bbc--2020-02-17--Tributes paid to Bryant as Team LeBron beat Team Giannis at NBA All-Star Game

Emotional tributes were paid to Kobe Bryant as Team LeBron beat Team Giannis 157-155 at the 69th NBA All-Star game in Chicago on Sunday .
Bryant , an 18-time All-Star , died with his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash last month , aged 41 .
Team Giannis wore Bryant 's number 24 during the game and Team LeBron wore his daughter 's number two .
Kawhi Leonard won the first ever Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP Award which was renamed after the LA Lakers legend .
The game was the culmination of a weekend of tributes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All-Star MVP .
He was also the youngest player to start in an All-Star game when he made his debut aged 19 in 1998 .
Hall of Famer Magic Johnson , a former Lakers president and player , led the tributes in a pre-game ceremony , which was followed by an eight-second silence , before the crowd erupted in cheers of 'Kobe , Kobe , Kobe . '
`` We will never see another basketball player quite like Kobe , '' said Johnson .
`` This is a tough time for the whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hudson , a Chicago native , sang 'For All We Know ( We May Meet Again ) ' while a montage of images of Bryant and his family were shown in the background .
The match 's format was also a tribute to Bryant .
At the start of the fourth quarter , the game clock was turned off and a final target score of 157 was set by adding 24 points - representing Bryant 's jersey number - to the leading side 's total .
Giannis Antetokounmpo 's side held a nine-point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three quarters , but they eventually came back to win by two points and earn $ 400,000 ( £306,000 ) in prize money which they donated to charity .
Leonard , who plays for the LA Clippers , finished with 30 points and seven rebounds in front of a crowd of 20,900 at the United Center , while Milwaukee Bucks ' Antetokounmpo top scored for his side with 25 points .
`` Being able to put that trophy in my room and just be able to see Kobe 's name on there , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' said Leonard after being handed the MVP trophy .
`` He 's a big inspiration in my life .
He did a lot for me . ''
`` I want to thank Kobe for everything he has done for me , all the long talks and workouts .
Thank you , '' he added .
Antetokounmpo said Bryant would have approved of the game .
`` We definitely felt his presence .
Growing up , watching Kobe in those games , I felt like he was always competitive , and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the game going , '' he said .
`` I think we kept that going tonight .
I think he definitely would have loved to watch the way we went out there and competed tonight .
`` Over the years , the All-Star Game has been a game where it just has n't been as competitive as probably the fans would like , but tonight it definitely was , and we got to keep that going . ''

Emotional tributes were paid to Kobe Bryant as Team LeBron beat Team Giannis 157-155 at the 69th NBA All-Star game in Chicago on Sunday.
Bryant, an 18-time All-Star, died with his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash last month, aged 41.
Team Giannis wore Bryant's number 24 during the game and Team LeBron wore his daughter's number two.
Kawhi Leonard won the first ever Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP Award which was renamed after the LA Lakers legend.
'Kobe, Kobe, Kobe'
Tributes were paid to Kobe Bryant during a pre-game ceremony with Jennifer Hudson singing while a montage of images were shown
The game was the culmination of a weekend of tributes to five-time NBA champion Bryant, a four-time All-Star MVP. He was also the youngest player to start in an All-Star game when he made his debut aged 19 in 1998.
Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, a former Lakers president and player, led the tributes in a pre-game ceremony, which was followed by an eight-second silence, before the crowd erupted in cheers of 'Kobe, Kobe, Kobe.'
"We will never see another basketball player quite like Kobe," said Johnson. "This is a tough time for the whole NBA family."
US singer Jennifer Hudson, a Chicago native, sang 'For All We Know (We May Meet Again)' while a montage of images of Bryant and his family were shown in the background.
The match's format was also a tribute to Bryant.
At the start of the fourth quarter, the game clock was turned off and a final target score of 157 was set by adding 24 points - representing Bryant's jersey number - to the leading side's total.
'We felt his presence'
Kawhi Leonard with the MVP trophy
Giannis Antetokounmpo's side held a nine-point lead over LeBron James' team after three quarters, but they eventually came back to win by two points and earn $400,000 (£306,000) in prize money which they donated to charity.
Leonard, who plays for the LA Clippers, finished with 30 points and seven rebounds in front of a crowd of 20,900 at the United Center, while Milwaukee Bucks' Antetokounmpo top scored for his side with 25 points.
"Being able to put that trophy in my room and just be able to see Kobe's name on there, it just means a lot to me," said Leonard after being handed the MVP trophy. "He's a big inspiration in my life. He did a lot for me."
"I want to thank Kobe for everything he has done for me, all the long talks and workouts. Thank you," he added.
Antetokounmpo said Bryant would have approved of the game.
"We definitely felt his presence. Growing up, watching Kobe in those games, I felt like he was always competitive, and he was kind of the one who got the game going," he said.
"I think we kept that going tonight. I think he definitely would have loved to watch the way we went out there and competed tonight.
"Over the years, the All-Star Game has been a game where it just hasn't been as competitive as probably the fans would like, but tonight it definitely was, and we got to keep that going."


bbc--2020-02-17--Ex-Man Utd keeper & Munich hero Gregg dies aged 87

Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg , hailed as a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster , has died at the age of 87 .
Gregg bravely rescued team-mates and other passengers following the plane crash in which 23 were killed .
When he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500 he was the world 's most expensive goalkeeper and was voted the best at the following year 's World Cup .
He made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1954 and 1963 .
The former goalkeeper 's charitable Harry Gregg Foundation said that the goalkeeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Harry passed away peacefully in hospital surrounded by his loving family .
`` The Gregg family would like to thank the medical staff at Causeway Hospital for their wonderful dedication to Harry over his last few weeks .
`` To everyone who has called , visited or sent well wishes we thank you for the love and respect shown to Harry and the family .
`` Details of his funeral arrangement will be issued in the next few days .
We would ask that the privacy of the family is respected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be forgotten ! ''
Less than three months after making his Old Trafford debut , Gregg and his team-mates were travelling back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade on 6 February when their plane crashed after they stopped to refuel in Munich .
Gregg would become known as the 'hero of Munich ' for his actions following the crash , where he rescued a number of survivors including a young baby and team-mates Bobby Charlton and Jackie Blanchflower from the wreckage .
Two weeks after pulling several team-mates from the wreckage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kept a clean sheet as Manchester United put Sheffield Wednesday out of the FA Cup .
The goalkeeper was determined that the tragic event would not define his career , or indeed his life .
`` I would be telling lies if I said that I thought about it all the time .
In fact I would go insane , '' he said in 2018 before a service marking 60 years since the disaster .
`` I know the media would like to talk about what happened on a runway .
I do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all I was ever part of , or all I ever achieved was to do with what happened in Germany , in Munich , if that was what my life was all about , it did n't come to very much . ''
Indeed , the career that followed would cement Gregg 's legacy as one of the finest goalkeepers in Manchester United and Northern Ireland history .
A life in professional football saw Gregg , who Sir Alex Ferguson described as his hero , spend 35 years in England and Wales .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he opened a hotel in Portstewart and in 2015 launched a charitable foundation aimed at encouraging young people 's participation in football and other health , lifestyle , educational , heritage and social inclusion activities .
He made his final trip to Old Trafford in 2018 , before being named OBE in the Queen 's 2019 New Year 's Honours .
Northern Ireland 's football governing body , the Irish Football Association called Gregg a `` legend of the game and a brave , selfless giant of a man '' .

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Harry Gregg: The Hero of Munich
Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg, hailed as a hero of the 1958 Munich air disaster, has died at the age of 87.
Gregg bravely rescued team-mates and other passengers following the plane crash in which 23 were killed.
When he joined United in December 1957 for £23,500 he was the world's most expensive goalkeeper and was voted the best at the following year's World Cup.
He made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1954 and 1963.
The former goalkeeper's charitable Harry Gregg Foundation said that the goalkeeping great died in Causeway Hospital in Coleraine.
"Harry passed away peacefully in hospital surrounded by his loving family.
"The Gregg family would like to thank the medical staff at Causeway Hospital for their wonderful dedication to Harry over his last few weeks.
"To everyone who has called, visited or sent well wishes we thank you for the love and respect shown to Harry and the family.
"Details of his funeral arrangement will be issued in the next few days. We would ask that the privacy of the family is respected at this difficult time.
"Never to be forgotten!"
Manchester United's players will wear black armbands as a mark of respect for the late Gregg in Monday's Premier League game against Chelsea.
United learn of death with 'deepest sadness'
Less than three months after making his Old Trafford debut, Gregg and his team-mates were travelling back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade on 6 February when their plane crashed after they stopped to refuel in Munich.
The crash's death toll included eight Manchester United players.
Gregg would become known as the 'hero of Munich' for his actions following the crash, where he rescued a number of survivors including a young baby and team-mates Bobby Charlton and Jackie Blanchflower from the wreckage.
Two weeks after pulling several team-mates from the wreckage of the Munich Air Disaster, Gregg kept a clean sheet as Manchester United put Sheffield Wednesday out of the FA Cup.
Gregg was named goalkeeper of the year after helping Northern Ireland to the quarter-finals of the 1958 World Cup
The goalkeeper was determined that the tragic event would not define his career, or indeed his life.
"I would be telling lies if I said that I thought about it all the time. In fact I would go insane," he said in 2018 before a service marking 60 years since the disaster.
"I know the media would like to talk about what happened on a runway. I don't blame people for that but if all I was ever part of, or all I ever achieved was to do with what happened in Germany, in Munich, if that was what my life was all about, it didn't come to very much."
Indeed, the career that followed would cement Gregg's legacy as one of the finest goalkeepers in Manchester United and Northern Ireland history.
A life in professional football saw Gregg, who Sir Alex Ferguson described as his hero, spend 35 years in England and Wales.
After his return home to Northern Ireland, he opened a hotel in Portstewart and in 2015 launched a charitable foundation aimed at encouraging young people's participation in football and other health, lifestyle, educational, heritage and social inclusion activities.
He made his final trip to Old Trafford in 2018, before being named OBE in the Queen's 2019 New Year's Honours.
Northern Ireland's football governing body, the Irish Football Association called Gregg a "legend of the game and a brave, selfless giant of a man".


bbc--2020-02-17--Du Plessis steps down as South Africa captain

Faf du Plessis has stepped down as South Africa Test and Twenty20 captain , saying it is in the teams ' `` best interests '' .
The 35-year-old batsman captained the Proteas in 112 matches across all formats since 2012 , scoring 5,101 runs - including 11 centuries - as skipper .
In a statement , Du Plessis said stepping down was `` one of the toughest decisions to make '' .
He was rested for both the recent one-day international and T20 series against England , and in January denied reports he would retire after the Test series , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the Twenty20 World Cup , which runs from 18 October to 15 November .
On Monday , he added : `` The last few weeks of rest away from the game have given me a lot of perspective on the great privilege and honour I have had in representing and leading my country in the three formats of this wonderful game .
`` It has been a rewarding , sometimes tough and other times a lonely road , but I would not replace the experience for anything , because it has made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be today .
`` As the team heads into a new direction , with new leaders and a young crop of players , I feel it will be in the best interests of South African cricket to relinquish the captaincy in all formats . ''
After first captaining South Africa in a T20 series against New Zealand in 2012 , Du Plessis was named permanent T20 skipper in 2013 .
In 2017 , he assumed full-time captaincy of all three formats , replacing AB de Villiers .
Du Plessis scored 115 runs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Test series against England and has not made a century for more than a year .
`` I have strived to lead the team with dignity and authenticity during exhilarating highs and devastating lows , '' said Du Plessis .
`` I have never been one to throw in the towel and do believe I am putting the team first .
`` In a perfect world I would have loved to lead the team in the Tests for the rest of the season , as well as the T20 World Cup - but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader is to be selfless .
`` I am healthy , fit , energised and motivated and certainly see myself playing an important role in the squad for as long as I continue putting in winning performances for the team . ''

Faf du Plessis made his international debut for South Africa in 2011
Faf du Plessis has stepped down as South Africa Test and Twenty20 captain, saying it is in the teams' "best interests".
The 35-year-old batsman captained the Proteas in 112 matches across all formats since 2012, scoring 5,101 runs - including 11 centuries - as skipper.
Quinton de Kock replaced Du Plessis as one-day captain in January.
In a statement, Du Plessis said stepping down was "one of the toughest decisions to make".
He was rested for both the recent one-day international and T20 series against England, and in January denied reports he would retire after the Test series, saying the timeframe he was looking at was the Twenty20 World Cup, which runs from 18 October to 15 November.
On Monday, he was named in South Africa's squad for the three-match T20 series against Australia, which starts on Friday.
He added: "The last few weeks of rest away from the game have given me a lot of perspective on the great privilege and honour I have had in representing and leading my country in the three formats of this wonderful game.
"It has been a rewarding, sometimes tough and other times a lonely road, but I would not replace the experience for anything, because it has made me the man that I am proud to be today.
"As the team heads into a new direction, with new leaders and a young crop of players, I feel it will be in the best interests of South African cricket to relinquish the captaincy in all formats."
After first captaining South Africa in a T20 series against New Zealand in 2012, Du Plessis was named permanent T20 skipper in 2013. In 2017, he assumed full-time captaincy of all three formats, replacing AB de Villiers.
Du Plessis scored 115 runs at an average of 16.42 in the Test series against England and has not made a century for more than a year.
"I have strived to lead the team with dignity and authenticity during exhilarating highs and devastating lows," said Du Plessis.
"I have never been one to throw in the towel and do believe I am putting the team first.
"In a perfect world I would have loved to lead the team in the Tests for the rest of the season, as well as the T20 World Cup - but sometimes the most important attribute of a leader is to be selfless.
"I am healthy, fit, energised and motivated and certainly see myself playing an important role in the squad for as long as I continue putting in winning performances for the team."


bbc--2020-02-16--Root, Malan & Buttler - the questions facing England's T20 side

Victory in the decider at Centurion on Sunday secured England an impressive Twenty20 series win over South Africa , but with the T20 World Cup just eight months away questions remain .
From deciding how best to utilise Jos Buttler to asking if there is room in the team for Test captain Joe Root , BBC Sport analyses the issues likely to be occupying the minds of head coach Chris Silverwood and captain Eoin Morgan .
Who should open and where should Buttler bat ?
Despite scoring an impressive 57 off 29 balls in the third T20 in South Africa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jos Buttler is best-placed as a T20 opener , the role he played throughout this series .
Buttler is one of the most destructive white-ball batsmen in the history of English cricket and averages 42.25 when opening compared to 23.71 when batting elsewhere .
His two highest T20 international scores have come as an opener .
Giving him the most time to bat seems sensible .
All-rounder Moeen Ali believes it is a no-brainer , saying Buttler can win games in 10 overs when he comes off , while Morgan appears to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the order .
`` We believe him , Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow are our top three at the moment , '' Morgan said , in an interview with Sky Sports .
`` I think Jos has as much a talent as someone like [ South Africa batsman ] AB de Villiers .
`` We need to back guys that have that sort of talent .
When he delivers we win games of cricket . ''
There is a school of thought , however , the team would be better served with Buttler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - the role he plays so effectively in 50-over cricket - with others , such as Bairstow , capable of playing the role of fast-scoring opener .
Were Bairstow to move up a place from his current position of number three , he would reunite with Roy - England 's most successful opening partnership in ODI cricket and a key factor in England winning the 50-over World Cup in 2019 .
Bairstow , like Buttler , has opened with great success in the Indian Premier League , scoring 445 runs at an average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fifties for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2019 .
England may not lose a lot at the top were Buttler to move , and he would likely excel in the middle order , but the wish for change will have been quelled by performances in the final two T20s in South Africa .
Moeen Ali hit 39 from 11 balls late in the innings in Durban , and Morgan 57 from 22 to get his side over the line in Centurion .
Those two have shown they could succeed in the finisher 's role if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TMS podcast : England storm to series win to cap off memorable tour • Hales recall not likely soon - Morgan The battle for one batting place With Buttler , Roy , Bairstow , Morgan and all-rounder Ben Stokes all certainties , there seems to be one space up for grabs in England 's top six .
Joe Denly played in the opening two games in South Africa and only missed the third because of illness .
He seems to be the man in possession , despite averaging 9.60 from 12 matches .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ than not sidelined Dawid Malan , his replacement in Centurion .
Malan has a far superior record to Denly with three T20 hundreds in the past seven months and five in his career - more than anyone else in the England squad .
However , Morgan appeared to criticise Malan after he scored England 's fastest T20 century against New Zealand in November for not attempting to run a bye off the final ball , in a bid to finish not out .
`` If we get guys that are not running off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they want to get a not out , there 's something to address , '' Morgan said .
Exciting 21-year-old Tom Banton is another who could come in , although he is an opener not a middle-order batsman .
Do England have room for Root ?
Another batsman who could fit into Denly 's place is Test captain Joe Root .
Go back to the last T20 World Cup - then known as the World T20 - and it would be hard to imagine an England team without Root four years later .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ run to the final in 2016 and only two players - Bangladesh 's Tamim Iqbal and India 's Virat Kohli - scored more runs than him in the tournament .
Since then , Root , who has always maintained his wish to play across all three formats , has lost his place .
He has played in fewer than half of England 's T20s since the last World Cup .
Many of those omissions were because he was rested but he has now been left out of the squad altogether with selectors favouring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is probably no longer in England 's best XI .
The statistics back up England 's decision .
Root averages 29.90 in matches since the last World Cup , a drop of 10 runs , and his strike-rate has fallen dramatically by 31 runs in that same period .
Some will argue England would benefit from his skills as a more classical batsman to provide the 'glue ' around the big-hitters - Steve Smith and Kane Williamson will be key men in the line-ups of Australia and New Zealand respectively and both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's record stacks up favourably compared to those two but , with just six games before the World Cup opener in Australia , he has little time to prove himself .
Root will play a handful of games for Trent Rockets in The Hundred this summer and they could be his last chance to stake a claim .
What about the bowlers ?
The series against South Africa may have been the highest-scoring three-match T20 series in history but each of England 's bowlers impressed at times .
Chris Jordan excelled in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second match at the death and Mark Wood took important wickets with his pace .
Jordan , who has only missed one England T20 in four years since the last World Cup , is a banker for Australia , as are spinners Moeen and Adil Rashid .
With Jofra Archer to return , Mark Wood looks to be the most at risk .
He did not help his cause in the series decider when he was hit for 47 runs from three overs .
Worcestershire 's Pat Brown , who was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a stress fracture , is another who will be in the frame if he finds form on his return from injury .
Just like with the batsmen , though , England appear well stocked and more than capable of pulling off international cricket 's double .
What do you think ?

England are ranked number three in the world following this series
Victory in the decider at Centurion on Sunday secured England an impressive Twenty20 series win over South Africa, but with the T20 World Cup just eight months away questions remain.
From deciding how best to utilise Jos Buttler to asking if there is room in the team for Test captain Joe Root, BBC Sport analyses the issues likely to be occupying the minds of head coach Chris Silverwood and captain Eoin Morgan.
Who should open and where should Buttler bat?
Buttler has been employed as an opener by England since being promoted it the top of the order in the Indian Premier League. During the 2018 IPL season Buttler returned scores of 67, 51, 82, 95*, 94* and 39 at an average of 107 as an opener.
Despite scoring an impressive 57 off 29 balls in the third T20 in South Africa, there is still debate over whether Jos Buttler is best-placed as a T20 opener, the role he played throughout this series.
Buttler is one of the most destructive white-ball batsmen in the history of English cricket and averages 42.25 when opening compared to 23.71 when batting elsewhere. His two highest T20 international scores have come as an opener.
Giving him the most time to bat seems sensible.
All-rounder Moeen Ali believes it is a no-brainer, saying Buttler can win games in 10 overs when he comes off, while Morgan appears to be fully behind Buttler at the top of the order.
"We believe him, Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow are our top three at the moment," Morgan said, in an interview with Sky Sports.
"I think Jos has as much a talent as someone like [South Africa batsman] AB de Villiers.
"We need to back guys that have that sort of talent. When he delivers we win games of cricket."
There is a school of thought, however, the team would be better served with Buttler as a finisher lower down the order - the role he plays so effectively in 50-over cricket - with others, such as Bairstow, capable of playing the role of fast-scoring opener.
Were Bairstow to move up a place from his current position of number three, he would reunite with Roy - England's most successful opening partnership in ODI cricket and a key factor in England winning the 50-over World Cup in 2019.
Bairstow, like Buttler, has opened with great success in the Indian Premier League, scoring 445 runs at an average of 55.62 with a hundred and two fifties for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2019.
England may not lose a lot at the top were Buttler to move, and he would likely excel in the middle order, but the wish for change will have been quelled by performances in the final two T20s in South Africa.
Moeen Ali hit 39 from 11 balls late in the innings in Durban, and Morgan 57 from 22 to get his side over the line in Centurion. Those two have shown they could succeed in the finisher's role if Buttler stays at the top.
The battle for one batting place
Malan averages 52.11 with a strike rate 153.77 in 10 matches. He has scored one hundred and five fifties for England in T20s
With Buttler, Roy, Bairstow, Morgan and all-rounder Ben Stokes all certainties, there seems to be one space up for grabs in England's top six.
Joe Denly played in the opening two games in South Africa and only missed the third because of illness. He seems to be the man in possession, despite averaging 9.60 from 12 matches.
Denly's surprising selection has more often than not sidelined Dawid Malan, his replacement in Centurion.
Malan has a far superior record to Denly with three T20 hundreds in the past seven months and five in his career - more than anyone else in the England squad.
However, Morgan appeared to criticise Malan after he scored England's fastest T20 century against New Zealand in November for not attempting to run a bye off the final ball, in a bid to finish not out.
"If we get guys that are not running off the last ball of the game because they want to get a not out, there's something to address," Morgan said. external-link
Exciting 21-year-old Tom Banton is another who could come in, although he is an opener not a middle-order batsman.
Do England have room for Root?
Root's last T20 innings was in May 2019
Another batsman who could fit into Denly's place is Test captain Joe Root.
Go back to the last T20 World Cup - then known as the World T20 - and it would be hard to imagine an England team without Root four years later.
He was their leading run-scorer in the run to the final in 2016 and only two players - Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal and India's Virat Kohli - scored more runs than him in the tournament.
Since then, Root, who has always maintained his wish to play across all three formats, has lost his place.
He has played in fewer than half of England's T20s since the last World Cup. Many of those omissions were because he was rested but he has now been left out of the squad altogether with selectors favouring more powerful hitters.
Root himself admits he is probably no longer in England's best XI.
The statistics back up England's decision. Root averages 29.90 in matches since the last World Cup, a drop of 10 runs, and his strike-rate has fallen dramatically by 31 runs in that same period.
Some will argue England would benefit from his skills as a more classical batsman to provide the 'glue' around the big-hitters - Steve Smith and Kane Williamson will be key men in the line-ups of Australia and New Zealand respectively and both play in a similar style.
Root's record stacks up favourably compared to those two but, with just six games before the World Cup opener in Australia, he has little time to prove himself.
Root will play a handful of games for Trent Rockets in The Hundred this summer and they could be his last chance to stake a claim.
What about the bowlers?
The series against South Africa may have been the highest-scoring three-match T20 series in history but each of England's bowlers impressed at times.
Chris Jordan excelled in the first two games, Tom Curran won the second match at the death and Mark Wood took important wickets with his pace.
Jordan, who has only missed one England T20 in four years since the last World Cup, is a banker for Australia, as are spinners Moeen and Adil Rashid.
England's T20 matches before the World Cup 3 July: England v Australia, Chester-le-Street 5 July: England v Australia, Old Trafford 7 July: England v Australia, Headingley 29 August: England v Pakistan, Headingley 31 August: England v Pakistan, Cardiff 1 September: England v Pakistan, Southampton
With Jofra Archer to return, Mark Wood looks to be the most at risk. He did not help his cause in the series decider when he was hit for 47 runs from three overs.
Worcestershire's Pat Brown, who was in the squad for this series before suffering a stress fracture, is another who will be in the frame if he finds form on his return from injury.
Just like with the batsmen, though, England appear well stocked and more than capable of pulling off international cricket's double.
What do you think?


bbc--2020-02-17--What would you say to the men who killed your mum?

What would you say to men who killed your mother ?
And could you forgive them ?
These were questions that faced 17-year-old Sarah Salsabila on an Indonesian prison island one day last October .
Iwan Setiawan was on his motorbike , speeding past the Australian embassy in Jakarta .
His mind was on his wife , whose arms were around his chest and whose pregnant belly he could feel pressing against his back .
Their second child was due within weeks and they were on their way to hospital for a check-up .
`` Suddenly there was this incredibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the air , '' he remembers .
Iwan did n't know till much later that it was a suicide bomb , the work of a local Islamist militant group , Jemaah Islamiyah , a militant group with links to al-Qaeda responsible for a series of attacks in Indonesia , including the Bali bombing in 2002 that killed 202 people from around the world .
`` I just saw blood .
Lots of blood .
Metal went flying into one of my eyes , destroying it . ''
His wife was thrown from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were rushed to hospital and , in a state of shock , a badly injured Halila Seroja Daulay went into labour .
`` She was rushed into the operating room after getting contractions .
But praise be to Allah , somehow she was still able to give birth naturally , '' Iwan says .
That night Rizqy was born .
His name means `` blessing '' .
`` My mum was so incredibly strong , '' says Iwan and Halila 's first child , Sarah , tearfully .
`` Even though her bones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ birth naturally to my brother .
She was so incredibly strong , my mum . ''
But Halila never recovered from her injuries and two years later , on Sarah 's fifth birthday , she died .
`` I lost my best friend , my soul mate , the person who completed me .
It 's so painful to talk about it , '' Iwan says , also through tears .
At first , he was filled with a desire for revenge .
`` I wanted the surviving bombers to die , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly , '' he says .
`` I wanted them to be tortured first .
I wanted their skin to be cut and salt put in the wounds so that they had some idea of the pain their bombing caused , both physically and mentally .
My children and I have struggled so incredibly hard just to keep living . ''
It 's October 2019 , 15 years since the 2004 Australian embassy bombing and 13 since Halila 's death .
Rizqy is now at junior high school while Sarah 's school days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we 're on a boat crossing a narrow strait to the jungle-covered island of Nusakambangan , off the coast of Java , the site of Indonesia 's highest-security jail .
We are going to meet two men on death row .
Both were found guilty of carrying out the bombing that left the children without a mother and Iwan without a wife .
`` My heart is racing , I am feeling very emotional .
I do n't have the words to explain what 's going on in my mind , '' Iwan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ port , in light misty rain .
`` I just hope this journey will open up the hearts of the bombers . ''
Iwan has met one of the men before , thanks to Indonesia 's unique deradicalisation programme , which arranges meetings between militants and their victims .
But for his children it 's the first time .
I ask Iwan , for what feels like the 100th time , if he really wants to do this .
A season of stories about bringing people together in a fragmented world .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a millionaire • After years searching , I found my sister next door • Two close friends who have every reason to hate each other '' Yes , it 's very important for my children to have the opportunity , '' he says firmly .
`` I always taught them not to be angry .
But they want to know what the men are like who did this .
We want to have this chance to meet them . ''
Sarah , 17 , is dressed stylishly in a black headscarf , striped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ selfies throughout our journey and , like many teenagers , is glued to her phone .
But when she talks about why she is doing this , her eyes fill with determination .
`` I hope this meeting will make the terrorists think , and that they beg for forgiveness from Allah .
If they truly regret what they did , then it can influence others and hopefully it will never happen again . ''
Sarah has a burning question , one she has waited years to ask .
`` Why did they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to know . ''
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit , Iwan Darmawan Munto , alias Rois , sits waiting in a small meeting room .
He looks frail and is in a wheelchair - he has had a stroke recently but his legs and hands are still handcuffed .
At his trial , Rois stood and waved his fist after the guilty verdict was announced , declaiming , `` I am thankful for being sentenced to death… because I will die a martyr ! ''
It 's assumed the Australian embassy was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US in the war in Iraq .
Two armed prison guards in balaclavas stand either side of him .
The air is very tense .
They tell us that if Rois tries anything we must move quickly to the walls .
Iwan , Sarah and Rizqy greet him and sit down on plastic chairs .
It 's Iwan who breaks the silence .
`` My children are curious to meet the person who caused them to lose their mother and their father to lose his eye , '' he says .
Rois asks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happened .
Iwan explains that his wife was pregnant and that she gave birth on the night of the bombing .
`` This is the child she gave birth to , '' Iwan tells him , pointing at Rizqy , who stares at his hands .
Rois responds , `` I have a child , too .
I have n't seen my wife or child for years .
I really miss them .
I am even worse off than you .
You 're still with your children .
My child does n't even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sarah and Rizqy who are both now intently staring at their hands , avoiding any eye contact .
Suddenly everyone is looking at Sarah .
We know that she wanted to ask something .
It 's too much for her and she breaks down .
Iwan rushes over to her and holds her head in his hands - embracing her protectively .
She then manages to ask Rois quietly why he did it .
`` I did n't do what they said I did .
Why did I admit to it ?
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' he says , pointing at his cloudy eye .
`` Maybe when you are older you will understand , '' he goes on .
`` I do n't agree with attacks where the victims are Muslims .
That 's not right .
You can not kill Muslims - just to hurt a Muslim , it 's not right . ''
I jump in , `` What if the victims are n't Muslim ? ''
`` I do n't agree with that either , '' he says quickly .
Rois is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison , as guards say they are worried about his influence over other inmates .
He previously shared a cell with radical preacher Aman Abdurrahman , who pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic state from behind bars .
Both are suspected of having planned a 2016 bombing in Jakarta from inside prison .
Before Iwan leaves , Rois does offer to pray for him .
`` All humans have made mistakes .
If I have wronged you in any way I apologise .
I feel pain .
I really do , '' he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deeply shaken .
`` He still thinks he did the right thing .
I fear that if he had the chance he would do it again , '' he says , holding back tears .
`` I 'm really disappointed .
He has caused so much pain but he does n't want to admit it .
What more can I do ? ''
We pile back into the military bus that is taking us around the prison island , at one point passing a group of monkeys swinging through the trees near the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the island and we are going from one , Batu , to the other , Permisan , to meet Ahmad Hassan - the second man on death row for his role in the attack that killed Sarah and Rizqy 's mother .
In shots taken during his trial Hassan is seen raising his fist in defiance and staring angrily at the camera as he leaves the court , surrounded by security guards and hordes of journalists , but it 's a very different man we meet today .
Dressed in a long Islamic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he looks nervous and speaks softly .
Iwan has been to the jail to meet him once before .
`` I have invited my children to meet you , '' Iwan tells him , placing a hand gently on his knee .
`` I want them to understand too why you did the bombing that killed their mother and caused me to lose one of my eyes . ''
`` They have to know .
They lost their mother so young , '' he says .
`` I have told your father and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , praise be to Allah , I have this chance .
`` I never wanted to hurt your father , he just happened to be passing by , and my friend who was carrying the bomb blew it up at that time .
I hope that you , the children of Iwan , can forgive me . ''
His voice starts to break .
`` I am a flawed human .
I have made many mistakes . ''
• Facing the bombers is on the BBC News Channel on Saturday and Sunday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at various times across the weekend on BBC World News • You can also listen to Rebecca Henschke 's two-part documentary for Heart and Soul on the BBC World Service Sarah stares at him , but says politely and firmly .
`` Why did you do something like that ?
What was the reason ? ''
`` My friends and I were given the wrong education and learning .
I wish that we had n't acted before we had really gained knowledge and understood what we were doing , '' he replies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ How her mother died on her fifth birthday , how they had been planning to have a party at four o'clock , and how joy had turned to despair .
`` I would always ask my dad when I was little , 'Where is my mum ? '
and he told me she was at Allah 's house .
I asked where that was , and he said it was the mosque .
`` So I ran away to the mosque .
My grandmother was looking for me , and when she found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting for my mum .
I was waiting for my mum to come home .
But she has never come home . ''
Hassan closes his eyes and opens his hands in prayer .
Over and over he mumbles a prayer seeking forgiveness from Allah .
`` Allah wanted me to have to meet you and be forced to try and explain , '' he finally manages to say .
`` But I ca n't explain to you my child , I am sorry .
`` I ca n't hold back my tears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ child .
Please , please forgive me .
It 's in your hands . ''
Everyone in this tiny room is crying .
Iwan says later how much these tears from Hassan meant to him .
`` When I saw Hassan crying - that 's when I knew he was a good person .
He can feel the suffering and pain of others .
Maybe at that time he was influenced by the wrong people with the wrong ideas , and now he has opened his heart . ''
At the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They hold hands .
It 's amazing to feel the level of forgiveness in this room .
`` I would always say that the death penalty was n't good enough for them , that they should be tortured first to feel the pain we suffered , '' Iwan says .
`` But Allah favours those of his followers who can forgive . ''
We head out of the room , wiping tears from our faces and get back on the military bus .
There is a famous beach on this island , behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see .
It 's called Permisan beach , or the white beach , and is where the country 's special forces train .
Sarah , Rizqy and Iwan ask to see it .
It 's a wild place with jagged rocks , the surf pounding the shore .
Holding hands , Sarah , Rizqy and Iwan run across the sand .
I have n't seen Sarah smiling like this before .
`` The meetings today have taught me so much , '' she tells me .
`` Hassan said sorry and he regrets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that someone can do something so terrible but then they can change , and I forgive him .
`` I am smiling lots now because what I have wanted to know , and what I have wanted to ask for so long has been asked and answered .
Garil Arnandha 's father was one of 202 people killed in the 2002 Bali bombings .
Here he meets bomber Ali Imron , who apologises and asks for forgiveness .

Iwan Setiawan was on his motorbike, speeding past the Australian embassy in Jakarta. His mind was on his wife, whose arms were around his chest and whose pregnant belly he could feel pressing against his back. Their second child was due within weeks and they were on their way to hospital for a check-up.


bbc--2020-02-17--Crossing Divides: How to cope when your boss is younger than you

Theo is nearly a third of the age of his colleague Charlie - and he manages her .
The pair @ @ @ @ @ in Bournemouth on the south coast of England .
They explain the prejudices they had @ @ @ @ @ build a successful working relationship .
In a society increasingly fragmented by age , work @ @ @ @ @ generations can meet and form relationships .
Many companies are giving young people with up-to-date @ @ @ @ @ responsibility , which can put age difference in the spotlight .
This video is part @ @ @ @ @ BBC season bringing people together in a fragmented world .

Theo is nearly a third of the age of his colleague Charlie - and he manages her. The pair work at a marketing firm in Bournemouth on the south coast of England.
They explain the prejudices they had to overcome in order to build a successful working relationship.
In a society increasingly fragmented by age, work is one place where different generations can meet and form relationships. Many companies are giving young people with up-to-date social media skills positions of responsibility, which can put age difference in the spotlight.
This video is part of Crossing Divides, a BBC season bringing people together in a fragmented world.
Film by business digital reporter Dougal Shaw


bbc--2020-02-17--Crossing the border to go to school in the US

Ana Fernanda and Ana Luisa Bernal are 16-year-old twins and juniors in high school .
Since kindergarten , they 've @ @ @ @ @ single day to go to school .
The girls live in Mexicali , Mexico , @ @ @ @ @ being born in the US , they 're able to cross to get an education @ @ @ @ @ California .
Like many other transborder ( or `` transfronterizo '' in Spanish ) children @ @ @ @ @ , the twins embark on their daily journey very early in the morning .

Ana Fernanda and Ana Luisa Bernal are 16-year-old twins and juniors in high school. Since kindergarten, they've crossed an international border every single day to go to school.
The girls live in Mexicali, Mexico, with their mother but, being born in the US, they're able to cross to get an education in English in Calexico, California.
Like many other transborder (or "transfronterizo" in Spanish) children studying in a different country, the twins embark on their daily journey very early in the morning.
This film is part of the BBC's Crossing Divides season.
Video journalist: Eléonore Hamelin


bbc--2020-02-15--Crossing Divides: Why 'cartooning' political opponents is bad for us

Historians may puzzle over how the UK 's Brexit debate sometimes resembled a battle between snowflakes and gammons .
`` Snowflake '' , used dismissively to suggest younger generations might melt if confronted with the harsh realities of life , was readily applied to the stereotypical urban Remainer .
Meanwhile , the caricature of Brexiteers as older men , cheeks ruddy with outrage , led to the insult `` gammon '' - an unflattering comparison with the pinkish cured pork associated with dining in British pubs .
Creating such cartoon versions of political opponents is hardly limited to the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republicans vastly overestimate the proportion of Democrats who are atheist or agnostic at 36 % - four times the reality .
In turn , Democrats estimated 44 % of Republicans made more than $ 250,000 ( £192,000 ) a year .
Only 2 % do .
We develop these stereotypes partly from personal experience .
But just as often , they are formed by what we hear from friends , family and colleagues .
Stereotypes are further reinforced by social media , where we can gain likes and followers by calling out opponents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turnout , which may encourage political leaders to further sharpen divisions .
The media , propagandists , and foreign agents can profit from fanning these flames .
It all creates the impression of two deeply disconnected groups in societies around the globe - the left and the right .
How we overestimate our differences Yet , while polarisation in many nations appears to be at historically high levels , research by the More In Common initiative - an international body studying polarisation - suggests people vastly overestimate political differences .
Prof Anne Wilson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Laurier University , says : `` Misjudgements of the other side are n't arbitrary : people are more likely to overestimate the proportion of opponents who hold the more extreme or unflattering views linked to their party .
But we also see blindness to common ground . ''
As an example , she says the portrayal of US gun control as a `` two-sides '' issue obscures shared beliefs .
This includes strong support among both Democrats and Republicans for background checks and a higher minimum age for gun owners Common values about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civic responsibilities are also found .
A season of stories about bringing people together in a fragmented world .
• How the BBC is tackling the issue of polarisation in society • When a homeless couple moved in with a millionaire • What does healing the Brexit divide mean ?
People can be reluctant to mix with those they assume to be different from themselves .
But without these interactions , we lose the capacity for reality checks and to see the humanity in others .
Language can fuel polarisation .
When people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - like `` evil '' , `` lewd '' , or `` sin '' - messages spread more virally within ( but not between ) their social networks .
But some of our research , led by Mina Cikara , a professor of psychology at Harvard University , found that when people are shown images suggesting the social networks of different groups are quite overlapping , empathy for members of the opposing group increases .
`` Seeing a picture indicating that these people share social ties was enough to shrink respondents ' empathy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democracy is built upon on our ability to vigorously disagree but ultimately find sufficient common ground to forge a consensus .
If left and right co-operated , societies might be better placed to address challenges in areas like health care , the climate , education or terrorism .
More like this • The friends who are good for your brain • The surprising benefits of talking to strangers • Do Britons now agree about leaving the EU ?
Teaching people about how often political polarisation is overestimated might help , suggests research by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cikara says : `` People are smart and responsive .
When we let them know that they were wrong about how upset the other side might be in response to a policy , they also updated how much they said the opposing party is driven by malicious obstruction . ''
When members of different groups are reminded that they hold important identities in common - for example as part of a nation , or international community - relations improve and co-operation emerges .
In studies , we have created new groups in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coin .
We had people join a team that included members of their own racial group , as well as members of another race .
Within minutes , participants showed lower levels of racial bias .
By using functional magnetic resonance imaging - like the MRI scans doctors use to detect brain injury , but tracking changes in blood flow - we monitored activity in regions of the brain that indicate emotions or perceptions .
The brain data , in particular , suggested that when people understood themselves as part of a common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another as individuals .
When people feel stereotyped , they are less likely to listen and conflict escalates .
By signalling that you see someone accurately , you can take the first step towards restoring a sense of common humanity .
What you can do to change the way you see others • Recognise that groups are often caricatured .
When you interact with someone of a different political stripe , it 's likely there 's more to them than the memes • Do n't let politicians , propagandists , and political elites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cartoonish depictions of the opposition • Beware of messages using highly charged language .
Is that politician 's behaviour really disgusting or is it just annoying ?
• Finally , when one of your own preconceptions evolves , tell people about it A recent example of this came from former US Navy Seal James Hatch , who described his experience of enrolling as Yale 's oldest first-year undergraduate , aged 52 , last year .
Aware of the `` snowflake '' student stereotype , he wrote : `` I have sure had my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me there is no dishonour in being wrong and learning .
There is dishonour in wilful ignorance and there is dishonour in disrespect . ''
This analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from experts working for an outside organisation .
Dominic Packer is a professor of psychology at Lehigh University , Pennsylvania .
Jay Van Bavel is an associate professor of psychology and neural science at New York University .

Prof Cikara says: "People are smart and responsive. When we let them know that they were wrong about how upset the other side might be in response to a policy, they also updated how much they said the opposing party is driven by malicious obstruction."


bbc--2020-02-17--Uighurs 'detained for beards and veils' - leak

A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC .
Listing the personal details of more than 3,000 individuals from the far western region of Xinjiang , it sets out in intricate detail the most intimate aspects of their daily lives .
The painstaking records - made up of 137 pages of columns and rows - include how often people pray , how they dress , whom they contact and how their family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , saying it is combating terrorism and religious extremism .
The document is said to have come , at considerable personal risk , from the same source inside Xinjiang that leaked a batch of highly sensitive material published last year .
One of the world 's leading experts on China 's policies in Xinjiang , Dr Adrian Zenz , a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington , believes the latest leak is genuine .
`` This remarkable document presents the strongest evidence I 've seen to date that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practices of traditional religious beliefs , '' he says .
One of the camps mentioned in it , the `` Number Four Training Centre '' has been identified by Dr Zenz as among those visited by the BBC as part of a tour organised by the Chinese authorities in May last year .
Much of the evidence uncovered by the BBC team appears to be corroborated by the new document , redacted for publication to protect the privacy of those included in it .
It contains details of the investigations into 311 main @ @ @ @ @ @ @ habits , and relationships with many hundreds of relatives , neighbours and friends .
Verdicts written in a final column decide whether those already in internment should remain or be released , and whether some of those previously released need to return .
• ' I spent seven days of hell in Chinese camps' • The leading Uighur geographer who vanished in China It is evidence that appears to directly contradict China 's claim that the camps are merely schools .
In an article analysing and verifying the document , Dr Zenz argues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understanding of the real purpose of the system .
It allows a glimpse inside the minds of those making the decisions , he says , laying bare the `` ideological and administrative micromechanics '' of the camps .
Row 598 contains the case of a 38-year-old woman with the first name Helchem , sent to a re-education camp for one main reason : she was known to have worn a veil some years ago .
It is just one of a number of cases of arbitrary , retrospective punishment .
Others were interned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proof that even the intention to travel abroad is now seen as a sign of radicalisation in Xinjiang .
In row 66 , a 34-year-old man with the first name Memettohti was interned for precisely this reason , despite being described as posing `` no practical risk '' .
And then there 's the 28-year-old man Nurmemet in row 239 , put into re-education for `` clicking on a web-link and unintentionally landing on a foreign website '' .
Again , his case notes describe no other issues with his behaviour .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karakax County , close to the city of Hotan in southern Xinjiang , an area where more than 90 % of the population is Uighur .
Predominantly Muslim , the Uighurs are closer in appearance , language and culture to the peoples of Central Asia than to China 's majority ethnicity , the Han Chinese .
In recent decades the influx of millions of Han settlers into Xinjiang has led to rising ethnic tensions and a growing sense of economic exclusion among Uighurs .
Those grievances have sometimes found expression in sporadic outbreaks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasingly harsh security responses from Beijing .
It is for this reason that the Uighurs have become the target - along with Xinjiang 's other Muslim minorities , like the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz - of the campaign of internment .
The `` Karakax List '' , as Dr Zenz calls the document , encapsulates the way the Chinese state now views almost any expression of religious belief as a signal of disloyalty .
To root out that perceived disloyalty , he says , the state has had to find ways to penetrate deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early 2017 , when the internment campaign began in earnest , groups of loyal Communist Party workers , known as `` village-based work teams '' , began to rake through Uighur society with a massive dragnet .
With each member assigned a number of households , they visited , befriended and took detailed notes about the `` religious atmosphere '' in the homes ; for example , how many Korans they had or whether religious rites were observed .
The Karakax List appears to be the most substantial evidence of the way this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sweep people into the camps .
It reveals , for example , how China has used the concept of `` guilt by association '' to incriminate and detain whole extended family networks in Xinjiang .
For every main individual , the 11th column of the spreadsheet is used to record their family relationships and their social circle .
Alongside each relative or friend listed is a note of their own background ; how often they pray , whether they 've been interned , whether they 've been abroad .
In fact , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the main individuals listed all have a relative currently living overseas - a category long seen as a key indicator of potential disloyalty , leading to almost certain internment .
Rows 179 , 315 and 345 contain a series of assessments for a 65-year-old man , Yusup .
His record shows two daughters who `` wore veils and burkas in 2014 and 2015 '' , a son with Islamic political leanings and a family that displays `` obvious anti-Han sentiment '' .
His verdict is `` continued training '' - one of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just for their own actions and beliefs , but for those of their family .
The information collected by the village teams is also fed into Xinjiang 's big data system , called the Integrated Joint Operations Platform ( IJOP ) .
The IJOP contains the region 's surveillance and policing records , culled from a vast network of cameras and the intrusive mobile spyware every citizen is forced to download .
The IJOP , Dr Zenz suggests , can in turn use its AI brain to cross-reference these layers of data and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ village teams to investigate a particular individual .
The man found `` unintentionally landing on a foreign website '' may well have been interned thanks to the IJOP .
In many cases though , there is little need for advanced technology , with the vast and vague catch-all term `` untrustworthy '' appearing multiple times in the document .
It is listed as the sole reason for the internment of a total of 88 individuals .
The concept , Dr Zenz argues , is proof that the system is designed not for those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for an entire demographic viewed as potentially suspicious .
China says Xinjiang has policies that `` respect and ensure people 's freedom of religious belief '' .
It also insists that what it calls a `` vocational training programme in Xinjiang '' is `` for the purposes of combating terrorism and religious extremism '' , adding only people who have been convicted of crimes involving terrorism or religious extremism are being `` educated '' in these centres .
However , many of the cases in the Karakax List give multiple reasons for internment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , family , contacts overseas or simply being untrustworthy .
The most frequently listed is for violating China 's strict family planning laws .
In the eyes of the Chinese authorities it seems , having too many children is the clearest sign that Uighurs put their loyalty to culture and tradition above obedience to the secular state .
China has long defended its actions in Xinjiang as part of an urgent response to the threat of extremism and terrorism .
The Karakax List does contain some references to those kinds of crimes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , practicing or instigating terrorism and two cases of watching illegal videos .
But the broader focus of those compiling the document appears to be faith itself , with more than 100 entries describing the `` religious atmosphere '' at home .
The Karakax List has no stamps or other authenticating marks so , at face value , it is difficult to verify .
It is thought to have been passed out of Xinjiang sometime before late June last year , along with a number of other sensitive papers .
They ended up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exile who passed all of them on , except for this one document .
Only after the first batch was published last year was the Karakax List then forwarded to his conduit , another Uighur living in Amsterdam , Asiye Abdulaheb .
She told the BBC that she is certain it is genuine .
`` Regardless of whether there are official stamps on the document or not , this is information about real , live people , '' she says .
`` It is private information about people that would n't be made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Chinese government to claim it is fake . ''
Like all Uighurs living overseas , Ms Abdulaheb lost contact with her family in Xinjiang when the internment campaign began , and she 's been unable to contact them since .
But she says she had no choice but to release the document , passing it to a group of international media organisations , including the BBC .
`` Of course I am worried about the safety of my relatives and friends , '' she says .
`` But if everyone keeps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their families , then we will never prevent these crimes being committed . ''
At the end of last year China announced that everyone in its `` vocational training centres '' had now `` graduated '' .
However , it also suggested some may stay open for new students on the basis of their `` free will '' .
Almost 90 % of the 311 main individuals in the Karakax List are shown as having already been released or as being due for release on completion of a full year in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the re-education camps are just one part of a bigger system of internment , much of which remains hidden from the outside world .
More than two dozen individuals are listed as `` recommended '' for release into `` industrial park employment '' - career `` advice '' that they may have little choice but to obey .
There are well documented concerns that China is now building a system of coerced labour as the next phase of its plan to align Uighur life with its own vision of a modern society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ends in the detainees being sent to `` strike hard detention '' , a reminder that the formal prison system has been cranked into overdrive in recent years .
Many of the family relationships listed in the document show long prison terms for parents or siblings , sometimes for entirely normal religious observances and practices .
One man 's father is shown to have been sentenced to five years for `` having a double-coloured thick beard and organising a religious studies group '' .
A neighbour is reported to have been given 15 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overseas '' , and another man 's younger brother given 10 years for `` storing treasonable pictures on his phone '' .
Whether or not China has closed its re-education camps in Xinjiang , Dr Zenz says the Karakax List tells us something important about the psychology of a system that prevails .
`` It reveals the witch-hunt-like mindset that has been and continues to dominate social life in the region , '' he said .

More than two dozen individuals are listed as "recommended" for release into "industrial park employment" - career "advice" that they may have little choice but to obey. There are well documented concerns that China is now building a system of coerced labour as the next phase of its plan to align Uighur life with its own vision of a modern society.


bbc--2020-02-17--Syria conflict: UN says Idlib displacement 'overwhelming' relief effort

The aid operation in north-eastern Syria is being `` overwhelmed '' as the number of people displaced by the government offensive in Idlib rises , the UN said on Monday .
Since early December 900,000 people have been forced to flee , most of them women and children , it said .
The UN added that health facilities and schools were being targeted .
The warning came as President Bashar al-Assad vowed to continue army operations in northern Syria .
`` The battle for the liberation of the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib continues , '' he said , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekend .
• Why is there a war in Syria ?
• Why does the battle for Idlib matter ?
In a statement on Monday , the UN 's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs , Mark Lowcock , warned that `` the biggest humanitarian horror story of the 21st Century '' could only be avoided with a ceasefire .
Babies and small children were dying because of the cold , he said , with people forced to sleep outside in freezing temperatures as camps were full .
Mr Lowcock said violence in the region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being targeted .
`` We are now receiving reports that settlements for displaced people are being hit , resulting in deaths , injuries and further displacement , '' he added .
He said a major relief operation being managed from across the border in Turkey was being overwhelmed .
Before the conflict began in 2011 , Idlib was home to about 1.5 million people .
However , this number has since doubled as the Syrian government retook former opposition areas elsewhere in the country .
The province is the final major rebel-held stronghold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Syrian government forces , backed by Russian forces and Iranian-backed militias , has put further pressure on the displaced population .
Turkey , which supports many of the rebel groups in the province , has also closed its border with Syria .

Before the conflict began in 2011, Idlib was home to about 1.5 million people. However, this number has since doubled as the Syrian government retook former opposition areas elsewhere in the country.


bbc--2020-02-17--Apple warns coronavirus will hurt iPhones supplies

Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will mean revenues falling short of forecasts .
The tech giant said production and sales were affected , and that `` worldwide iPhone supply will be temporarily constrained '' .
The iPhone maker is the first major US company to say that the epidemic will hit its finances .
Apple , which had forecast record revenues of up to $ 67bn in the current quarter , did not reveal the likely hit .
`` We do not expect to meet the revenue guidance we provided for the March quarter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , adding that it was `` experiencing a slower return to normal conditions '' than expected .
With most stores in China either closed or operating at reduced hours , sales of Apple products would be lower , the company said .
Apple said that `` while our iPhone manufacturing partner sites are located outside the Hubei province - and while all of these facilities have reopened - they are ramping up more slowly than we had anticipated .
`` All of our stores in China and many of our partner stores have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Additionally , stores that are open have been operating at reduced hours and with very low customer traffic .
We are gradually reopening our retail stores and will continue to do so as steadily and safely as we can . ''
• Why much of 'the world 's factory ' remains closed Analysts have estimated that the virus may slash demand for smartphones by half in the first quarter in China , which is the world 's biggest market for the devices .
The car industry is another sector that has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Last week , the heavy equipment manufacturer JCB said it was cutting production in the UK because of a shortage of components from China .
New virus cases outside the epicenter area have been declining for the last 13 days .
There were 115 fresh cases outside Hubei announced on Monday , sharply down from nearly 450 a week ago .
But despite hopes that factories and shops are slowing getting back to normal , Apple 's warning will underline that China 's economy will be seriously affected by the coronavirus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kristalina Georgieva , has said there could be a cut of about 0.1-0.2 percentage points to global growth , but stressed there was much uncertainty about the virus 's economic impact .

Analysts have estimated that the virus may slash demand for smartphones by half in the first quarter in China, which is the world's biggest market for the devices. The car industry is another sector that has been affected by disruption to its supply chain. Last week, the heavy equipment manufacturer JCB said it was cutting production in the UK because of a shortage of components from China.


bbc--2020-02-17--Thousands celebrate Japan's 'naked festival'

Every year , thousands of Japanese men brave the cold in loin cloths for a festival marking the start of @ @ @ @ @ Festival in Okayama has been celebrated for 500 years .

Every year, thousands of Japanese men brave the cold in loin cloths for a festival marking the start of spring.
The Hadaka Matsuri in Okayama has been celebrated for 500 years.


bbc--2020-02-17--Memory quilt: Stitching together fragments of a child’s life

When Jaxon Elliott-Sprysa died aged 15 , his mother gave some of his personal belongings to an initiative that makes @ @ @ @ @ by a hospice in Ottawa , Canada , aims to memorialise the life of a @ @ @ @ @ personal way .

When Jaxon Elliott-Sprysa died aged 15, his mother gave some of his personal belongings to an initiative that makes memory quilts.
The scheme by a hospice in Ottawa, Canada, aims to memorialise the life of a loved one in a deeply personal way.
Video by Dan Lytwyn


bbc--2020-02-17--Coronavirus: More than 200 Australians flown home after 14-day quarantine

More than 200 Australians have been flown back home after 14 days in quarantine on remote Christmas Island amid coronavirus fears .
They were evacuated from China 's Hubei province - the epicentre of the deadly outbreak - on 3 February .
With no cases reported during the minimum required time , they were taken to six cities across Australia .
Many of the returnees , including children , expressed relief , saying they were happy to be finally home .
More than 70,600 people across China have been infected by the virus , with 1,771 deaths .
Most new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours have been reported in Wuhan , Hubei 's largest city .
• Watching loved ones die without care in Wuhan • Why Singapore is so vulnerable to virus spread More than two dozen countries around the world have confirmed cases of the new coronavirus .
Australia is among them with 15 cases .
Outside mainland China , five deaths have been reported - in France , Hong Kong , Japan , the Philippines and Taiwan .
The virus , which causes acute respiratory disease , has been named Covid-19 .
What 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Australian citizens and permanent residents , including dozens of children , arrived back home on Monday evening .
`` I 'm really glad we will be able to go home now .
I feel really lucky , '' Catherine Chen , who landed in Perth , was quoted as saying by Australian broadcaster ABC .
Ms Chen , who runs a childcare centre in Western Australia , had been separated from her husband for a month after travelling with her two children to Hubei .
Meanwhile , Mel Pleno arrived back in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We 're very grateful for the Australian government and their response to the situation , and chartering a plane for my family to come back , '' Mr Pleno said , quoted by Australia 's 7 News .
None of the returnees will be required to take any further tests .
The remote island is an Australian external territory , about 2,700km ( 1,680 miles ) from the mainland , and is best known for its immigration detention centre .
Since 2003 , thousands of asylum seekers have been detained there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Evacuees had previously expressed concern about the plan , and some have chosen to stay in Wuhan .
The Christmas Island facility was closed in 2018 but re-opened the following year .
Critics had earlier questioned the state of medical facilities on the island , and the holding of citizens in an immigration detention centre .

More than 70,600 people across China have been infected by the virus, with 1,771 deaths. Most new cases and deaths in the past 24 hours have been reported in Wuhan, Hubei's largest city.


bbc--2020-02-17--Storm Dennis: See the damage from above

Storm Dennis: See the damage from above

Storm Dennis has triggered more severe flood warnings in parts of the UK .
More than 200 flood warnings are @ @ @ @ @ , including six severe - or `` danger to life '' - warnings for the @ @ @ @ @ Wye .
In Herefordshire , the River Wye has risen to its highest level on @ @ @ @ @ , a house was close to being swept away by the river it borders .

Storm Dennis has triggered more severe flood warnings in parts of the UK.
More than 200 flood warnings are in place across the country, including nine severe - or "danger to life" - warnings.
In Herefordshire, the River Wye rose to its highest level on record, and in Wales, a house was close to being swept away by the river it borders.


bbc--2020-02-17--UK adviser who defended eugenics resigns

Downing Street has said its adviser Andrew Sabisky has resigned , following criticism of alleged past remarks on pregnancies , eugenics and race .
Labour had called for Mr Sabisky to go for reportedly saying black people had lower average IQs than white people .
He is also alleged to have said compulsory contraception could prevent `` creating a permanent underclass '' .
Mr Sabisky tweeted : `` I wanted to help the government not be a distraction ... accordingly I 've decided to resign . ''
`` I know this will disappoint a lot of people but I signed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be in the middle of a giant character assassination , '' it continued .
`` If I ca n't do the work properly there 's no point , and I have a lot of other things to do with my life . ''
Mr Sabisky had been appointed earlier this year after the prime minister 's chief adviser Dominic Cummings called for `` misfits and weirdos '' to apply for jobs in Downing Street .
When asked earlier , Downing Street did not comment on the remarks attributed to Mr Sabisky .
Boris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` The prime minister 's views on a range of subjects are well publicised and documented . ''
Responding to news of the resignation , Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery said : `` It 's right that Andrew Sabisky is no longer working in government .
`` After No 10 publicly stood by him today , Boris Johnson has serious questions to answer about how this appointment was made and whether he agrees with his vile views . ''
What is Mr Sabisky believed to have said ?
In a comment on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' website , made by a user called `` Andrew Sabisky '' , it is suggested that compulsory contraception could be used to stop a `` permanent underclass '' .
`` One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies creating a permanent underclass would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty , '' says the post .
In a comment on another blog post on a different website in 2014 , what appears to be the same user suggested black Americans had a lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a comment on a different blog that same year , a user with his name said : `` There are excellent reasons to think the very real racial differences in intelligence are significantly - even mostly - genetic in origin , though the degree is of course a very serious subject of scholarly debate . ''
Mr Sabisky also suggested to Schools Week in July 2016 that the benefits of a purported cognitive enhancer , which can prove fatal , are `` probably worth a dead kid once a year '' .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things , '' he said in the same interview .
`` Intelligence is largely inherited and it correlates with better outcomes : physical health , income , lower mental illness .
And in a Twitter post from 2019 , he said : `` I am always straight up in saying that women 's sport is more comparable to the Paralympics than it is to men 's . ''
What was the reaction when the remarks were uncovered ?
Mr Sabisky 's comments , and the government 's reaction to the remarks , were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members of the prime minister 's own party .
While Scotland 's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said : `` These are really not acceptable headlines for any government to be generating . ''
Tory MP William Wragg also attacked the government 's decision to appoint him , tweeting : `` Andrew Sabisky 's presence in No 10 is a poor reflection on the government ... 'Weirdos ' and 'misfits ' are all very well , but please can they not gratuitously cause offence . ''

In a comment on a different blog that same year, a user with his name said: "There are excellent reasons to think the very real racial differences in intelligence are significantly - even mostly - genetic in origin, though the degree is of course a very serious subject of scholarly debate."


bbc--2020-02-17--Open University scientists testing 'Moon dust' for water

`` Moon dust '' could be a vital source of fuel , building material and even drinking water for astronauts , according to the Open University .
Researchers in Milton Keynes are investigating ways humans can `` live off the land '' when they set foot on the moon .
The team is basing its study on lunar soil collected by Neil Armstrong during the first moon landing in 1969 .
PhD student Hannah Sargeant said : `` We have to account for every milligram . ''
Minute samples of moon rock collected during the NASA Apollo 11 mission are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Open University ( OU ) in Milton Keynes .
Experiments , in collaboration with the European Space Agency ( ESA ) and Russian scientists , could take place on the Moon 's south polar region in five years ' time , scientists hope .
The concept involves heating the soil so oxygen within it reacts with added hydrogen - to create water .
`` Water is one of the most critical resources we need for space exploration - not just for the life support needs of humans but also to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Why are Moon rocks going missing ?
New techniques developed in Milton Keynes have found much higher concentrations of water in some rocks than were evident in the original investigations .
Dr Mahesh Anand , professor of planetary science and exploration at the OU , has pioneered the search for water on the Moon for 10 years .
He has also been collaborating with scientists in Cologne , Germany , to `` melt '' moon dust to create lunar bricks for use in future building projects in space .
Research fellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` mass spectrometer '' on a prototype of the Moon rover Luvmi , which is being designed to `` sniff '' gases on the surface in the search for water .
Ms Sargeant said : `` The production of water , either from frozen deposits at the lunar poles or generating water from the rocks themselves , will be the first step to enable such long-term space exploration missions . ''
Full report on BBC Inside Out East , BBC1 , Monday , 17 February at 19:30 GMT

"Water is one of the most critical resources we need for space exploration - not just for the life support needs of humans but also to make rocket fuel," said Ms Sargeant.


bbc--2020-02-17--Jeff Bezos: World's richest man pledges $10bn to fight climate change

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $ 10bn ( £7.7bn ) to help fight climate change .
The world 's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists , activists and other groups .
He said : `` I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change . ''
Writing on his Instagram account , Mr Bezos said the fund would begin distributing money this summer .
Mr Bezos has an estimated net worth of more than $ 130bn , so the pledge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some Amazon employees have urged him to do more to fight climate change .
There have been walkouts and some staff have spoken publicly .
Also , Mr Bezos is financing the Blue Origin space programme , criticised for its carbon footprint .
Compared to some multi-billionaires , Mr Bezos had done only limited philanthropy .
His biggest donation before Monday 's pledge is thought to have been $ 2bn in September 2018 to help homeless families and fund schools .
He has also been criticised for not signing the Giving Pledge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give away half of their wealth during their lifetimes .
The Seattle-based company is a neighbour of Microsoft , which in January unveiled a plan to become carbon negative by 2030 .
Mr Bezos 's full Instagram post read : `` Today , I 'm thrilled to announce I am launching the Bezos Earth Fund.  '' Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet .
I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiative will fund scientists , activists , NGOs - any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world .
`` We can save Earth .
It 's going to take collective action from big companies , small companies , nation states , global organisations , and individuals .
  '' I 'm committing $ 10bn to start and will begin issuing grants this summer .
Earth is the one thing we all have in common - let 's protect it , together .
``

"Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share. This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs - any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.


bbc--2020-02-17--Niger aid stampede: At least 20 killed in Diffa

At least 20 people , many of them women and children , have been killed in a stampede in south-eastern @ @ @ @ @ Refugees from neighbouring Nigeria were queuing for food and money in the town of Diffa @ @ @ @ @ , according to local sources .
The region is home to around 120,000 people displaced @ @ @ @ @ out by Boko Haram militants in north-eastern Nigeria .
• Africa Live : Updates on @ @ @ @ @ rushed forward to collect aid supplies when the gates of the facility were opened early @ @ @ @ @ 's Is'haq Khalid in Nigeria reports .
The aid was provided by the governor of @ @ @ @ @ was visiting refugee camps in the area , according to AFP news agency .
Militant @ @ @ @ @ its offshoots have waged a brutal insurgency in Nigeria since 2009 .

Refugees from neighbouring Nigeria were queuing for food and money in the town of Diffa when the incident took place, according to local sources.


bbc--2020-02-17--Brexit negotiator says UK must be able to set its own laws

The UK `` must have the ability to set laws that suit us , '' the PM 's chief Brexit negotiator has said in a speech in Brussels .
David Frost has set out the UK 's stance ahead of post-Brexit trade negotiations , due to start next month .
He dismissed the idea an EU court would have a role in future trade disputes , saying : `` We only want what other independent countries have . ''
It comes as France warns Britain to expect a bruising battle during talks .
Acting Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the views of British businesses who want to maintain the closest possible alignment with the European Union . ''
• What does the UK sell to the rest of the world ?
• What happens after Brexit ?
• What is the transition period ?
Addressing students and academics at the Université libre de Bruxelles , Mr Frost said : `` It is central to our vision that we must have the ability to set laws that suit us - to claim the right that every other non-EU country in the world has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might accept EU supervision on so-called level playing field issues simply fails to see the point of what we are doing . ''
He said this was not a `` a simple negotiating position which might move under pressure - it is the point of the whole project '' .
The UK wants a Canada-type free trade agreement with the EU , Mr Frost said .
If this can not be agreed , then Britain will trade on the basic international terms it currently follows with Australia .
He said the UK will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the future relationship with the EU next week .
Mr Frost also reiterated the government 's insistence that it will not extend the transition period beyond the end of this year .
The transition period runs until 31 December 2020 , during which time the UK continues follow EU rules - including freedom of movement .
It is intended to allow time for the UK and the EU to agree a post-Brexit trade agreement .
• Brexit : Will it be a Canadian or an Australian ending ?
• Britain 'will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Raab One of the key sticking points could be the idea of ensuring a level playing field - which was referred to by Mr Frost in his speech .
The EU wants the UK to sign up to strict rules on fair and open competition - known as level-playing-field guarantees - so if British companies are given tariff-free access to the EU market , they can not undercut their rivals .
The EU has repeatedly warned that the UK can not expect to enjoy continued `` high-quality '' market access if it insists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standards .
It also wants the European Court of Justice to have a legal role in policing any free trade agreement reached .
But in his speech , Mr Frost asked : `` How would you feel if the UK demanded that , to protect ourselves , the EU dynamically harmonise with our national laws set in Westminster and the decisions of our own regulators and courts ?
`` The more thoughtful would say that such an approach would compromise the EU 's sovereign legal order . ''
A rare appearance by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a rare public appearance by the man who 'll run Boris Johnson 's negotiations with the EU .
David Frost told the audience at a university in Brussels that the whole point of the UK 's departure was so it could set its own laws for its own benefit .
And that 's why Britain could n't accept the continued application of European rules or the involvement of Brussels in competition policy as the conditions for an ambitious free trade agreement .
The question is whether that can be reconciled with the EU @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more stringent safeguards to its neighbour than it does to Canada , Japan or South Korea .
This carefully controlled event in front of some students , a few diplomats and a lot fewer journalists was designed to show the post-Brexit politics of Britain , not to spell out the government 's opening negotiating position in detail .
That 'll come next week , when the EU is expected to do the same .
Speaking on Sunday , French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would `` rip each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the negotiations .
`` But that is part of negotiations , everyone will defend their own interests , '' he added .
He also said it would be tough for the UK to achieve its aim of agreeing a free trade deal by the end of the year .
Speaking at a security conference in Munich , Mr Le Drian said the two sides were far apart on a range of issues .

Addressing students and academics at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Mr Frost said: "It is central to our vision that we must have the ability to set laws that suit us - to claim the right that every other non-EU country in the world has.


bbc--2020-02-17--Climate activists dig up Cambridge college lawn

Climate activists have dug up a lawn outside a Cambridge University college over its role in a major development in the Suffolk countryside .
Extinction Rebellion members said the action at Trinity College was taken against the `` destruction of nature '' .
Activists then took dug-up mud to a local Barclays Bank branch .
Innocence Farm in Trimley St Martin has been part of plans , involving Trinity , for a lorry park .
The college said it supported work to fight climate change .
A Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said the force was liaising with the college and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminal damage '' .
A spokeswoman for Barclays Bank confirmed activists carrying wheelbarrows full of mud had spread it across the banking hall of its St Andrew 's Street branch .
She added the branch had been kept open and staff ensured customers were safe .
Activists , who also chained themselves to an apple tree on the college 's front lawn , said they `` were careful to ensure that the digging took place a safe distance from the tree so as not to cause any damage to it '' .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ college invested more money in oil and gas companies than any other Oxbridge college .
Derek Langley , a member of Extinction Rebellion Cambridge , said : `` The idea that a rich institution like Trinity College , which tells the world it is serious about tackling this crisis , is looking for profit from environmental destruction is quite simply astonishing . ''
Local businessman Dr Tim Norman described the action as `` counter-productive vandalism '' .
He said : `` [ It ] seemed to confuse the tourists too , as it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it for . ''
A Trinity spokeswoman said the college `` respects the right to freedom of speech and non-violent protest but draws the line at criminal damage and asked the protesters to leave '' .
She added : `` Academics at Trinity are actively engaged in research to understand and develop solutions to climate change , and taking practical steps forward . ''
The spokeswoman added the college supported the university 's Cambridge Zero project , which was launched in November and led by Dr Emily Shuckburgh , one of the UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spokeswoman said : `` We recognise that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today , and are determined to do all we can to support the transition to a low-carbon economy , while also ensuring that global energy needs continue to be met . ''
Members of the group have also been taking part in a week-long road blockade in the city - prompting police to use emergency powers to shut off roads .
Last week a meeting had to be abandoned when a protester abseiled into the @ @ @

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bbc--2020-02-17--Holden: Historic Australian car brand loved by families and surfers

The historic Australian car Holden will no longer be made after more than a century of production , the brand 's owner , General Motors , has announced .
While not a global household name , the outpouring of love in Australia for the brand chimes with anyone nostalgic for long summer trips in a clunky , family-sized machine .
Holden-lovers are using social media to share their memories of the vehicles .
It 's a car that gently drove generations of new-born babies home from hospital .
And a Holden gave more than a few teenagers the thrill of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a licence .
The company was also a big exporter worldwide .
Visitors to the Unusual Holdens in Unusual Places online forum can read about enthusiastic sightings of models anywhere in the world .
Holden began as a saddle-making company in South Australia in 1856 until branching out in 1908 to produce Australia 's first mass-produced car .
It was bought by General Motors in 1931 .
In the 1970s the company tapped into the carefree surfer lifestyle with Holden Sandman , a panel van that could be customised to store boards or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a long session at the beach .
`` My first car was an awesome EJ Holden Panelvan , '' tweeted Lachlan Hogson , with a picture of his ochre yellow Holden .
In the 1970s the family-friendly Commodore model was released , and would become the company 's most popular vehicle .
You might also be interested in : '' I picked up my wife and newborn first child from hospital in my Holden 5.0L VK Calais .
It 's fair to say Holden has been a big part of my life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweeted one driver , Chris Read , on Monday .
`` I was brought home from hospital in a Holden Commodore .
That car lasted years before it was stolen , '' wrote @ Shub_1989 from Perth .
A Holden was the first car one enthusiast in Melbourne ever drove , and crashed .
Leo Cadle and four friends skipped school and drove with a less-then-perfect engine , until they bumped into a letterbox , a small tree and a passerby 's shopping , he wrote on Twitter .
`` Dad thought my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added .
Now as falling sales and high costs have brought the Holden to the end of the road , families mourn the loss of a tradition .
TV presenter Michael Usher tweeted sepia pictures of his `` pride and joy '' that he drove across Australia , after it was passed on to him by his aunt and uncle .
Former Queensland cricketer Luke Feldmen reminisced how both he and his dad 's first cars were Holdens .
They were also the first cars they both wrote off .
`` Now my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he lamented .


bbc--2020-02-17--Sacking row over firefighter's outburst at PM

A firefighter whose expletive-laden rant aimed at Australia 's prime minister went viral says he has been sacked .
Paul @ @ @ @ @ anger towards Scott Morrison , but the volunteer now claims it got him fired from @ @ @ @ @ Fire Service ( RFS ) over the outburst .
Both the RFS and Mr Morrison @ @ @ @ @

A firefighter whose expletive-laden rant aimed at Australia's prime minister went viral says he has been sacked.
Paul Parker's outburst encapsulated public anger towards Scott Morrison, but the volunteer now claims it got him fired from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) over the outburst.
Both the RFS and Mr Morrison have denied his claim.