are nearly 10,000 cases and the authorities are still trying to get on top of the outbreak .
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bbc--2020-01-31--Australia fires: State of emergency declared for Canberra region

Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) have declared a state of emergency as massive bushfires rage south of Canberra .
It is the worst fire threat to the territory in nearly two decades , officials said .
The main blaze , in the territory 's south , is burning over more than 18,500 hectares .
Residents in suburbs of Canberra have been urged to `` remain alert '' for potential evacuations .
`` The ACT is now facing the worst bushfire threat since the devastating fires of 2003 , '' Chief Minister Andrew Barr told reporters on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher priority for the ACT government at this time than the bushfire threat . ''
The small territory , located between Sydney and Melbourne , has about 400,000 residents .
In 2003 , bushfires in the suburbs of Canberra killed four people , injured another 500 and destroyed or damaged 470 homes .
Similar weather conditions were being recorded on Friday , authorities said .
Mr Barr warned the fires `` may become uncontrollable '' as temperatures climbed to 40C and were fuelled by strong winds .
He said the worst blaze was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a 20-minute drive south of Parliament House in Canberra .
He added the state of emergency - which gives extra power and resources to fire authorities - would be in place for `` as long as Canberra is at risk '' .
Fires have raged near the city for weeks .
Last Thursday , Canberra 's airport was shut down when a blaze threatened to breach its perimeter .
Three US firefighters died on the same day after their aircraft crashed over a fire zone near the city , in the Snowy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing to fight the bushfires ?
Earlier this week , photos of bushfires in the area turning skies red were shared widely on social media .
It prompted authorities to issue warnings against `` disaster tourism '' , following several reports of people driving near active fire zones to take pictures .
`` I want to reinforce the message to disaster tourists they 're not welcome as this fire approaches , '' Mr Barr said .
Since September , bushfires in Australia have killed at least 33 people and destroyed thousands of homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ land has been scorched .

He added the state of emergency - which gives extra power and resources to fire authorities - would be in place for "as long as Canberra is at risk".


bbc--2020-01-31--Russia may drop murder charge in Khachaturyan sisters case

Three Moscow sisters accused of murdering their father are likely to have the charges reduced to `` necessary self-defence '' , their lawyers say .
The decision by Russia 's chief prosecutor could lead to their criminal prosecution being dropped , lawyer Alexei Parshin told Tass news agency .
In July 2018 the teenage Khachaturyan sisters stabbed and battered their father to death in his sleep .
He had beaten and sexually abused them , so many Russians urged their release .
More than 350,000 people signed a petition supporting the sisters , and their high-profile case was a powerful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence , expected to take effect this year .
• Domestic abuse : Why Russia believes the first time is not a crime Human rights activists argued that the sisters were not criminals but victims , as they had no means of getting help and protection from their abusive father .
Krestina , Angelina and Maria Khachaturyan , who were 17 , 18 and 19 when they stabbed their father to death , currently face up to 20 years in prison , after the Investigative Committee ( SK ) accused them of premeditated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecutor has taken a position , that this was self-defence and the SK has to consider that position , the investigators have to consider this .
This will , I think mean more investigation .
`` I hope after that , the case will be closed against the girls .
I think it will take another month or two . ''
The sisters live in different places and can not speak to each other or to the media .
They are free to come and go , but can not communicate with anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
Deputy Prosecutor-General Viktor Grin , quoted by Mr Parshin , said the SK 's conclusions had not taken full account of the circumstances which drove the young women to murder .
The father 's behaviour , Mr Grin argued , posed a real threat to the sisters ' safety , which justified them resorting to any means to defend themselves .
• Why are Russians using bloody make-up to tackle domestic abuse ?
Mr Parshin said : `` I think the public attention certainly influenced this , in the sense that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
`` The legal organs had to pay very close attention to the case .
So it 's good .
We have a chance that the girls wo n't just be accused , baselessly - as often happens . ''
He said the case would undergo further examination by experts , but `` that is likely to confirm the conclusions , and after that we expect that the investigators will drop the criminal investigation '' .
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The sisters live in different places and cannot speak to each other or to the media. They are free to come and go, but cannot communicate with anyone linked to the case, the lawyer said.


bbc--2020-01-31--Aston Martin: F1 billionaire owner leads rescue deal

A consortium led by billionaire Lawrence Stroll will put in £182m , with the rest of the money coming from existing investors .
Mr Stroll partly owns the Racing Point Formula 1 team , which will be branded Aston Martin from 2021 under the deal .
The move comes hours after a board meeting held to discuss how to prop up the ailing firm .
Aston Martin 's best known customer is fictional spy James Bond and the company recently revealed that four of its cars will feature in the next Bond movie , No Time To Die .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aimed at strengthening its balance sheet after its `` disappointing performance '' in 2019 .
Mr Stroll 's consortium will take a 20 % stake in the company and he will become its executive chairman .
As a result , Penny Hughes will be stepping down as Aston Martin 's chairman once the deal is completed .
She said : `` The difficult trading performance in 2019 resulted in severe pressure on liquidity which has left the company with no alternative but to seek substantial additional equity financing .
`` Without this , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to support the operations of the group .
`` Notwithstanding recent weak trading , the strength of the Aston Martin brand and our expanding portfolio of cars has allowed us to attract a strong new partner in Mr Stroll to support the turnaround of the business . ''
Earlier this month , the 106-year-old firm issued a profit warning , saying annual earnings were expected to fall by nearly half from a year earlier .
It said core retail sales - which covers sales from Aston Martin dealers to consumers - were up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , wholesale volumes - which covers how many cars the dealers are ordering from Aston Martin itself - were down 7 % to 5,809 .
The company said it was expecting earnings of between £130m and £140m , well below the £247.3m it reported last year .

It said core retail sales - which covers sales from Aston Martin dealers to consumers - were up 12% from a year earlier. However, wholesale volumes - which covers how many cars the dealers are ordering from Aston Martin itself - were down 7% to 5,809.


bbc--2020-01-30--Health chief slams Paltrow's Netflix series

Gwyneth Paltrow 's new Netflix series poses a `` considerable health risk '' to the public , NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said .
The Goop Lab , filmed at the headquarters of the actress 's wellness brand , Goop , explores the effectiveness of alternative therapies for physical and mental illnesses .
Netflix says the series is `` designed to entertain , not provide medical advice '' .
A spokeswoman for Goop said it was `` transparent when we cover emerging topics that may be unsupported by science or may be in early stages of review '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debuted on the streaming platform on Friday 24 January .
Throughout the six-part series , Paltrow enlists the help of doctors , researchers and alternative health practitioners to investigate practices ranging from `` energy exorcisms '' to the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental-health disorders .
Mr Stevens took aim at the `` dubious wellness products and dodgy procedures '' featured in the series , while speaking at an academic event in Oxford on Thursday .
• Gwyneth Paltrow on Goop : We disagree with pseudoscience claims '' Goop has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ series , in which Gwyneth Paltrow and her team test vampire facials and back a body worker , who claims to cure both acute psychological trauma and side-effects by simply moving his hands two inches above a customer 's body , '' the NHS boss said .
`` Her brand peddles psychic vampire repellent , says chemical sunscreen is a bad idea , and promotes colonic irrigation and DIY coffee enema machines , despite them carrying considerable risks to health . ''
Goop began in September 2008 as a newsletter produced by Paltrow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brand opened its first UK store in London in 2019 .
It has since grown into an lifestyle and beauty business reportedly worth £190m ( $ 250m ) , with a website , online store , pop-up shops , a magazine and now a Netflix series .
`` While fake news used to travel by word of mouth , and later the Caxton press , we all know that lies and misinformation can now be round the world at the touch of a button - before the truth has reached for its socks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' said Mr Stevens .
`` Myths and misinformation have been put on steroids by the availability of misleading claims online .
`` While the term 'fake news ' makes most people think about politics , people 's natural concern for their health , and particularly about that of their loved ones , makes this particularly fertile ground for quacks , charlatans and cranks , '' he added .
In 2018 , Goop agreed to pay $ 145,000 ( £112,000 ) for making `` unscientific claims '' about `` vaginal eggs '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its jade and rose quartz eggs , which are inserted vaginally , could balance hormones and regulate menstrual cycles , among other things .
The legal action was brought by California 's consumer protection office .
Goop said it had not received any complaints from consumers about the product 's description .

"While fake news used to travel by word of mouth, and later the Caxton press, we all know that lies and misinformation can now be round the world at the touch of a button - before the truth has reached for its socks, never mind got its boots on," said Mr Stevens.


bbc--2020-01-31--Hostage-taker killed after faking children's party

An Indian man who arranged a fake birthday party for his one-year-old daughter , then held more than 20 children hostage , has been shot dead by police .
Local media identified the man as Subhash Batham - saying he was accused of murder but out on bail .
Locals in Uttar Pradesh 's Farrukhabad district later beat his wife to death .
Police tried to negotiate with him during a 10-hour stand-off before forcing their way into the building .
The hostage-taker was killed in a shootout .
All of the children , aged between six months and 15 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's wife , who has not been named , was then attacked as she apparently tried to flee .
Police said locals threw bricks and stones .
`` She had head injuries and was bleeding when she was taken to hospital , '' senior police officer Mohit Agarwal told India 's NDTV .
The woman later died of her injuries .
It is unclear if she was involved in the hostage-taking or not .
Local reporter Deepak Kumar Srivastava told the BBC that residents spent the night in terror .
`` There was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Everybody was worried about the safety of children .
`` The police tried to convince him to surrender for several hours .
They called special forces when their attempt failed , '' he said .
Batham had invited children from his village in Farrukhabad to a birthday party for his daughter .
But instead of a party , he held everybody hostage in the building .
`` He believed that locals were responsible for his arrest in the murder case and he wanted to take revenge , '' Mr Srivastava added .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , when Batham handed her to a neighbour from a balcony , seven hours into the hostage-taking .
When neighbours alerted authorities and police arrived at the scene , he began shooting from the house .
`` On learning that he had firing capabilities and after his bomb-threats , all senior police officials decided to attack him , '' said Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Om Prakash Singh .
`` We tried entering the house ... Subhash was killed during the encounter . ''
During the shootout , his wife , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to India Today , Batham had earlier sent a letter to the local district magistrate , complaining about the lack of toilet facilities in his house , and saying he had been denied government housing .
He said he was a labourer and had an ailing mother who had to defecate in the open .
During the drama of the hours-long siege , several television channels appealed to Batham to contact them if he wanted to get his demands to the government or authorities .

According to India Today, Batham had earlier sent a letter to the local district magistrate, complaining about the lack of toilet facilities in his house, and saying he had been denied government housing.


bbc--2020-01-31--Belgium euthanasia: Three doctors cleared in landmark trial

A court in Belgium has acquitted three doctors accused of unlawfully poisoning a woman whose life they helped to end .
Tine Nys , 38 , died surrounded by her family on 27 April 2010 .
In the landmark case , her sisters and prosecutors had argued she wanted to die because of a failed relationship - not an `` incurable disorder '' as required by Belgium 's euthanasia law .
But after hours of deliberations the jury in Ghent cleared the doctors , prompting applause in the courtroom .
Those acquitted early on Friday were Joris Van Hove , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Nys 's former doctor Frank D and psychiatrist Lieve Thienpont .
• What different countries say about assisted dying Euthanasia and assisted suicide were made legal under strict conditions in Belgium in 2002 .
Since then doctors have faced legal proceedings before , but none of the cases had reached a courtroom until now .
What did the court rule ?
The three doctors were cleared by the 12-member jury after more than eight hours of deliberation .
The court ruled that in the case of Joris Van Hove , `` there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasonable doubt it is to the benefit of the accused '' , Flemish media reported .
The doctor , Frank D , was acquitted because he was not aware that euthanasia would be carried out on the day .
`` Of course I 'm happy , these have been difficult years for everyone and nobody has really won in this case .
I 'll sleep well tonight , '' Mr Van Hove was quoted as saying by local media .
Meanwhile , the psychiatrist said she had met all the conditions required of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyers complained their clients were being treated almost as murderers , even though they acted in good faith .
The 38 year old had suffered a childhood of severe psychiatric problems and had tried to take her life when she was younger .
But her sisters , Lotte and Sophie , have argued that she was not incurably ill , as Belgian law requires , but suffering from the stress of a broken relationship .
She had not had psychiatric treatment for 15 years and had been given a diagnosis of autism before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet been treated , they said .
The family was present at her death and her sisters also complained about what they described as the botched manner in which the doctor gave Tine Nys a lethal injection .
`` He likened her death to that of a pet that is in pain and is having a shot , '' they told Flemish TV in 2016 .
`` He also asked our father to hold the needle in her arm because he had forgotten to bring plasters .
When she had died , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ listen through the stethoscope to check her heart had actually stopped beating . ''
A patient must be legally competent and conscious at the time of seeking to end their life .
The request must be voluntary , well considered and repeated .
The disease must cause constant and unbearable physical or mental suffering , resulting from `` a serious and incurable disorder caused by illness or accident '' , according to Belgium 's public health service .
Where a patient is not expected to die soon , the doctor must consult a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month from the request before euthanasia takes place .
Doctors are free to perform euthanasia if the conditions are met .
Or they can refuse if they do not wish to .
Last October , renowned 40-year-old Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort ended her life 11 years after signing the necessary papers .
She had an incurable degenerative muscle disease that caused her constant pain , seizures and paralysis in her legs .
She won gold and silver at the London 2012 Paralympics .
Tine Nys 's sisters have emphasised they consider euthanasia necessary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made clearer .
Since 2014 , Belgium has allowed minors to be helped to die as well as adults , if they are terminally ill and in great pain and if they have parental consent .
According to Belgian media , there were 2,357 cases of euthanasia in 2018 , equivalent to more than six a day .
The majority involved people aged over 60 and took place in Belgium 's Flemish north .
• Tribute to Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort who chose to die

But her sisters, Lotte and Sophie, have argued that she was not incurably ill, as Belgian law requires, but suffering from the stress of a broken relationship. She had not had psychiatric treatment for 15 years and had been given a diagnosis of autism before her death for which she had not yet been treated, they said.


bbc--2020-01-31--Tesla boss Elon Musk releases electronic dance track

Mr Musk posted a teaser picture of himself in a studio shortly before sharing the track , which he wrote @ @ @ @ @ of the song , Mr Musk decided to change his Twitter handle to E `` @ @ @ @ @ year Mr Musk released a song about the death of Harambe the gorilla , which @ @ @ @ @ zoo in 2016 after a boy fell into its enclosure .
Mr Musk posted the @ @ @ @ @ page on Thursday , and told his followers that both the vocals and lyrics were @ @ @ @ @ surprise release sparked a wave of memes comparing Mr Musk to musician Post Malone following @ @ @ @ @ the pair look similar .
It is not clear whether Musk 's girlfriend , pop @ @ @ @ @ hand in helping to create the track .
Musk 's latest venture comes after Tesla @ @ @ @ @ world 's second most valuable carmaker .


bbc--2020-01-31--Deaf woman, 60, rows Atlantic Ocean in world first

A 60-year-old pharmacy worker has become the first deaf person on record to row an ocean by finishing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic .
Mo O'Brien and her fellow crew members , including her daughter , landed on the Caribbean island of Antigua 49 days after setting out from the Canary Island of La Gomera in December .
Their arrival late on Thursday local time makes them the fastest female trio to complete the challenge .
The Ocean Rowing Society , which is responsible for monitoring ocean rowing records , confirmed the world first .
Ms O'Brien , from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3,000 miles ( 4,800km ) of Atlantic Ocean with her daughter Bird Watts , 32 , from Mevagissey in Cornwall , and their friend Claire Allinson , 45 , from Exmouth , Devon .
The trio rowed in pairs for four-hour shifts , then had two hours of rest , on a constant cycle for the entirety of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge .
In addition to the seasickness , blisters and extreme sleep deprivation , Ms O'Brien said it was `` very much a learning curve '' for the crew to manage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line in Antigua , she said : `` I 'm relieved to be here , but I kind of wish I was still out there too .
I absolutely loved it . ''
The pharmacy dispenser said she is already making plans to row the Pacific .
`` Why not ?
Give me a week to have a shower and some clean clothes , '' she joked .
The trio 's highlights included seeing wildlife such as orcas , sharks and flying fish , which Ms Allinson described as `` absolutely breathtaking ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ felt `` awesome but very wobbly '' to be back on dry land .
Before she set off , she said her mother 's profound deafness was `` a bit of a nightmare '' as rowers `` rely a lot on your hearing '' .
Ms O'Brien usually uses lip-reading to communicate , but rowers do not face each other in the boat , so she could not have a conversation while at the oars .
This meant she and her daughter had to learn how to communicate without panicking .
`` She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or 'back paddle ' , or 'just row on your left ' ...
I do n't hear until I 'm too late , and then she 'll start to shout at me ... it 's almost frightening , '' Ms O'Brien said during training .
Ms Watts , a newly-qualified radiographer , said : `` If we 're going over in a storm and our boat is going to capsize , you would [ usually ] shout through to people in the air-tight cabin to stay inside .
But you ca n't communicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We just do our best .
We have certain hand signals that mean certain things .
And for example , if she 's in the cabin in stormy weather , she does n't come out unless we tell her . ''
Other adjustments the team had to make included Ms Watts and Ms Allison having to stop rowing to wake Ms O'Brien for the start of her shift , because she does not hear alarm clocks .
`` Once she 's asleep , she 's asleep , '' Ms Watts said .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you might encounter on a boat , we also have to think how to overcome for someone who ca n't hear , '' she added .
In a blog post , Ms O'Brien said the team needed `` humour in abundance '' to complete the challenge , adding : `` I often mishear things and respond with ridiculous answers although I 'm not sure which is funnier - my nonsense or the recipient 's face . ''
Ms O'Brien said she had wanted to mark turning 60 by doing `` something bigger , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ events she has taken part in , such as a marathon and a charity cycle in Kenya .
The mother-of-two was inspired to do the challenge after reading a book about four Yorkshire women who became the oldest all-female crew to make the crossing .
Ms O'Brien was born with nerve deafness but grew up undiagnosed .
`` My parents thought I was painfully shy - they did n't pick up that I was n't hearing , '' she said .
She said her deafness `` has affected me very much in lots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very isolating '' .
`` Deaf people withdraw from life , '' she added .
`` There are lots of things that I know that I stopped myself doing , because it was so difficult . ''
• Brothers become fastest trio to row the Atlantic Ms O'Brien struggled to cope with NHS hearing aids when she eventually got them at about the age of 30 .
They boosted her hearing to 30 % of what most people can hear , but with disorientating background noise .
But then one of the crew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equipment with her , including a microphone which can be tuned into her hearing aid via Bluetooth .
Ms O'Brien uses an app on her phone so that what she wants to hear - whether it be a conversation , birdsong , or music - is clearly separated from background noise .
This meant she could hear instructors and pass mandatory courses to take part in the Atlantic row - and could hear her fellow rowers .
Ms O'Brien , who has been an amateur rower for 20 years , said her `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mentality has helped her to overcome difficulties .
`` The fact that my mum died when she was 56 , I feel very aware that time goes so quickly and we really need to do things while we can , '' she said .
`` There 's something in me that just says do n't do the ordinary , do n't go to work every day , pay your mortgage , go home , watch a bit of telly , or whatever your routine is . ''
Guinness World Records does not award @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its rowing records are sourced and verified by the Ocean Rowing Society - which says Ms O'Brien is the first deaf person to row an ocean .
The society said , as of 14 January , 1,083 people had rowed an ocean , including about 440 crews that have crossed the Atlantic from east to west .
The British Deaf Association congratulated Ms O'Brien on Friday , with a spokesperson saying : `` Mo is an inspiration to many and is an example of what deaf people can achieve . ''
Ms O'Brien @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Deaf Association to enter an all-deaf crew into the challenge .
`` I just feel it 's showing people that they can do things ... whatever disability you 've got . ''

"The racing and the wind and the sea... it felt like you were going at about 100 miles an hour. I loved that feeling, the freedom - almost feeling like you're a part of the sea. It sounds corny, I know, but I've never experienced that before," she said.


bbc--2020-01-31--Family sue after being kicked off flight 'for body odour'

A Michigan family removed from an American Airlines flight in Miami when staff claimed they had body odour are suing the airline .
Yehuda Yosef Adler , his wife Jennie and their young daughter were removed from the flight to Detroit last January .
They claim staff made comments about their Orthodox Jewish faith .
American Airlines said the decision to remove the family was not based on religion .
They claim customers complained about Mr Adler 's odour .
The lawsuit , filed in Texas , cites defamation , emotional distress and discrimination relating to religion .
Mr Adler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the plane for no more than five minutes when a member of staff told them there was an emergency and they needed to leave the aircraft .
• Airline sorry for 'telling woman to cover outfit' When they left the plane , Mr Adler alleges staff told him the pilot was removing the family because of body odour .
The lawsuit says a staff member `` made a disparaging and derogatory statement telling the Adlers that he knew Orthodox Jews take baths once a week . ''
The Adler family then approached people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they could smell any bad body odour .
They said they asked 20 people but not one said they could detect a smell .
Mr Adler also said they showered that morning .
They were provided with a hotel room and meals and were placed on a flight to Detroit the next morning .
But they were without their luggage as it was not removed from their original flight .
A statement from the airline to Fox News said : `` The Adler family was asked to deplane after multiple passengers and our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ body odour .
The decision was made out of concern for the comfort of our other passengers .
`` None of the decisions made by our team in handling this sensitive situation were based on the Adler 's religion . ''

They were provided with a hotel room and meals and were placed on a flight to Detroit the next morning. But they were without their luggage as it was not removed from their original flight.


bbc--2020-01-31--Liam Gallagher is 'King' Eric Cantona's butler in new video for song Once

Rock ' n ' roll star Liam Gallagher acts as Eric Cantona 's butler and chauffeur in the new video for his track , Once .
The Manchester City fan and the Manchester United legend have put aside their club rivalries to come together in the video .
It arrives around the 25th anniversary of Cantona 's infamous kung-fu kick , which resulted in a nine-month FA ban .
The former Oasis frontman tweeted he was `` absolutely thrilled '' to work with `` the last rock ' n ' roll footballer '' .
He wrote : `` Songs like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and neither do football players like him . ''
The track features on the former Oasis frontman 's second number one solo album Why Me ?
Why Not .
Director Charlie Lightening 's accompanying video begins with `` King '' Eric summoning `` R Kid '' to refill his wine glass , before he strolls semi-naked through his palace , glugging wine and tinkling on a grand piano .
He then claims his crown and robe and heads outside , where his humble servant is waiting to open the door of the Rolls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white manor house resemble that of Gallagher 's late hero John Lennon , whose Ascot estate featured in the video for Imagine .
Six weeks ago , Cantona - who won four Premier League titles with United - posted a video of himself singing the song while sat on a couch .
`` When two Manchester legends meet , '' wrote the Frenchman , calling Once his `` song of the year '' .
The 47-year-old singer admitted to Copa90 Football last year that City 's bitter rivals , led by Cantona , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' due to their prolonged success .
Although the pendulum has swung the other way in recent years .
After retiring from football in 1997 , Cantona went into acting and starred in and co-produced Ken Loach 's film Looking For Eric , which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival .
However , his first role came during his lengthy ban for kicking a Crystal Palace supporter in 1995 , when he played a rugby player in the French film Le Bonheur est dans le Pré .
Cantona went on to portray @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elizabeth , and in 2002 he directed a short film called Apporte-Moi Ton Amour , before appearing in Danish western The Salvation .
Perhaps the most bizarre move of his acting career came in 2013 , when he appeared in the French erotic film You and the Night ( Les Rencontres d'après minuit ) , where he played The Stud .
The 53-year-old was known to be a big film and music fan during his time in Manchester and was pictured alongside another of Gallagher 's musical heroes , The Stone Roses , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start of the last decade .
The new video marks the release of Liam Gallagher 's Acoustic Sessions EP .
It 's not the first time that the Gallaghers have used the image of a United star alongside their music .
A picture of George Best appeared on the cover of Oasis 's debut album Definitely Maybe back in 1994 , due largely to the photograph being taken in guitarist and United fan Paul `` Bonehead '' Arthurs ' house .
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bbc--2020-01-31--Coronavirus: Cement mixers become celebrities in China lockdown

Unlikely heroes have arisen in China 's coronavirus crisis - a group of construction vehicles building two new hospitals in the city of Wuhan , where the outbreak emerged .
With all regions in the country affected by the virus , people have been told to stay indoors - except where absolutely necessary .
Perhaps understandably , they are struggling to keep themselves entertained .
So they 're turning to livestreams of two hospitals being built - and have created characters and heroes on the building site .
The 25,000 square metre Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan will be ready by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be in use by 5 February .
China 's official CCTV broadcaster has been hosting livestreams so people can watch the hospitals being built in real-time - and they have proved an unlikely hit .
The Global Times newspaper says more than 40 million people have been watching the livestreams in China.. And they 've also proven popular overseas .
Both YouTube and Periscope have been running livestreams for viewers outside the country , which are consistently bringing in hundreds of thousands of views .
The popularity of this footage has led to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earning unusual fame .
Cement mixers have found themselves with nicknames like `` The Cement King '' , `` Big White Rabbit '' and `` The White Roller '' .
Some of the diggers are given affectionate names based on their colour , such as `` Little Yellow '' and `` Little Blue '' .
Others have coined more imaginative names for the vehicles , with one cement mixer being named Song Huizong , after an ancient emperor .
The official CCTV has set up an `` epidemic 24/7 '' page built into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote for their favourite vehicle .
The undipsuted stars of the show are the small , yellow forklift trucks , which are collectively known as `` folkchan '' .
Searches of `` folkchan '' on the popular Sina Weibo microblog bring up fan art and tributes to the little vehicles .
Users call them `` the cutest and most hard working little forklifts '' and call them , `` the loveliest little world guardians '' .
The fans themselves have formed online fan groups , and collectively call themselves the `` online overseers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in lockdown , it 's perhaps not surprising that `` alternative '' entertainment has popped up .
Transportation links have been suspended in a number of major cities , and companies throughout the country are suspending their opening hours .
Arenas and cinemas have closed .
On Tuesday , China 's top regulator announced that it would be reducing entertainment TV programming `` to strengthen publicity on epidemic prevention '' .
• Coronavirus Wuhan diary : Living alone in a city gone quiet • Wuhan : The London-sized city where the virus began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has obviously been a win for the Chinese Communist Party .
But as Shi Wenxue , a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy told Global Times , the livestreams are helping people feel more involved in what is going on .
`` The 'overseers ' participation shows young Chinese people 's concern over the epidemic , '' Shi said , adding that it helps people feel they have `` warriors in any battle situation '' .
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV , radio , web and print media around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Twitter and Facebook .


bbc--2020-01-31--Meet one of Piccadilly's longest serving chefs

Filippo Falcone is one of Piccadilly 's longest serving chefs and has been serving Londoners since 1958 .
The 81-year-old @ @ @ @ @ Italy ’ s Puglia region , has been serving dishes from all around the world @ @ @ @ @ capital in at the age of 20 .
He says he plans to keep on @ @ @ @ @ get up the stairs to his kitchen .

Filippo Falcone is one of Piccadilly's longest serving chefs and has been serving Londoners since 1958.
The 81-year-old, who was born in Italy’s Puglia region, has been serving dishes from all around the world since his arrival in the capital in at the age of 20.
He says he plans to keep on cooking until he cannot get up the stairs to his kitchen.


bbc--2020-01-31--Claudia Andujar: A glimpse of Yanomami life in the jungle

For more than five decades , Swiss-Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami , one of the largest indigenous groups in Brazil .
The Yanomami live in the remote forest of the Orinoco River basin , in southern Venezuela , and around the Catrimani river in Roraima state , northern Brazil .
They hunt , practise small-scale slash-and-burn agriculture and live in small , scattered , semi-permanent villages .
Andujar was born in Switzerland in 1931 and grew up in Transylvania , Romania .
During World War Two , her father , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concentration camp , where he was killed along with most of his relatives .
Andujar fled with her mother to Switzerland and then to the US before finally settling in Brazil , in 1955 , where she began a career as a photojournalist .
Her early photographs experimented with a variety of techniques , including using infrared film , petroleum jelly on the lens and lighting to create distortions and saturated colour .
And she tried to capture the shamanic culture of the Yanomami by creating an alien , otherworldly view , rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The construction of the transcontinental highway in the Amazon , initiated by Brazil 's military government , opened up the region to deforestation as well as invasive agricultural programmes .
And the increased contact with outsiders brought the Yanomami epidemics of diseases to which they had no immunity , wiping out two entire communities .
This situation reminded Andujar of the genocide in Europe and , in 1978 , she became involved in a political campaign to create a tribal reserve for their homeland .
Setting aside her art project , increasingly she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Yanomami cause .
Their land in Brazil was finally designated as an indigenous reserve , the Yanomami Park , in 1992 .
The exhibition Claudia Andujar , The Yanomami Struggle will be shown at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain , in Paris , until 10 May 2020 .

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The Yanomami burn down their malocas when they migrate, if they want to get rid of a plague or if an important leader dies. Taken with infrared film, 1976


bbc--2020-01-31--Quiz of the week: What stock market scam was this man guilty of?

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bbc--2020-01-31--Africa's week in pictures: 24-30 January 2020

On the same day , words used in Nigeria that were already in the dictionary are seen on a Scrabble @ @ @ @

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On the same day, words used in Nigeria that were already in the dictionary are seen on a Scrabble board in Abuja...


bbc--2020-01-31--Coronavirus: Why are we catching more diseases from animals?

The world is grappling with the new coronavirus , which has spread from China to at least 16 other countries , including the UK .
Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a `` one off '' .
But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease .
This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact .
In the past 50 years , a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes , the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds , and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009 .
More recently , it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome ( Sars ) came from bats , via civets , while bats also gave us Ebola .
Humans have always caught diseases from animals .
In fact , most new infectious diseases come from wildlife .
But environmental change is speeding up this process , while increased city living and international travel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can spread more quickly .
Most animals carry a range of pathogens - bacteria and viruses that can cause disease .
The pathogen 's evolutionary survival depends on infecting new hosts - and jumping to other species is one way to do this .
The new host 's immune systems try to kill off pathogens , meaning the two are locked in an eternal evolutionary game of trying to find new ways to vanquish each other .
For example , about 10 % of infected people died during the 2003 Sars epidemic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` typical '' flu epidemic .
Environmental and climate change are removing and altering animals ' habitat , changing how they live , where they live and who eats whom .
The way humans live has also changed - 55 % of the global population now live in cities , up from 35 % 50 years ago .
And these bigger cities provide new homes for wildlife - rats , mice , raccoons , squirrels , foxes , birds , jackals , monkeys - which can live in the green spaces such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans leave behind .
Often , wildlife species are more successful in cities than in the wild because of the plentiful food supply , making urban spaces a melting pot for evolving diseases .
Who is most at risk ?
New diseases , in a new host , are often more dangerous , which is why any emerging disease is concerning .
Some groups are more vulnerable to catching these diseases than others .
Poorer city-dwellers are more likely to work in cleaning and sanitation , boosting their chances of encountering sources and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have weaker immune systems because of poor nutrition and exposure to poor air or unsanitary conditions .
And if they fall ill , they may not be able to afford medical care .
New infections can also spread rapidly in big cities as people are packed so tightly - breathing the same air and touching the same surfaces .
In some cultures , people also use urban wildlife for food - eating animals caught within the city or bushmeat harvested from the surrounding area .
• Coronavirus : How worried should we be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
To date , almost 8,000 cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed , with 170 people thought to have died .
With countries taking steps to stem this outbreak , the potential economic consequences are clear .
Travel bans are now in place and , even without them , people are scared of interacting in case they catch the virus , changing their behaviour .
It becomes harder to cross borders , seasonal migrant workers ca n't relocate and supply chains become interrupted .
This is typical of an outbreak of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sars epidemic cost the global economy an estimated $ 40bn ( £30.5bn ) in six months .
This was partly because of the cost of treating people but also dips in economic activity and movement of people .
What can we do ?
Societies and governments tend to treat each new infectious disease as an independent crisis , rather than recognising they are a symptom of how the world is changing .
The more we change the environment , the more likely we are to disrupt ecosystems and provide opportunities for disease to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world 's pathogens have been documented , so more resources are needed to identify the rest - and which animals are carrying them .
For example , how many rats are there in London and what diseases do they carry ?
Many city-dwellers value urban wildlife but we should also recognise some animals carry potential harms .
It makes sense to keep track of which animals are newly arriving in cities and whether people are killing or eating wildlife or bringing it to markets from the surrounding area .
Improving sanitation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to help stop these outbreaks emerging and spreading .
More widely , it is about changing the way our environments are managed and the way people interact with them .
More like this : • How a killer disease was stopped in its tracks • What do the people of the world die from ?
Pandemics are part of our future Acknowledging new diseases are emerging and spreading in this way puts us in a stronger position to fight new pandemics , which are an inevitable part of our future .
A century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about half a billion people and killed 50-100 million people worldwide .
Scientific advancement and huge investments in global health mean such a disease would be better managed in future .
However , the risk remains real and potentially catastrophic - if something similar were to happen again , it would reshape the world .
By the middle of the last century , some in the West claimed infectious diseases were conquerable .
But as urbanisation and inequality grow and climate change further disturbs our ecosystems , we must recognise emerging diseases as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was commissioned by BBC News from an expert working for an outside organisation .
Prof Tim Benton is research director of the Emerging Risks team at Chatham House , where he leads the Energy , Environment and Resources programme .
Chatham House , the Royal Institute of International Affairs , describes itself as an independent policy institute helping to build a sustainably secure , prosperous and just world .

This is typical of an outbreak of this nature. In 2003, the Sars epidemic cost the global economy an estimated $40bn (£30.5bn) in six months. This was partly because of the cost of treating people but also dips in economic activity and movement of people.


bbc--2020-01-31--Making beautiful colours without toxic chemicals

If there 's one thing you can count on finding in anybody 's wardrobe , it 's a pair of jeans - and the chances are those jeans will be blue .
The original work trousers , invented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss in 1873 , were dyed with indigo derived from plants .
By 1882 , however , indigo was being synthesised , and producing denim blue now involves large quantities of petroleum , as well as toxic substances such as formaldehyde and cyanide .
Meanwhile , because indigo is n't water soluble , more toxic chemicals - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life - need to be added to turn it into a liquid dye .
But San Francisco biotech firm Tinctorium believes it has the answer : genetically engineering bacteria to mirror the way the Japanese indigo plant , Polygonum Tinctorium , makes and holds its colour .
`` Because bacteria are powerful multipliers , when you put them in the right conditions , we can grow these organisms to create dye product in a much more scalable and sustainable manner that is n't reliant on petroleum , '' says co-founder and chief executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ producing yarn and is working to make jeans in the next two years in a process that Ms Zhu says will be competitive with existing methods in both cost and price .
And Tinctorium is n't the only company working to replace harsh chemicals with bioengineered organisms .
France 's Pili , for example , says that its microbial fermentation process can save 100 tonnes of petroleum and 10 tonnes of toxic chemicals per tonne of product .
`` Instead of using petroleum as the raw material , the process uses renewable carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by micro-organisms instead of corrosive chemicals , '' says creative director Marie-Sarah Adenis .
`` The process uses approximately five times less water and ten times less energy because microbes work at room temperature . ''
While Pili does n't foresee commercial-scale production before 2021 , UK-based Colorifix is already working with textile manufacturers such as Switzerland 's Forster Rohner and India 's Arvind , as well as fashion giant H & M .
The company was founded in 2016 by James Ajioka , Orr Yarkoni and David Nugent following a visit to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Wellcome Trust to develop a biosensor for detecting arsenic in drinking water .
`` When we went and drove around the city , the rivers and the aqueducts were just toxic .
The real problem in Kathmandu is that all of the textile industries are just dumping their waste straight into the river , and a lot of that was from textile dyeing , '' says Mr Ajoka .
As part of a previous project , Mr Ajioka had already bioengineered microbes to produce colour , and after further research , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plant genes to make microbes make colour , Colorifix casts its net more widely .
`` What we can do is take a parrot feather , scrape a few cells off the tail and then look in the DNA for the message 'make red ' , '' explains Mr Yarkoni .
`` Although all life uses DNA , each organism uses a different 'dialect ' , so we put that message in the dialect of the micro-organism and it can start making that pigment the same way the parrot does , starting from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We do it by fermentation - the same process you use to make alcohol .
But instead of making alcohol , we make pigment . ''
One advantage of fermentation is that the base unit is sugar : easily available and requiring no major infrastructure to produce or refine .
And , as Mr Ajioka points out , `` We know that with fermentation , scaling up ends up being a fairly cheap activity - otherwise , beer would n't be as available as it is . ''
Another big plus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most dyeing technology , the process works across a wide range of materials .
`` For instance , polyester and cotton need different types of dyes and generally different types of machines to dye them .
Most apparel out there today is actually polycotton , and if you 're not weaving it with pre-dyed thread , it needs to be cross-dyed , which means you 're dyeing it twice , '' says Dr Orr .
`` We can dye polycotton , so that already halves the amount of water being processed and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Bacteria are even being used to produce hair dye - although the process is in its very earliest stages .
University of Manchester students recently won a gold medal in the International Genetically Engineered Machine ( iGEM ) competition for genetically engineering E. coli bacteria to secrete proteins that can colour , repair and straighten hair .
Meanwhile , the University of Cambridge and Dutch biotechnology company Hoekmine are mutating bacteria to give them structural colour - colour created by the geometry of a surface , rather than pigment .
It 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and blue morpho butterflies , among others .
The researchers change the dimensions of bacteria , or their ability to move , to change the wavelengths of light they reflect and thus their colour .
Silvia Vignolini from Cambridge 's chemistry department says the technique could lead to pigments that can be easily produced in volume and that can change colour on demand .
`` The future is open for biodegradable paints on our cars and walls , '' says Dr Vignolini , `` simply by growing exactly the colour and appearance we @ @ @

"When we went and drove around the city, the rivers and the aqueducts were just toxic. The real problem in Kathmandu is that all of the textile industries are just dumping their waste straight into the river, and a lot of that was from textile dyeing," says Mr Ajoka.


bbc--2020-01-31--Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India

Ajay Barman , 22 , is a fading TikTok star in India .
Not because he is past his prime , but because - he alleges - he 's been `` shadow banned '' for uploading videos on Hindu-Muslim brotherhood on the popular video creation and sharing platform .
Shadow banning is the act of partially blocking content so it does n't reach the platform 's entire community of users .
It will not be obvious to the user that the creator 's content is not being promoted .
TikTok has traditionally shied away from political subjects , but Mr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under a million by performing and uploading 15 second skits on the theme of Hindu-Muslim unity at a time when many in India fear the two communities are being driven further apart .
His most popular offering garnered more than 2.5 million views .
In one of the videos , Mr Barman is dressed as a Muslim man wearing a white prayer cap who is being carried by a Hindu man as harmonious music plays in the background .
In another popular skit , he is dressed as a Muslim writer from Pakistan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book and is greeted and hosted by two gleeful Hindu strangers .
The fact that a young Hindu man from the Indian city of Bhopal was uploading videos promoting brotherhood and peace between Hindus and Muslims captured significant attention , earning him the moniker of top `` humanity '' content creator .
But over the past four months , TikTok India has been restricting the reach of his account to stay away from such `` risky '' content , he says , adding that he has lost some 25,000 followers since the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ videos were no longer suggested on the front page , where TikTok gives tailored recommendations of creators and hashtags for users to discover .
`` My videos used to get an average of 200,000 views but it 's now down to 8,000 views .
None of my videos show up on the 'For You ' page , '' Mr Barman says .
He says his account started losing prominence last year , around the time a backlash began against the Citizenship Amendment Act ( CAA ) - a controversial law which offers Indian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pakistan , Bangladesh and Afghanistan .
The law sparked fears it would marginalise India 's Muslim minority , triggering protests .
In the past few months , many of TikTok 's 200 million Indian users have posted skits and songs on the app to voice their own opposition .
Thousands of these profess `` unity '' between people of different faiths under an umbrella of hashtags around the CAA , and have gathered millions of views .
But many are now worried after Mr Barman alleged he was shadow-banned .
They wonder if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was inspired by many of Mr Barman 's videos that talk about brotherhood between Hindus and Muslims , '' said Mirza Ateeque Baig , a 16-year-old user .
Mirza shot to fame with a video viewed more than 4.8 million times , positioning politicians as the culprits dividing communities amid the backdrop of the citizenship law protests .
He says he was `` scared '' to upload it at first .
`` I thought about it for 15 minutes .
They [ TikTok ] do n't want anything political that will impact them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not restrict any political content unless it violates its community guidelines .
While the app does ban accounts for serious violations like pornography or hate speech , content it sees as a `` lesser infringement '' of its guidelines is left up on the app - but partially limited across user feeds .
This kind of `` limiting '' or shadow banning leaves creators in a bind - they are unsure if their content is being censored for violating guidelines , or whether it was simply not good enough to be promoted .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ her followers English But then , users point to other evidence of people being blocked or `` shadow banned '' for political reasons by the app .
In the past few months the social media platform , owned by China 's ByteDance , has been called out for allegedly censoring so-called `` risky '' content .
Most recently , it faced massive backlash in the US for blocking a teenager 's account after she uploaded a video accusing China of putting Muslims into `` concentration camps '' .
TikTok later issued an apology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a recent report in The Guardian revealed that Bytedance had policies in place that outright censored `` politically sensitive '' content relating to US President Donald Trump and criticism of China 's socialist system .
In Turkey , the company was found to be censoring content that showed the LGBT community or same-sex relationships in a positive light .
It has since updated its policies .
However , TikTok has reason to be cautious in India .
Police bought a case against unidentified TikTok influencers for hate speech over a video that sought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the app was temporarily banned in the country last year when a court decided it was encouraging pornography .
Tiktok told the BBC it had temporarily suspended Mr Barman 's account because he was seen wearing a t-shirt with a drug reference in several of his videos .
`` This should not have been a violation , and we have reinstated the videos accordingly , '' the company added .
`` Our guidelines are clear that political content is allowed on TikTok , as long as it does not include extremist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' a TikTok spokesperson said .
`` All users have the opportunity to appeal violations , which the user had not done in this case . ''
The company , however , did not respond to Mr Barman 's allegation that he had been `` shadow banned '' .
For Mr Barman , the timing remains troubling .
`` Since the censoring , I have made most of my Hindu-Muslim humanity videos private , hoping that TikTok will reverse the shadow ban . ''
He has even abandoned his first account and started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ steers clear of his usual themes .
Mr Barman 's fans , meanwhile , have started an online campaign to reinstate his account , using the hashtag `` unfreeze '' .
They have made more than 700 videos .
Free speech activists have also raised questions over the practice of shadow banning content on TikTok .
`` They will have to be transparent about to what extent and technical ability they are boosting , de-prioritising and changing the ecology of experience for users and creators on the app , '' said Apar Gupta @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Foundation .
He also pointed to the larger problem of censorship being algorithm-driven .
In most cases , apps like TikTok tweak the platform in a way that matches their commercial interest over any interest in free expression , Mr Gupta added .
`` We also now have a platform which has the communitarian ethos of China , which is risk averse to almost any kind of political commentary .
TikTok does n't recognise that in the territories it operates , politics is an everyday conversation . ''

TikTok has traditionally shied away from political subjects, but Mr Barman built a strong following of just under a million by performing and uploading 15 second skits on the theme of Hindu-Muslim unity at a time when many in India fear the two communities are being driven further apart. His most popular offering garnered more than 2.5 million views.


bbc--2020-01-31--The real lives behind 'shocking' migrant children's stories

`` When you see people dying in trucks and children dead on shores in the news - you ca n't ever imagine yourself in that situation , '' says filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce .
Her film , Undocument , focuses on the children of four families wanting to live in a new country , caught up in the struggles that ensue .
Kyla , 33 , starts from the premise that `` nobody wants to leave their home or their family - it 's out of necessity '' .
She thinks the current system is `` tearing families apart '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country illegally `` stuck in detention centres '' or worse .
`` There 's a real misconception that people want to come here to sponge off the system , '' she says .
`` People migrate when you 're pushed to the point that you have to provide for your family - or just to survive . ''
Recent news stories about migration have included grim revelations about the deaths of people trying illegally to enter new countries .
In October last year , 39 Vietnamese people were found dead in the back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Back in 2015 , the photograph of a drowned young Syrian boy lying face down on a Turkish beach sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the migration crisis .
Kyla , while fully aware of the `` shocking '' deaths that can result , wanted to explore it from a UK perspective , spending three months observing at a London immigration court .
Keen to make the film `` as real and truthful as possible '' , she also got a lawyer to double check the storylines ' legal aspects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a lot of the people working there really want to help , and the strain that 's put on them is what makes it all so difficult , '' she says , adding everyone has to navigate the `` bureaucracy '' and paperwork involved .
• Are there 800,000 illegal immigrants in the UK ?
Kyla stresses Undocument was not political , however , saying `` it was really important for us to kind of just show it how it is , and not finger-point or push it one way or the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turns people off `` .
She made the movie with Iranian filmmaker Amin Bakhshian , and they finished it in 2017 , before illegal immigration and detention centres `` became such a relevant topic in the media '' .
`` Obviously now everybody has their opinion and knows a lot more about it - back then I did n't know about the jungle in Calais for example , although that had been going on for years and years , '' she says .
• The desperate children of the Calais Jungle She and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ met as students at London Film School .
His stories of migration , which he witnessed growing up during the war in Iran and Iraq , made them want to look at the lives behind the headlines .
`` Amin could see why people were leaving during wartime , '' she says simply .
Kyla has n't seen him since they made the film as `` it 's so hard for him to get a visa to come here right now '' , so they have n't watched the finished product together .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with the first telling the story of a pregnant Afghan woman - married without her family 's permission - trying to join her husband in the UK .
The second focuses on an Iranian boy and his mother , trapped with other migrants in a house in Greece at the mercy of a trafficker meant to be helping them travel north .
But did she and Amin did wonder , given some of the global headlines about migrant deaths and illegal migration , if their film should have been more hard-hitting ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' she says , but adds : `` Our stories were shocking in their own way and we realised we were being true to ourselves in the storytelling , because we did n't want the shock value .
And actually , that 's what the news does . ''
Their film shows how the migrants are powerless the second they hand control of their lives to the traffickers , who are total strangers .
Amin directed the first two segments of the film in Iran , basing both on true stories .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in lorries , nailed in behind wooden boards , while many of their suitcases are tossed outside the lorry as the traffickers cram in more and more people .
`` For people trying to come here - they pay so much money , so they 're actually quite successful in order to have the means to get that much cash , '' says Kyla .
`` They 're sold a lie - they do n't know how long they 'll be in the lorry for , and they 're suddenly put in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighting for their lives .
They do n't realise they 'll be trapped with no air and freezing conditions and you might die .
`` You 're in situations where you ca n't communicate , suddenly it 's a different language and you 're being passed through this network and your choices are taken away and you ca n't go back . ''
She says often illegal migrants are told to get rid of their official documents because `` in some countries it takes the power away if they can prove where you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the UK , in Suffolk , but had a German mother so has always identified with feeling a bit different .
Amin 's childhood experiences of war meant he saw its impact first hand , as people fled for a better life elsewhere .
One of the tales Kyla tells is of a family living in London , where the woman 's partner is visited unexpectedly by immigration officers as he does n't have the correct documentation .
Her other film shows the system through the eyes of an Arabic interpreter in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sees a boy separated from his mother .
One theme that struck both filmmakers was that fear `` becomes a normality '' for children and young people .
In Amin 's second story , the boy ends up `` almost identifying with the trafficker and idolising him , because he 's got money and power '' .
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They used unknown and first-time actors for their film , and were inspired by filmmakers such as Mike Leigh ( the former chair of London Film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We wanted to humanise the people going through those situations , '' says Kyla .
`` We see news reports about numbers , facts and figures and deaths .
It 's then hard to see the individual human story , but without it , it 's easier to turn a blind eye because you ca n't relate to it .
`` But when you meet people , talk to them and hear their experiences , you find they 're not really that dissimilar . ''
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Their film is split into four segments, with the first telling the story of a pregnant Afghan woman - married without her family's permission - trying to join her husband in the UK. The second focuses on an Iranian boy and his mother, trapped with other migrants in a house in Greece at the mercy of a trafficker meant to be helping them travel north.


bbc--2020-01-30--Which countries are evacuating citizens?

As the Chinese city at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak remains under lockdown , governments abroad are continuing efforts to bring their citizens home .
The death toll from the virus now stands at 170 , with more than 7,700 confirmed cases in China alone .
Many airlines have reduced or cancelled flights to the country as a result .
So which countries have evacuated their citizens so far , and what awaits them once they are brought home ?
Around 200 British citizens are due to return home on Friday on a flight that was delayed earlier because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Coronavirus : How worried should we be ?
Passengers will be transported to accommodation in the north west of England , where they will stay in `` supported isolation '' for 14 days with `` all necessary medical attention '' , a Downing Street spokesman said .
Meanwhile , a spokesman for the prime minister said the government was pressing Beijing to allow the spouses or partners of UK nationals to be on the flight , following reports that family members with Chinese citizenship were being prevented from travelling by local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1,000 US nationals in Wuhan have returned to the US .
Among the passengers are non-essential diplomatic staff and their family members , who were ordered to leave Wuhan by the State Department .
US officials are continuing to work on plans to evacuate the remaining US citizens .
All those who have returned so far have been placed in voluntary quarantine in an air base in southern California for three days of testing and monitoring , CNN reported .
Passengers not displaying any symptoms will be monitored for a 14-day incubation period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 600 of its nationals from Wuhan .
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said evacuees will be held on the remote Christmas island , which lies around 2,000km ( 1,200 miles ) from the mainland and is better known for its recently reopened immigration detention centre .
Currently only housing one Sri Lankan family of four , the facility was built to accommodate more than 1,000 people and was previously criticised for its conditions .
New Zealand , which has 53 citizens in Wuhan , says it will co-operate with the Australian government to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country 's foreign minister has said the government is looking into domestic options for quarantining its returning nationals , according to Radio New Zealand ( RNZ ) .
Canada has prepared a plane to repatriate nationals who have requested consular assistance .
• Wuhan : The London-sized city where the virus began The next steps for Canadians who return home remain unclear , with Health Minister Patty Hajdu telling reporters : `` Part of the process now is figuring out what our protocols will be when we return Canadians who wish to come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two flights to bring back 350 European citizens from Wuhan .
The costs of the flights will be co-financed by the EU , which said that `` EU citizens present in the region and who wish to be repatriated can still request it , no matter their nationality '' .
The first flight is expected to carry around 250 French citizens , while more than 100 nationals of other EU countries will join the second .
Separately , around 90 German citizens still in Wuhan and their family members are expected to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to Germany 's Bild tabloid .
While the country 's health minister did not give any details on any plans for quarantine , he told the newspaper that the government wanted to house passengers returning from Wuhan centrally : `` If everyone goes to the supermarket or the cinema , it makes no sense . ''
Spain 's foreign minister tweeted on Tuesday that the country was continuing to work `` with our partners in the EU and China to organise the repatriation of Spaniards in Wuhan '' .
Two government-chartered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a third flying back to Wuhan on Thursday .
However , three of the passengers later tested positive for the coronavirus .
Around 650 Japanese citizens said they wanted to be repatriated , but the Japan Times reports that the government has not enforced any quarantine on those returning from the affected area of China .
South Korea , which has so far confirmed four cases of coronavirus , is planning to evacuate around 700 of its nationals from Wuhan .
The country had initially planned to fly people out on two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this was later reduced after Beijing only gave permission for one aircraft .
Returning citizens will be held in isolation in two separate public facilities in the provinces of North and South Chungcheong , according to the Yonhap News Agency .
However , there has been opposition to the repatriations from residents who fear that the virus could spread .
According to a spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs , the Indian government has requested permission to operate two planes to Hubei province .
The country has confirmed its first case of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ southern state of Kerala , who had studied in Wuhan , was found to have been infected .
India 's Business Standard newspaper quoted the country 's health minister as saying returnees would be required to spend two weeks in quarantine .
Thirty-two Turkish citizens and their families are to be evacuated from Wuhan , the country 's ambassador to China said on Wednesday .
`` We will bring them back as soon as possible ... with a medical or similarly-equipped plane , '' Ambassador Emin Onen told Turkey 's NTV channel .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ when they land in Turkey . ''
The latest country to announce evacuation plans from Wuhan , Egypt has said it will send a special flight to return its citizens .
A quarantine period of 14 days would then be enforced .

While the country's health minister did not give any details on any plans for quarantine, he told the newspaper that the government wanted to house passengers returning from Wuhan centrally: "If everyone goes to the supermarket or the cinema, it makes no sense."