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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two men escaped certain death this morning after crashing into the barrier on a bridge, leaving them teetering 50ft above a busy motorway. It is believed the driver skidded on a wet section of the M25 ,at J5, near Sevenoaks, before his vehicle became wedged on the barrier. Half of the Renault remained on the motorway, while the other half dangled over the M26 below. Two men were lucky to survive today after crashing into a barrier on a motorway over bridge on the M25, leaving the car teetering 50ft over the M26 below . The car smashed through the barrier, but one of the railings wedged under the rare axle and above the front wheel, which stopped it from falling onto the M26 . Police said the men suffered only 'cuts and bruises' in the accident which caused parts of the motorway, and parts of the M26 east-bound, to be closed. The crash caused large tailbacks as officers at the Highway Agency removed the car and carried out emergency repairs on the barrier. The Kent Road Policing unit later used the accident as an example of what can happen in wet conditions. In this Highway Agency still, the car can be seen straddling the barrier as rescuers, left, go to their aid . Highway Agency staff cleared the car from the scene and emergency repairs were made to the barrier . They tweeted: 'Crash from M25 Jct 5 earlier this morning. Car nearly fell down onto M26 below. 'Two occupants received cuts and bruises only. Please remember this as the danger of driving on a wet road.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The driver skidded in wet conditions and crashed into a barrier on the M25 .\nHis vehicle was left teetering 50ft above the busy M26 below .\nThe driver and his passenger escaped with only 'cuts and bruises'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Moors Murderer Ian Brady has written a letter from his hospital bed describing how he believes he will die soon - but wishes he had killed himself years ago. The notorious 77-year-old wrote the 750 word letter from his bed at Ashworth psychiatric hospital in Merseyside. Known as the Moors murderer, Brady tortured and killed five children with his then-girlfriend Myra Hindley, . Ian Brady (pictured left) tortured and killed five children with his then-girlfriend Myra Hindley (right) during the 1960s. He has written a letter complaining of his ill health and says he wishes he had killed himself years ago . Along with Hindley – who died in prison aged 60 in 2002 – Brady murdered Pauline Reade, 16, John Kilbride, 12, Keith Bennett, 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17, between 1963 and 1965. Victims were lured to their deaths, sexually tortured then buried on Saddleworth Moor above Manchester. In his most recent letter, Brady still expresses no remorse for his sickening killings. Instead he complains he is 'still bedridden and worsening' after breaking his hip and arm in fall a year ago. He wrote: 'This cell block is described as a \"discharge ward\"; I've been sitting here 30 years... and there's no turnaround of inmates unless in a coffin. 'So it's more accurately a blocked sewer-pipe!' The notorious killer wrote the 750 word letter from his bed at Ashworth psychiatric hospital in Merseyside . Brady also suggests he wishes he had taken his own life years ago. He writes: 'Had I divined the future of spending half a century in prison and the final fifteen years being force-fed by nasal tube in an unmonitored zoological cesspit of regression, I would've exited decades ago.' The letter to Channel 5 News correspondent Julian Druker was written before Christmas. Terry Kilbride, whose 12 year-old brother John was snatched and murdered by Brady in November 1963, has slammed Brady's correspondence as 'crafty'. Keith Bennett (pictured left) a Moors victim whose body is still missing, victim John Kilbride is pictured right . Lesley Ann Downey, who was 10 when she was killed by the pair (left) and Edward Evans, who was 17 (right) Police search for victims of the Moors Murders on Saddleworth Moor. Two of the victims were discovered in graves on the Moor, with a third grave discovered there in 1987, over 20 years after their 1966 trial . Mr Kilbride from Ashton-under-Lyne, said: 'This letter coming through about him not being so well and \"I'm dying, I'm on my deathbed\" and all this, it's just another ploy to get people to think \"do we feel sorry for him?\". 'Like hell they do.' Forensic psychologist Dr Chris Cowley, who has met Brady numerous times, believes the killer may be feeling ignored by the public. Dr Cowley said: 'Brady's a very egocentric person. 'He likes being in the limelight. I think probably at this point in time he's a little bit frightened that people aren't remembering him and people have maybe forgotten about him.' Taxpayers have forked out more than £14 million on Brady since he was convicted nearly 50 years ago. The Moors murderer has racked up the costs of his keep by staging a 15-year hunger strike and a series of failed legal challenges - for which he has relied on legal aid. Relatives of the five children murdered by Brady and Myra Hindley in the 1960s have said the money would be better spent tracing the remains of victim Keith Bennett, the location of which Brady refuses to reveal. Police dogs digging on Saddleworth Moor during the search for bodies buried by Brady and Hindley ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Moors murderer Ian Brady, 77, has written a letter complaining of ill health .\nHe killed and tortured five children with girlfriend Myra Hindley in 1960s .\nIn the letter Brady expresses no remorse for his sickening acts .\nInstead he writes that had he known he would spend 50 years in prison and the last fifteen years being force-fed he 'would've exited decades ago'\nWrite he is 'still bedridden and worsening' after breaking his hip and arm .\nDisgusted brother of one of his victims has said the letter is a pity ploy ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The 29-year-old terminal cancer sufferer who plans to take her life on November 1 has ticked visiting the Grand Canyon off her bucket list. Newlywed Brittany Maynard, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor less than a year ago, said in a video announcing her decision last month that she hoped to see the Grand Canyon before she died. On Friday, she revealed on her website that she had managed to travel from her home in Oregon to Arizona with her husband, mother and stepfather 'thanks to the kindness of Americans around the country who came forward to make my \"bucket list\" dream come true'. Scroll down for video . Dream trip: Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old cancer sufferer who will end her life on November 1, is pictured with her husband Dan at the Grand Canyon - a trip she had hoped to take before her death . Happy memories: Maynard, second right, and her husband were joined by her mother and stepfather . 'The Canyon was breathtakingly beautiful, and I was able to enjoy my time with the two things I love most: my family and nature,' she wrote. Images taken at the Canyon show her kissing her husband, Dan, and embracing her mother and stepfather, grins across their faces. But just a day after the experience, she suffered her 'worst seizure thus far', which left her temporarily paralyzed and tired for the rest of the day. 'The seizure was a harsh reminder that my symptoms continue to worsen as the tumor runs its course,' she wrote. Final days together: Maynard, who is an only child, is pictured with her mother, Deborah Ziegler, on the trip . Campaign: Maynard is pictured in a still from a video she released last month explaining why she wanted to take her life and calling for more states to implement a 'Death with Dignity Act', like Oregon . She finished the post by saying she found meaning in her battle for other states to implement right-to-die laws, as Oregon and four other state already have. 'My dream is that every terminally ill American has access to the choice to die on their own terms with dignity,' she wrote. 'Please take an active role to make this a reality.' Maynard gained nationwide attention after she shared a heart-wrenching video that explained why she was choosing to end her life at age 29 - while campaigning to expand right-to-die laws. Debilitating: A scan shows the Glioblastoma multiforme that would claim her life slowly within 14 months . She explained that, after suffering intense headaches, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in January and was initially given 10 years to live, which she said was devastating. But in a scan a few months later, doctors told her the cancer had progressed to Glioblastoma multiforme - an aggressive tumor. Sufferers have a life expectancy of around 14 months. Brittany Maynard launched an online video campaign for Compassion & Choices, an end-of-life non-profit organization, to promote death-with-dignity laws, which currently exist in only five states. Washington, Oregon, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico allow people to die on their own terms, but Maynard says it is not enough. ‘Right now it's a choice that's only available to some Americans, which is really unethical,’ she said. Working through her foundation, The Brittany Fund, Maynard wants other states, like California, New Jersey and Colorado, to consider passing laws that would allow people to make the ultimate choice - life or death. Since Oregon lawmakers passed the Death with Dignity Act in 1997, more than 1,170 people have obtained prescriptions under the law, and fewer than half of them used them to end their lives. When she learned that she would die painfully and slowly, she decided to move from her home in California to Oregon, which has a 'Death with Dignity Act'. She qualified for the medication, which she already has. She plans to take it on November 1 because she wants to celebrate her husband's birthday, which falls on October 30, for the last time. She hopes to be surrounded by her husband, mother, stepfather and best friend. After releasing her video, critics lambasted her as selfish, but in an interview with CBS she said she was suffered immense pain - and wished she didn't have to be making the decision. Maynard said her biggest regret is that she will never get to have a family. 'I'd say most of my sadness centers around how much I wanted a family,' Maynard told CBS This Morning. 'And it feels like for me, that was always, like, how you created a legacy was, like, through your children. And sort of inadvertently -- through sharing my story, I've realized there's a bit of the legacy I'm creating this way and I'm not ashamed of that. I'm not ashamed to attach my name to what I think is a right that should belong to all terminally ill Americans.' Time cut short: She is pictured with her husband, Dan. He said he is devastated he cannot spend the rest of his life with her, but understands she wants quality of life over quantity . The couple on their wedding day a year ago. Dan spoke of how sad he is that he will not get to spend the rest of his life with the woman he married . 'I don't want to die,' Maynard explained. 'If anyone wants to hand me, like, a magical cure and save my life so that I can have children with my husband, you know, I will take them up on it.' She also has made a deal with her mother, Debbie, that if she travels to Machu Pichu in Peru after her passing, Brittany’s spirit will meet her up there among the breathtaking Inca ruins. In the same interview, Debbie, who raised Maynard on her own, talks about the discussion she had about her daughter when she learned of her decision. 'Early on, I told her, \"It would be my honor to take care of you, whichever way; if you need to be fed or diapered, it would be my honor,\"' she said. 'And that was important for me, for her to know.' Maynard's husband, Dan Diaz, also spoke about how sad he is that he will not get to spend the rest of his life with the woman he married little over a year ago. 'That was the original plan, right?' he said. 'But the reality that, I guess, that feeds into the argument of quality of life versus just quantity.' She hopes to be surrounded by her husband, mother, stepfather and best friend ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Brittany Maynard, 29, plans on legally ending her life on November 1 - this Saturday - before she loses her battle with terminal brain cancer .\nMaynard plans on ending her life in her Portland, Oregon, home surrounded by her mother, husband, stepfather and best friend .\nShe was diagnosed with the brain cancer less than a year ago ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There was late drama at the Riverside Stadium as Rudy Gestede struck deep in injury-time to extend Blackburn Rovers' unbeaten run at Middlesbrough. Patrick Bamford looked to have won it for Boro with seven minutes remaining when he finally found a way to beat Rovers' brilliant goalkeeper Simon Eastwood. But then Gestede was on hand to power in a controversial equaliser when Dimi Konstantopoulos was left floored on the ground when he went up for a cross in to his area. Rudy Gestede holds his arms aloft and celebrates his 95th-minute equaliser for Blackburn Rovers . Patrick Bamford (second left) scores for Middlesbrough with a strike from just inside the area . Referee Mark Clattenburg was booed off at the final whistle by the home fans and Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka was sent to the stands after his complaints. But Blackburn returned to Lancashire with a point to prevent Middlesbrough from climbing into the top two. Middlesbrough, who slipped down to fourth before kick-off because of Ipswich's win at Charlton, knew that they would have to stop one of the Championship's other form teams if they were to stand any chance of climbing in to the top two. Rovers, unbeaten in their previous eight matches, had to make two changes to the side which defeated Leeds. The most notable was Eastwood's first start in goal since January because Jason Steele, on loan from Middlesbrough, was ineligible to face his parent club. Daniel Ayala sports a red bandage after a clash of heads during the draw at the Riverside . Former Middlesbrough favourite Juninho was presented to the crowd before the match at the Riverside . And he was soon called into action when he had to race out of his area to head clear a dangerous long ball. While the danger soon disappeared that time, he had to make a strong save to his right shortly after when Grant Leadbitter drove powerfully at goal following a probing Lee Tomlin run. After consecutive draws, Middlesbrough were looking to return to winning ways and started brightly. They were unfortunate not to have a half-time lead and Jelle Vossen thought he had delivered exactly that. When Bamford's curling effort from 20 yards was spilled by Eastwood in the six-yard box, Vossen pounced to lift the rebound up over the keeper but as the ball headed for the line it was hooked clear by Shane Duffy. Winger Albert Adomah then shot narrowly wide of the upright. Blackburn struggled to get out of their own half and Middlesbrough passed the ball around the green shirts confidently, with Karanka's men regularly creating chances but failing to convert so the visitors remained in contention for something. Gestede (third right) had a header earlier in the match saved . Such was Middlesbrough's dominance in the first half, it was hard to believe that Blackburn were still level after the home side had mustered up an impressive 12 shots in the opening period alone. Rovers boss Gary Bowyer needed to find a way of getting his forwards more involved after the restart, with neither Jordan Rhodes nor Rudy Gestede touching the ball anywhere near as much he would have liked. But the second half continued in the same way, with Blackburn happy to allow Middlesbrough to have possession and look for a counter-attack - and the ploy almost worked. Seconds after Eastwood had denied Bamford at one end, Blackburn broke down the other end and Dimi Konstantopoulos was forced to make his first real save when he dived to his left to parry Markus Olsson's well-driven effort. Premier League official Mark Clattenburg refereed the game at the Riverside Stadium . The best save of the lot, though, belonged to Eastwood. The Riverside was left stunned when he somehow scurried across his line, dived left to turn behind a free header from Vossen which was destined for the net following a lovely George Friend delivery. There was also a save to deny Emilio Nsue's back post volley and then from Tomlin but, finally, Middlesbrough got the break they needed. A failure to deal with a corner saw a half clearance drop invitingly for Bamford to power towards goal. It was helped on its way by a deflection, and Eastwood was finally beaten. Blackburn, however, battled back and Gestede - sporting a nasty bump on his head after an earlier clash - hit the equaliser when Konstantopoulos did not deal with the ball in to his box late on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "On-loan Chelsea midfielder Patrick Bamford scored for Middlesbrough .\nHis 83rd-minute strike could have sent Boro joint-top of the table .\nBut Rudy Gestede netted in the 95th minute for Blackburn Rovers .\nBoth sides stay in play-off places after draw at the Riverside ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A German academic has unearthed evidence showing former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once discussed a coup with disgruntled Nazis to overthrow the West German government in the 1970s. Kissinger and Richard Nixon were aggrieved at the left-leaning government of the day's burgeoning friendship with the hardline East German government. Kissinger became the contact man for a secret spy network made up of old Nazis and elite aristocrats aimed at torpedoing the plans formulated by Chancellor Willy Brandt. Secret: Henry Kissinger in the 1970s in his White House office in Washington. He gave advice to a secret network made up of old Nazis and elite aristocrats . By the end of 1970, Kissinger was offering the spies advice on how to deal with Brandt's Social Democratic government. The group he became embroiled with . was called 'The Little Service' and was formed by the conservative . Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which was allied with Bavaria's . Christian Social Union. One agent who visited Kissinger quoted . him saying, 'It might be possible to overthrow the current government, . but it remains to be seen whether this would involve risks which could . put a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/ Christian Social Union (CSU) government in great difficulty. Whether Kissinger, the architect of . the disastrous secret bombing of Cambodia in the Vietnam War which paved . the way for the Khmer Rouge regime and its hideous genocide programme, . approved of the plan to usurp the elected government of the day is . unclear. Revealed: Kissinger even discussed the possibility of a coup to overthrow the government of Chancellor Willy Brandt . The group he became embroiled with was called 'The Little Service' and was formed by the conservative CDU party. Brandt pursued a policy of engagement . with the German Democratic Republic, convinced it was better to build . bridges with the dictatorship to defuse Cold War tensions rather than . always being at loggerheads. For the all-white, all male conservatives . of the CDU, this was too much. They wanted West Germany to face off . against the Soviet-backed regime in the belief that isolation would make . it crumble. It was out of this belief that its private spy . organisation, made up of many former Gestapo and SS men as well as . titled barons and counts, was formed. Political scientist Stefanie Waske . spent seven years researching letters from politicians from the . Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party the Christian . Social Union, and her results are to be published next year; potentially . embarrassing timing for Chancellor Angela Merkel who in November 2013 . will seek re-election as CDU chancellor for the third time. Waske approached Kissinger for . comment but he refused, as did many of the noblemen who worked for the . The Little Service which came into being in 1969 after the party lost . its first general election since the postwar republic was formed in . 1949. Details of her research are published in the current edition of . the German intellectual weekly Die Zeit. The catalyst for the spy group was . Brandt's decision to recognise post-WW2 borders dividing Germany and a . pledge Brandt gave that his state would not use violence against the . Communist one in the east. Conservative MP Karl Theodor Freiherr . zu Guttenberg, who was the grandfather of the disgraced former defence . minister who had to resign last year after it was discovered he cheated . on his doctorate, held a meeting in the autumn of 1969 with former . chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger and leading CDU and CSU politicians, the . CSU being the Bavarian wing of the party. 'They decided to form an information service for the opposition,' said Waske. 'It was a secret spy service.' Beliefs: The Berlin wall. The catalyst was Brandt's decision to recognise post-WW2 borders dividing Germany and a pledge Brandt gave that his state would not use violence against the Communist one in the east . The former head of the BND, Germany's . domestic intelligence agency, was tapped and he offered up a ready-made . web of informants across the globe in countries as far apart as the US, . France and Saudi Arabia. Hans Christoph von Stauffenberg, the . cousin of the man who tried and failed to kill Hitler in the July 1944 . bomb plot, was chosen to head the network. Casimir Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein, . who would later only narrowly miss imprisonment for the CDU's party . donation scandal of a decade ago, was recruited to raise the hundreds of . thousands of D-marks necessary to fund the network. He collected from conservatives in . industry, many of whom had previously supported Hitler, and who now . viewed with suspicion the apparent coziness developing between Brandt . and the Communists. The first act was to open a secret . 'back channel' to Kissinger who was keen to know what the Soviets were . up to at all times, including their puppets in East Berlin. The treasurer of the group was Alfred Seidl, a former Nazi who acted as the chief defence lawyer for Hitler deputy Rudolf Hess. 'In 1971 Brandt was talking about the . administration of Berlin with Leonid Brezhnev in Yalta and . Stauffenberg’s informants were delivering secret information to the . conservatives who were discussing it with Kissinger,' said Waske. The intelligence gleaned came from . eavesdropping, intercepted mail, informers and telephone taps. The . Little Service ran for a decade, lavishly funded and with probably more . success than the state intelligence agencies which were riddled with . East German moles. It was Helmut Kohl, who came to power . in 1982, who disbanded the network. It was Kohl who promoted Angela . Merkel - who grew up in East Germany - to become the party leader: now . she will have serious political bullets to dodge about her party's murky . past before polling day next year. It was Helmut Kohl, left, who came to power in 1982, who disbanded the network - it was him who promoted Angela Merkel, right, to become the party leader ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "'The Little Service' was made up of many former Gestapo and S.S. men as well as titled barons and counts .\nKissnger even discussed with them the possibility of a coup to overthrow the government of Chancellor Willy Brandt .\nThe Little Service which came into being in 1969 and ran for a decade .\nWas lavishly funded and with more success than state intelligence agencies which were riddled with East German moles ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Collusion between the Government and the multinational firms behind genetically modified food is revealed in official documents. Emails between civil servants and the GM industry shows how the two worked together on a media strategy to win over consumers sceptical about so-called Frankenstein Food. One official even asked lobbyists for ‘eye-catching themes’ for ministers. Write caption here . The contacts were part of a wider strategy designed to relax European regulations on growing the controversial crops and spend millions of taxpayers’ money on GM research in British fields. At one stage the pro-GM partnership between the industry and Whitehall involved creating a blacklist of journalists who had written negative stories about the technology. Details of the emails have been made public after Freedom of Information requests by lobby group GeneWatch, which said the public would be shocked at the level of collaboration. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has pushed for faster approval of new crops and lobbying for public support. Significantly, he decided to lobby the EU to allow biotech crops to be planted in Britain even if they are banned elsewhere. And Science Minister David Willetts has implemented a pro-GM ‘Agri-tech’ strategy, which involves spending public money on developing new crops. Such support from two key government figures represents a coup for the GM industry and follows a meeting with ministers and researchers in 2012 which came up with a series of ‘to do’ lists. The email . exchanges show the Agriculture and Biotechnology Council (ABC) – . financed by GM firms such as Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer CropScience – . has been at the heart of developing government policy. Often . these exchanges coincided with major announcements by ministers which . shifted Government policy to support GM, despite clear opposition among . consumers. Civil servants hosted a meeting with industry leaders in June 2013 to decide how to present the Government’s Agri-tech strategy. Officials at the Business, Innovations and Skills (BIS) department emailed the ABC asking for advice on how to promote the policy. One BIS official asked for ‘any ideas you may have that will showcase Agri-tech – as you are aware it will need to be eye-catching but reflect the main themes of the strategy’. BIS created a list of journalists and influential people who should be targeted with information about the new strategy and asked the ABC if it wanted to add any names or flag up ‘potential pitfalls’. The ABC responded by adding some names, but it also highlighted a number of people on the list who had been critical of GM. The ABC official wrote that he or she had ‘highlighted in red the journalists who have been negative towards biotech in the past... just so you are aware’. The names have been obscured, so it is impossible to know who was on the blacklist created by the ABC. GeneWatch director Dr Helen Wallace said: ‘These documents expose government collusion with the GM industry to agree PR messages and blacklist critical journalists.’ A government spokesman said the ABC and the GM industry were among a wide range of groups it consults. It confirmed that a list of journalists who had written negatively about GM was created, but said they had not been excluded when details of the Agri-tech strategy were launched and there was no ‘blacklist’." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Contacts were part of strategy to relax regulations on controversial crops .\nThey involved civil servants asking for 'eye-catching' ways to plug GM .\nPro-GM lobbyists evens sent Government department a 'blacklist' of critics .\nBehind-the-scenes deal revealed by pressure group GeneWatch ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "When the leader of a Cuban spy ring serving life in a California federal prison was released by the US and met by his emotional wife at Havana airport there was one major question - how was she heavily pregnant? Speculation about the baby's paternity was rife - some people even questioned whether Gerardo Hernandez had been allowed a secret conjugal meeting with his wife Adriana Perez - even she was banned from visits because she worked for the Cuban Intelligence Directorate . But it has now been revealed that Perez in fact became pregnant through artificial insemination. The deal was brokered by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, in exchange for better conditions for Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor imprisoned in Cuba, who released last week. Gerardo Hernandez, the leader of a Cuban spy ring who was serving life in a California federal prison, rubs his wife's bump at the weekend (both pictured) in Havana. It has now been revealed that Perez in fact became pregnant through artificial insemination . Adriana Perez, left, wipes away tears at her husband Gerardo Hernandez, right, member of 'The Cuban Five,' during a concert of singer Silvio Rodriguez in Havana, Cuba . Alan Gross greets Patrick Leahy, (D-VT) at an airport near Havana, Cuba. The insemination deal was brokered by Leahy in exchange for better conditions for Gross, the U.S. contractor imprisoned in Cuba . Today it was revealed that in February 2014, Leahy traveled to Cuba to help improve relations. Hernandez's wife found out and asked to meet with Leahy - she asked for a chance to have a child with her prisoner husband who had been in prison since 2001. 'The expectation was that this man would die in prison. This was her only chance of having a child,' Tim Rieser, an aide to Leahy told CNN. 'She was probably 42 or 43 and she had no expectation her husband was ever getting out prison - he was serving two consecutive life sentences - and she was desperate to have a child, knowing she was almost out of time,' Tim Rieser, an aide to Leahy told NBC. When Gerardo Hernandez was met by his wife last week at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport onlookers were puzzled about why she was heavily pregnant . Cuba paid for Hernandez's sperm to be collected and then flown to Cuba for the procedure- it worked the second time . From left to right: Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labaoino, Antonio Guerrero and Gerardo Hernandez, the Cuban agents of the group of 'The Five', and Gerardo's wife Adriana Perez . Conjugal meetings were not on the cards, but Leahy worked with the State Department and the Bureau of Prisons to facilitate artificial insemination in return for better conditions for Alan Gross. 'They understood that the Senator's purpose was purely humanitarian,' Rieser said of administration officials who helped to NBC. Cuba paid for Hernandez's sperm to be collected and flown out of the country to Cuba. All of this happened as both countries refused to admit that they were even holding negotiations, . The first attempt failed, but Perez became pregnant on the second try - the girl is due to arrive nexr month and they will name her Gema. But even after Perez showed up at the airport, heavily pregnant, Hernandez was coy. CNN reports he told a government-run television channel: 'Everyone's asking, and we have had a lot of fun with the comments and speculations. 'The reality is it had to be kept quiet. We can't give a lot of details, because we don't want to hurt people who meant well.' 'To me, it's incredible,' said Maggie Khuly, (left) sister of Armando Alejandre Jr who died in 1996 shootdown .'I no longer know what to think of my government. People in Cuban jails are not allowed visits, are in horrible conditions, and here we are going way overboard so that this guy has a child? It doesn't make any sense' 'One of the first things accomplished by this process was this,' Hernandez said, gesturing to his Perez's stomach. 'I had to do it by 'remote control,' but everything turned out well.' Hernandez, was one of the 'Five Heroes,' as they are known in Cuba - they are fixtures in state media and their faces grace billboards across the island. Schoolchildren are taught their names and take part in public acts demanding their release. However the five are reviled as spies by many exiles in South Florida. Hernandez, had been serving two life sentences plus 15 years on a murder conspiracy conviction stemming from the Cuban air force's 1996 shoot-down of two planes flown by Brothers to the Rescue, an exile organization that sought to aid migrants at sea and also dropped propaganda leaflets. Hernandez was convicted of providing Cuban authorities with information about the flight, which he has always denied, maintaining it was public knowledge. The sister of one of the four men killed in the shootdown blasted the news to NBC. 'To me, it's incredible,' said Maggie Khuly, sister of Armando Alejandre Jr. 'I no longer know what to think of my government. People in Cuban jails are not allowed visits, are in horrible conditions, and here we are going way overboard so that this guy has a child? It doesn't make any sense.' The news of Hernandez's release had already caused fury. Marlene Alejandre Triana, whose father Armando Alejandre Jr. was killed, said: 'My three daughters will never meet my father,' said Triana, whose father came to the U.S. as a child and volunteered for the Marines when he turned 18. 'For the only person that we had responsible for what happened to be let go, it's a slap in the face to my dad,' she said during a news conference in Coral Gables. In 2001 a US court ruled prisoners can send their semen to artificially inseminate their wives. In 1999, William Reno Gerber sued the California Department of Corrections - he claimed claimed his civil rights were violated when prison officials refused to let him send a semen specimen to a Chicago medical center to artificially inseminate his wife. But, Gerber, 41, who is serving a prison sentence of 111 years, was eventually allowed to send the sample to his 46-year-old wife." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hernandez's sperm was collected in US and flown to Cuba - Cubans paid .\nDeal was made in exchange for better conditions for US prisoner Alan Gross .\nThe deal was brokered by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt .\nThe first attempt failed, but Perez became pregnant on the second try .\nThe child is due to arrive in two weeks and they plan to name her Gema .\nSince 2001, Hernandez has been held in a U.S. prison .\nPerez was not allowed prison visits because she worked for the Cuban Intelligence Directorate ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Google engineering director and futurist Ray Kurzweil believes we are close to realizing everlasting life and is dead-set on getting us there. The inventor and noted author believes the key to such a scientific breakthrough is a system of 'bridges' that enable the body to move from strength to strength over time. The youthful 65-year-old currently takes 150 supplements a day, which he argues if the first bridge. The idea is to build enough bridges to ensure the body holds out long enough for life-lengthening technology to come into its own. He has likened the biology of the body to computer software and believes we are all 'out of date'. Key to the fountain of youth: Ray Kurzweil, futurist and Google engineering director, says the biology of the body is much like computer software and that we are in need of of an upgrade. The hope is to go along enough 'bridges', or stages, to reach the point where life-lengthening technology is at its greatest . Bridge number one: Staying as healthy as possible. Ray Kurzweil currently takes 150 supplements a day to keep his body at its peak . In an interview with Canadian magazine Maclean's, Kurzweil says he hopes the supplements will keep him healthy enough to reach the 'nanotech revolution'. 'I can never say, “I’ve done it, I’ve lived forever,” because it’s never forever,' he said. 'We’re really talking about being on a path that will get us to the next point. 'Bridge one: Stay as healthy as possible with diet and exercise and current medicine. 'The goal is to get to bridge two. 'Bridge two (is) the biotechnology revolution, where we can reprogram biology away from disease. 'And that is not the end-all either. 'Bridge three is to go beyond biology, to the nanotechnology revolution. 'At that point we can have little robots, sometimes called nanobots, that augment your immune system. 'We can create an immune system that recognizes all disease, and if a new disease emerged, it could be reprogrammed to deal with new pathogens.' Such robots, according to Kurzweil, will help fight diseases, improve health and allow people to remain active for longer. Genius: Ray Kurzweil is considered a revolutionary in his field and is currently working on Artificial Intelligence . 'Biology is a software process,' Kurzweil told Maclean's. 'Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. 'You and I are walking around with outdated software running in our bodies, which evolved in a very different era. 'We each have a fat insulin receptor gene that says, “Hold on to every calorie”. 'That was a very good idea 10,000 years ago, when you worked all day to get a few calories; there were no refrigerators, so you stored them in your fat cells. 'I would like to tell my fat insulin receptor gene, “You don’t need to do that anymore,”.' Kurzweil referenced a lab mice experiment at the Joslin Diabetes Center, which managed to turn off the mice's fat insulin receptor gene. The mice continued to eat, remained slim, did not get diabetes or heart disease and lived 20 per cent longer. Google is hoping to help expand the human lifespan with its new company Calico, which aims to make improvements in human health and well-being. Kurzweil has previously predicted that by the late 2020s humans will be able to eat as much junk food as they want because everyone will have a nanobot injected into their bodies that will provide all the necessary nutrients while simultaneously eliminating fat. Kurzweil is current work towards building smarter computers is being seen as the first step towards developing such technology. His goal is to improve the natural language processing skills in computers that will allow robots to read, consume and understand human communication. Kurzweil believes creating intelligent robots is key to human evolution. Leading the way: Google is hoping to help expand the human lifespan with its new company Calico, which aims to make improvements in human health and well-being." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Futurist Ray Kurzweil explains the biology of the body is like computer software that needs upgrading .\nKey is a 'bridge to bridge' system where you maximize current methods in order to live until life-lengthening technology is at its greatest .\nKurzweil is currently taking 150 vitamin supplements per day .\nWe will eventually hit a stage where robots will subsidize our immune system ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A NYU student has miraculously survived falling ten stories and being trapped between two New York buildings for over 24 hours. Asher Vongtau, 19, is in a serious condition in hospital after emergency workers freed him from a tight space between a parking garage and the NYU dorm building at 80 Lafayette St, Chinatown, in lower Manhattan. It is not known how he came to fall, however fire officials said the only way into the crawl space was from above. Rescuers believe the narrow walls of the air shaft where Vongtau fell broke the fall. Vongtau, originally from Pittsburgh, was wedged in a space that was just a foot and a half wide. Amazingly, he was conscious and talking when paramedics got to him, according to New York Daily News. Investigators will now look into reports as to whether a false fire alarm was linked to the fall, with the student last seen 'frantically running to the roof' during an evacuation. Scroll down for video . Crazy escape: Asher Vongtau is loaded into an ambulance on Sunday night after being rescued from an air shaft he had been trapped in for at least a day in lower Manhattan . Miracle: This is the space where NYU student Asher Vongtau spent 36 hours after falling between two buildings at 80 Lafayette St, lower Manhattan. It has been claimed drinking was involved in the fall . Lucky to be alive: Asher Vongtau, 19, fell from the NYU dorm building sometime on Saturday and was trapped in a tight space until Sunday night . Rescue workers took over an hour to breach this wall and pull Vongtau out . 'He was conscious, he was moving, he was definitely tired,' said Fire Chief Joseph Schiralli . Friends report that he had been missing since Saturday. Michael Yablon, 19, said he last saw Vongtau at 7am that day. 'I was one of the last ones to see him,' Yablon told New York Daily News. 'He left my room at 7am Saturday. 'I texted him later that day but he never responded.' Serious: Asher Vongtau is currently seeking treatment in Bellevue Hospital following his dramatic ordeal . Scene: The NYU dorm building at 80 Lafayette St, Chinatown . This picture of Asher Vongtau, from Facebook, is believed to have been taken inside the NYU dorms . A public safety officer discovered Vongtau after he was reported missing by other students. CBS New York said a campus officer found his cellphone on the building's roof. He was last seen frantically running up a stairwell after a false fire alarm had been triggered. 'I saw him frantically running up the stairs while people were exiting . the building because the fire alarm had been pulled,' said fellow student Colin Chenel. There were other reports that people heard screaming coming from the lower levels of the dorm. It took rescue workers 1 1/2 hours to remove him. They had to break through a nearby wall. A breathing apparatus was lowered down to Vongtau while the rescue effort got underway. Vongtau is now seeking treatment at Bellevue Hospital. The extent of his injuries have not yet been released . An investigation will be opened to determine how he fell. Students reported that a fire alarm went off on Saturday morning, speculating Vongtau may have gone to the roof to escape." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Asher Vongtau, 19, from Pittsburg, was last seen inside the NYU dorms in Chinatown on Saturday morning .\nAs worried friends reported him missing that night, it wasn't until Sunday evening that a campus policeman discovered his phone on the roof, later finding him stuck in an 18 inch-wide crawl space 10 stories below .\nIt took dozens of fire officials over an hour to breach the wall of an adjacent parking garage in order to get Vongtau out .\nA breathing apparatus was lowered down to him during the rescue .\nOnce free, he was conscious and talking when transported to Bellevue Hospital in a 'serious condition'\nStudents report he was last seen 'frantically' running up a stairwell following a false fire alarm ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The rise of do-it-yourself porn is devastating the mainstream industry as increasing numbers of 'amateurs' use the internet to upload homemade sex videos. Traditional porn stars are being replaced by everyday people who upload porn to sites like Reddit or build up a fan following through live web cam sites such as Chaturbate. The growth is concerning the mainstream porn industry, which has seen a huge decline in profits. Sites such as Chaturbate (pictured) allow 'amateurs' to post explicit images and videos . In the past porn stars such as Linda Lovelace were as famous as actors and musicians but there are few household names now. Instead, DIY porn is increasingly popular and people can upload pictures or video of themselves on a whim - and with a good chance of anonymity if they want it. Performances are also almost totally unregulated, especially if the performance if live. In 1998, a study by Forrester Research . on the porn industry - including paraphernalia, internet, cable . television and magazines - estimated it was worth up to $10billion. This year, the worldwide industry is . estimated to be worth up to $5billion - however, it is difficult to know . how accurate these figures are. The mainstream industry has been hit not only through piracy and free content, but people choosing to pay to watch live sex acts over the internet. The porn industry once had household names such as Linda Lovelace, star of Deep Throat (right), who was so famous a movie (left) has been made about her life . Increasing numbers of 'regular' people are treating web cam porn - or 'camming' - as their main job and . believe it brings less stigma than being unemployed. 'Joshua' told Kernel Mag that his job allows him to earn money while he stays at home caring for his six-year-old daughter while his wife works. He admits he does worry that being paid to perform sex acts and strip over a web camera will impact on his wife and daughter. But he added: 'But there’s such a stigma around the long-term unemployed now that I’m not sure it could be much worse.' Sites like Chaturbate emulate traditional strip clubs where viewers 'tip' the performers. As in strip clubs, people can pay for private performances. It is also possible to interact with the performers through the web cam. Users of Reddit say they not only post pictures for money or notoriety but to give themselves a confidence boost . Webcams have allowed people to become porn stars in their own home . 'Joshua' said he can receive tips of up to $100 a time. But the real change in pornography is the number of people who are doing it for no payment at all. So-called tube sites - that imitate YouTube and allow anyone to upload content - have doubled in a year to 1,000. She told Kernal Mag the positive reaction was 'totally overwhelming' and that she would post further pictures if she needed a confidence boost. Users can rate the content and the more positive the reaction, the more prominent it is displayed on the site. She said: 'I’d like to do it again. People on reddit said I have to show more flesh to make my posts successful, though. I’ll probably do it when I need a pick-me-up.' Mainstream porn companies are worried about the rise of amateur porn. USA Today reported that DVD orders from distributers have shrunk this year to about 1,500 from 5,00 to 6,000 in 2005. Steven Hirsch, who founded porn company Vivid Entertainment, told the newspaper: 'We're dealing with a perfect storm: decliing DVD sales, rampant piracy, free content and a weak economy.' Piracy, as in the film and music industries, is causing huge problems for mainstream porn companies. Kathee Brewer, an editor at AVN, which covers the porn industry, told USA Today:'The tubes are making money off the studio's investment of time and money, while the studios are forced to spend ever larger chunks tof change to police the tubes and send endless takedown notices.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sites Chaturbate and Reddit allow normal people to upload sex videos .\nRise in amateur porn hitting mainstream industry profits ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "iPhone trolls are using AirDrop to send images of a Space Sloth to strangers around the world . A photograph of a sloth in a spacesuit is being sent to unsuspecting iPhone users by pranksters who are exploiting a security loophole in Apple's AirDrop service. Owners of Apple's iPhone who have upgraded to its latest iOS 8 software have reported receiving the photograph, known as 'Astronaut Slot or 'Space Sloth'. A photographer and writer based in San Francisco is thought to have been the first to have used this to send unsolicited pictures of the Astronaut sloth to commuters while travelling to work by train. Josh Lowensohn said he began trolling strangers on the train with the image, which was created by artist Pedro Dionisio, to highlight the dangers of allowing an iPhone to receive files from anyone in the surrounding area. The practice takes advantage of a security feature in Apple's AirDrop service, which allows users to share files wirelessly over WiFi and Bluetooth networks. After upgrading the operating software, iPhones and iPads can be set to receive files from 'everyone' in the surrounding area. It is thought to work within a range of around 30 feet. But now it appears his prank has been adopted by others and is spreading around the world, with victims reporting being sent the image by AirDrop in London and New York. Mr Lowensohn, who began trolling commuters in San Fransisco a year ago, insists he is not responsible for the appearance of the AstroSloth on iPhones in other cities as he has been 'landlocked' in California. When contacted about the image appearing on phones in London, from iPhone users called AirSloth', he described the spread as both 'wonderful and terrible'. The Space Sloth began appearing on the internet in February 2012 after an artist called Pedro Dionisio posted the image on the website deviantArt and Tumblr. Within just a few months the image had been shared millions of times and had its own spoof twitter account and Facebook fan pages. It gained notoriety as people began using the image to play pranks on friends and colleagues by using it to replace pictures in frames on their desks or setting it as their desktop picture. The picture was created by superimposing a sloth's head over the face of an astronaut. While many nicknamed the sloth Neil Armsloth, the spacesuit actually belongs to one of the crew who took part in the mission to the International Space Station STS-121 in 2003. It is believed the photograph originally used to create the image was a portrait of US astronaut Mike Fossum. He said: 'I certainly didn't invent the concept of sending strangers unsolicited files using AirDrop, but I'd like to think that I'm doing it in a way that's more fun than malicious. 'You could send much worse things, which I'm not so sure was well known by most people. 'When I first started exploring this, artist Pedro Dionísio's sloth in a spacesuit seemed like a perfect fit: it was playful and disarming. 'You could easily argue that this is not a nice thing to do to people, but I'd like to think that by leaving the feature set to \"everyone,\" you're secretly hoping to see a sloth.' While the picture of the sloth in the space suit is harmless - it originally started being shared over the internet in 2012 after artist Pedro Dionísio uploaded it to his deviantArt account - it highlights an important security loophole in the iPhone. By allowing iPhone users to send unsolicited files to anyone with this setting turned on, it could allow hackers to install virus software that could allow them to eavesdrop or even take over devices. In September Apple also extended its AirDrop service to include MacBooks and iMacs, meaning the number of devices that could be vulnerable are even greater. For many the Astronaut Sloth may be simply an amusing way of trolling strangers to see their reaction upon receiving the photo. It is a new twist on a prank that began in 2012 when people began replacing desktop images and screen savers of friends and colleagues with the picture. Technology writer Harry McCracken is among those to have been targeted by the AirSloth prank, sent from an AirDrop user who apparently shares his name with notorious American murder and gangster Whitey Bulger . The Space Sloth has developed its own dedicated online followers with fan pages and its own twitter feed . The image quickly became a meme of its own as people replaced the heads of humans from other historic images and pictures. The image even began appearing on T-Shirts, coffee mugs and bags. Among those to have received the sloth picture over AirDrop is Harry McCracken, former editor in chief of PC World magazine and technology editor of New York based magazine Fast Company. Other victims have reported being sent the space sloth in Kensington, London, an AirDrop user identifying themselves only as Sloth's 'iPhone'. For Mr Lowensohn, the thrill of watching the reactions of his fellow commuters while keeping a straight face, saw him troll stranger after stranger. Writing on the website The Verge, he said: 'I've done it perhaps a hundred times, and the thrill has not waned one little bit. 'I've seen reactions that range from amused to confused, but never has anyone been visibly angered. 'The beauty of the technology is that your targets can be far away by the time you've done the deed.' Apple's AirDrop allows iPhone users to send pictures and files to other Apple devices over WiFi and Bluetooth networks but those who leave the service set to receive from 'Everyone' (right) are vulnerable to hackers ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "iPhone owners report receiving sloth pictures from mystery AirDrop users .\nSpace sloth pictures demonstrate how AirDrop could also be used to send virus software that would allow hackers to eavesdrop on iPhone users .\nPrank is thought to have been started by a photographer in San Francisco .\nVictims have reported being sent the image in New York and London ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Britain's biggest jail, with space for 2,000 inmates, has been given the go-ahead today. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling confirmed plans to build the £250million ‘super-prison’ in Wrexham, North Wales with work on the project is due to start next year and the jail opening in 2017. But a further four prisons are to due close under the plans to build two new 'super jails in England and Wales. An artist's impression of the 2,000-capacity 'super-prison' in Wrexham, Wales, that will be announced today . Work on the project is due to start next year and the jail is set to open in 2017 . One new prison will be built on the 108-acre site of a Firestone rubber factory, which is owned by the Welsh Assembly. In June, when plans for the prison were first mooted, Mr Grayling said it would help ensure more inmates were locked up at lower cost to the taxpayer. He said: ‘My priority is to provide enough prison places for those sent there by the courts – and to do so in a way that gives taxpayers the best possible value for money. ‘This will be the first prison in North Wales and a massive boost to the Welsh economy. ‘It will provide around 1,000 much-needed jobs, great opportunities for local businesses and millions of pounds worth of construction opportunities. ‘It will also allow offenders from the region to be held closer to their homes, which we know helps prevent reoffending. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the prison will save the taxpayer money . Mr Grayling said the project would also be a boost to the Welsh economy . ‘Across the country I am reducing the cost of prison by replacing old, inefficient buildings with newer accommodation that is cheaper to run. ‘This new prison allows us to continue this work while providing a significant and rapid investment in the Welsh economy.’ The average price of a single prison place for one year is £40,000 but in new jails the cost can be less than half that figure. Officials estimate the new jail will eventually save taxpayers £20million a year. Britain’s biggest prison by number of inmates is Oakwood in the West Midlands which holds 1,605. Next in size are Liverpool and Birmingham jails which each hold around 1,450. Wandsworth prison in South London has 1,300 places. However the new prison will be dwarfed by Europe’s largest, Fleury-Merogis Prison on the outskirts of Paris, which can hold 3,800 prisoners. Meanwhile Blundeston in Suffolk, Dorchester, in West Dorset, Northallerton in North Yorkshire and Reading prisons will close, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said. As well as being cheaper, new prisons can provide more opportunities for rehabilitating offenders with purpose-built workshops and training centres. Prison reform groups have criticised the new prison, warning it could be a ‘warehouse’ which would put the public at risk." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The prison is due to open in Wrexham, North Wales, in 2017 .\nJustice Secretary Chris Graying said the project will boost Welsh economy .\nSaid super-prison will also save taxpayer money and create more space ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The word soccer is actually a British term that comes from Association Football, US historians have found. They were investigating the history of the word, and the cultural difference behind it. In fact, the use of the term goes back 200 years, they said. The word 'soccer' comes from the use of the term 'association football' in Britain and goes back 200 years, they said. According to the Oxford English dictionary the first recorded use of the word 'football' in English was in 1486. The contemporary history of the world's favourite game spans more than 100 years. It all began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses and the Football Association in England was formed - becoming the sport's first governing body. Both codes stemmed from a common root and both have a long and intricately branched ancestral tree. 'Americans have long referred to Association football as 'soccer', to the point where many people believe it is fact a word invented in America,' wrote University of Michigan professor Stefan Szymanski. 'Many seek to associate American use of the word with alleged American imperialism and cultural hegemony.' The researchers found the word soccer in fact originated in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century, and was commonly used there. 'It appears that as the popularity of soccer has grown in the US, the word has been used less and less. The paper analysed usage of the two words from 1900, and found British people only stopped using about 30 years ago. Americans invented their own variant of the game that they simply called 'football' in the early 1900s. When England won the World Cup in 1966 the use of the term soccer was just beginning to decline in the UK . 'Association football' became 'soccer' in America, and what was called 'gridiron' in Britain became simply 'football' in America. 'Since 1980 the usage of the word 'soccer' has declined in British publications, and where it is used, it usually refers to an American context,' the researchers say. 'This decline seems to be a reaction against the increased usage in the US which seems to be associated with the highpoint of the NASL around 1980.' However, the researchers admit the problem of two names may need to be addressed. 'With soccer growing in popularity in the US and the rest of the world stridently insisting the word soccer is not football, it would appear that some kind of resolution will eventually be required.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "British term that comes from Association Football .\nOriginated in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century .\nWas commonly used in the UK until around 30 years ago .\nExperts say naming difference may need to be resolved ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Conspiracy theorists started forming their theories about the Boston marathon bombings just hours after the attack, as they claimed the explosions were set up by American government forces. In the first press conference following the fatal explosions that left three dead and 176 injured, a conservative blogger asked whether it was a 'false flag staged attack'. False flag attacks are instances where governments are thought to have arranged a violent incident- theoretically like Monday's bombing- in order to scare its citizens into handing over controls to the federal authorities. Runners continue to run towards the finish line of the Boston Marathon as an explosion erupts near the finish line . WATCH THE VIDEO HERE . Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick flatly denied the claim, though that has not stopped conspiracy theorists from finding supposed proof that they believe backs up an alternate version of events. Dan Bidondi of right-wing site InfoWars posited the loaded question, implying that the bombing was designed to increase federal authority. 'Why were the loud speakers telling people in the audience to be calm moments before the bombs went off? Is this another false flag staged attack to take our civil liberties and promote homeland security while sticking their hands down our pants on the streets?' Mr Bidondi said. Though Democratic governor Patrick flatly denied the implication and moved on to the next question, that didn't stop conservative bloggers from running with the theory. The second of two explosions rocked the last 1050 yards of the Boston Marathon course, sending shrapnel into the crowd, severing limbs, and ending lives . Conspiracy theorists: Dan Bidondi (left) asked Governor Deval Patrick about the possibility of a false flag attack while fellow InfoWars writer Alex Jones (right) continued to push the theory throughout the day . Wheels turning: InfoWars founder Alex Jones pushed the 'false flag' theory . The sole alleged piece of evidence supporting the false flag theory is that several witnesses said that there was a recording over the loudspeaker just moments before the explosions that asked spectators to ‘keep calm’ and other reports that bomb sniffing dogs were used at the start of the race for a supposed training exercise. Neither detail has been confirmed by investigators. Alex Jones, the controversial radio show host and 9/11 Truther who runs InfoWars and gained a national audience after having an on-air meltdown during an interview with Piers Morgan, followed Bidondi's lead and took to Twitter. 'Our hearts go out to those that are hurt or killed #Boston marathon - but this thing stinks to high heaven #falseflag,' he wrote. False flag attacks derive from nautical military strikes, where the crew on a ship would change the national flag to that of a friendly nation in order to approach its target and then attack. Prior claims: Other conspiracy theorists believed that the Sandy Hook shooting was designed by the government in order to help them pass stricter gun control laws . Now instead of limiting its use to naval warfare, conspiracy theorists apply it to any situation where a terrible act could be used by the perpetrators to influence a change in policy based off public outcry following the tragedy. Prior to yesterday's Boston bombing, the most recent example was the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Gun rights advocates posited that the attack that left 20 children and six educators dead was planned by Obama administration officials in order to shore up support for stricter gun regulation. The conspiracy theorists have been able to disseminate their version of events largely because the federal authorities are still trying to compile theirs. Different kind of flags: The term 'false flag' comes from nautical warfare, where an attacker would use the flag of a friendly nation to trick the target into allowing them to approach . No formal suspects have been identified, though the revelation that one of the bombs was located inside a pressure cooker- which is a preferred weapon of al-Qaeda terrorists and listed as the 'most effective' weapon of jihad, according to in an English language terror magazine- hinting that the perpetrator may be foreign. So far no terror groups have claimed responsibility. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood denied any connection to the attack, instead suggesting that it was an anti-Islam conspiracy at work. Boston police are working with the FBI and are calling for the public’s help in searching for the suspect, asking for any pictures or video taken near the finish line at around the time of the explosion to be sent in for analysis." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Conspiracy theorists believe bombings were set up by the government to scare people into allowing stricter security protocols .\nNo suspects in custody and no terror groups have claimed responsibility .\nEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood said they had nothing to do with the attack but believe it was done by an anti-Islam group ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes by the bride's father after they married for love. The 17-year-old girl and 31-year-old man married without the consent of their families in eastern Pakistan's Punjabi village of Satrah, police said. The girl's mother and father lured the couple home with the promise that their marriage would receive a family blessing. Brutal: The 17-year-old girl and 31-year-old man married without the consent of their families in eastern Pakistan's Punjabi village of Satrah, police said. They were lured to a home and then killed by the girl's mother . 'When the couple reached there, they tied them with ropes,' he said. 'He (the girl's father) cut their throats.' Police arrested the family, who said they had been embarrassed by the marriage of their daughter, named Muafia Hussein, to a man from a less important tribe. Cultural traditions in many areas of Pakistan mean that killing a woman whose behaviour is seen as immodest is widely accepted. Immodest behaviour that sparked recent killings included singing, looking out of the window or talking to a man who is not a relative. For a woman to marry a man of her own choice is considered an unacceptable insult by many families. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said 869 so-called 'honour killings' were reported in the media last year - several a day. But the true figure is probably much higher since many cases are never reported. The weak Pakistani government, battling with a troubled economy and a Taliban insurgency, does not collect centralized statistics and has no strategy to combat the killings. Pakistani law means that even if a woman's killer is convicted, her family are able to forgive the killer. Many families simply nominate a member to do the killing, then formally forgive the killer. That's what happened earlier this week, a lawyer said, when a tribal council in central Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district sentenced another young couple to death for marrying for love. Remote: The pair where killed in a rural area near Gujranwala in eastern Pakstan . The couple's lawyer, Zia Kiyyani, said the two had appealed for police protection after their marriage on June 21, but had not received any. The 19-year-old girl's family came to take her from her husband's family, swearing on the Koran that they would not harm her and would hold a proper wedding ceremony, he said. 'During this the girl shouted, cried and mourned for her life and her husband's life because she knew that they will kill both of them,' he said. The girl, named Mehreen Bibi, was shot by a member of her family when she returned home, police said. Her husband went into hiding and her father registered the murder complaint so he could forgive the killer, Kiyyani said. 'That will end the case,' he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The 17-year-old girl married the 31-year-old man in the village of Satrah .\nPair were lured into their family home by the girl's mother .\nShe promised she would give the couple her family's blessing .\nInstead they were tied up by the girl's father who then cut their throats ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Turkish Muslims have declared victory after toy makers Lego agreed to withdraw a Star Wars product which allegedly depicted a mosque. Critics claimed that the Jabba's Palace model, part of Lego's Star Wars range, was offensive to Muslims as it resembled the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul - one of the world's most renowned mosques. The Lego set is based on the home of . Jabba the Hutt, a central character in the Star Wars series, who lives . in a domed palace, with a separated watchtower. Toy: The Jabba's Palace Lego set will cease to be produced from 2014 after the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria group described it as offensive to the Muslim community . Criticism: The group criticised Lego's design saying it resembles the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, one of the world's most recognisable mosques . As well as bearing a likeness to the Hagia . Sophia mosque, the Turkish group also claimed the toy was designed based on the Jami al-Kabir mosque in Beirut with the watchtower resembling a minaret. The set of blocks featured Jabba the . Hutt, a slug-like shisha-smoking alien from the Star Wars films, and an . oriental domed building housing rockets and machine guns. The character of Jabba, which features in the toy aimed at children . aged from nine to 14, keeps Princess . Leia in chains for use as his personal slave in the Star Wars films. A statement posted on the . organisation's website referred to Jabba the Hutt as a 'terrorist' and . said that he 'likes to smoke hookah and have his victims killed'. It added: 'It . is clear that the ugly figure of Jabba and the whole scene smacks of . racial prejudice and vulgar insinuations against Asians and Orientals as . people with deceitful and criminal personalities.' The statement said that the figures in the set are made to resemble 'terrorists, criminals and murderers'. Comparisons: A post appeared on the group's website pointing out features of the Lego set and comparing them to the Istanbul mosque . The case came to light when a Turkish man . expressed his dissatisfaction with the toy after it was purchased for . his son by a family member. Lego initially refused to remove the Jabba's Palace toy from the shelves claiming it was an entirely fictional creation. Lego's Katharina Sasse said:'We . regret that the product has caused the members of the Turkish cultural . community to come to a wrong interpretation, but point out that when . designing the product only the fictional content of the Star Wars saga . were referred to.' But following a meeting between . Turkish community leaders and Lego executives it was agreed that . production of the toy would end from 2014 onwards. Birol Killic, the . president of the TCA, said in a statement: 'We are very grateful and . congratulate Lego on the decision to take Jabba’s Palace out of . production.' Lego was not available for comment yesterday. There was no explanation why the game was not scheduled for immediate withdrawal. Jabba's Palace as depicted in the 1983 Star Wars film Return of the Jedi . The Hagia Sophia was first built around 360AD in the Byzantium capital Constantinople, later Istanbul. It served as an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral and was the world's largest for nearly a thousand years, until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520.In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II, who ordered the building converted into a mosque.Christian symbols such as the bells and altar were removed and many of the mosaics were plastered over. Islamic features, such as the four minarets, were added while it was in the possession of the Ottomans.It remained a mosque until 1931 when it was closed to the public for four years. It re-opened in 1935 as a museum by the Republic of Turkey.It is famous for its massive dome and is considered the crowning achievement of Byzantine architecture. Some experts say it 'changed the history of architecture'." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jabba's Palace will cease production in 2014 but not removed immediately .\nTurkish Community Forum congratulated Lego for stopping production .\nClaims that Jabba's Palace set resembles Istanbul's Hagia Sophia mosque .\nDescribes Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt as resembling a 'terrorist'\nLego denied any link and said the toy was based on the Star Wars movies ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "British scientists are stranded after their Antarctic base lost power in the depths of winter as temperatures plummeted to a record low of minus 55C. There is no way of rescuing the 13 researchers from the Halley VI Research Station - which has been hit by a 19-hour blackout - for months until the hostile winter subsides. The British Antarctic Survey admitted it was a 'serious incident' and has suspended all experiments as the workers heat up emergency accommodation which has not been used for months. Scroll down for video . Trapped: Temperatures plummeted on the British Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica in the depths of winter after 13 researchers experienced a 19-hour power cut. There is no way they can be rescued (file photo) Warming up: Workers maintain a generator at the site, around which temperatures dropped to minus 55C . Remote: The research station was completed in 2012 and consists of 'modules' on hydraulic movable legs . Some of the fallout from the power cut, which happened a week ago but was only revealed today, is still ongoing as the workers face sleeping on the floor of a garage. But despite the perilous conditions the scientists, 10 English, one Scottish, one Romanian and one Polish, have remained upbeat - and even Tweeted about their ordeal. Renewable energy engineer Anthony Lister wrote: 'Whilst all the fun was happening at #halley6 (not that it's over) we had the lowest ever recorded temps down here at -55.4. Which was nice. 'Got internet, lots of @YorkshireTea tea and a big kettle. Really, what more do you actually need?' He added on his blog: 'I would just like to reiterate that we are all healthy, in good spirits and are busy setting about getting, and keeping the station in as good an order as possible. Stiff upper lip: Renewable energy engineer Anthony Lister, one of the 13 scientists trapped inside the base with failing power, has kept the world updated with his tongue-in-cheek Twitter reports about the weather . Beautifully isolated: There is no way the researchers at the station, pictured, can be rescued until winter ends . Nice view: At least the trapped scientists have a good vantage point to watch the patterns of the Aurora . 'No one here on station is responsible for the technical issues we are having and we are all working extremely hard. 'Another fairly cool, but problematic at the time, event occurred around the time of us losing power – the coldest temperature ever recorded at Halley Bay. 'Throwing a cup of boiling water into the air resulted in small explosion as the water instantly turned into a cloud of ice crystals. 'This obviously didn’t help us on station at the time but it was nice to see a record set! A British Antarctic Survey spokesman told MailOnline the temperature inside the building had dropped almost to freezing. He added: 'We can't get anyone in to help them because it's the winter.' But he insisted there was no threat to their safety, saying: 'They have a building which is usually used as overspill accommodation for the summer months. 'It's been shut down since the summer, so we're bringing that back into service and slowly warming it up. 'There's also a garage which is heated that they can sleep in. It's not ideal, but it's safe. 'Some people have been saying they're going to freeze to death. That's not going to happen.' Isolated: The location of the research station in Halley Bay, which has been used by scientists since the 1950s . The state-of-the-art research station opened two years ago on a 150m-thick Brunt Ice Shelf in Halley Bay, Antarctica, where researchers have been based since the 1950s. Run by the Cambridge-based Survey, it consists of eight 'modules' on hydraulic legs which can lift above huge layers of snow and ice which accumulate in the winter. The design was an attempt to prevent the fate of previous research bases which were buried under ice and snow during serious weather. Although the station is completely inaccessible to the outside world, there is an on-site doctor. A BAS statement said: 'British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is dealing with a serious operational incident at its Halley Research Station. 'Our urgent priority is to ensure the continued safety and wellbeing of the wintering team. Inhospitable: The base opened in 2012 after four years' work and is on the 150m-thick Brunt Ice Shelf . State of the art: The research station in calmer weather. It currently has just 13 scientists living in it . 'Power and some heating are back online, and some other essential services have been restored, but the staff are having to live and work in extremely difficult conditions. 'It is now clear that because of the nature of the incident, and the prolonged loss of power, the station cannot now return to normal operation in the short or medium term. 'Everyone at Halley and Cambridge is doing everything that can be done to ensure that the incident remains under control. 'All science, apart from meteorological observations essential for weather forecasting, has been stopped.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "13 staff were staking out depths of polar winter at Halley Research Station .\nBase lost power and heat for 19 hours in 'extremely difficult conditions'\nBritish Antarctic Survey said temperature inside dropped almost to freezing .\nWinter is so hostile that the researchers, 11 British, cannot be rescued .\nAll science operations suspended as emergency contingency plans prepared .\nBAS insisted they are safe as there is extra accommodation they can sleep in .\nResearcher Tweeted relief at having 'lots of Yorkshire Tea and a big kettle'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She's recognized wherever she goes and counts Rihanna among her fans - and it's for one very impressive attribute: Her rounded rear end. Jen Selter, 20, from New York City, has amassed more than 1.3 million followers on her Instagram account, @jenselter, after posting poses from her workout and yoga sessions. Just one picture of her on a workout ball or squatting at the gym can garner as many as 80,000 likes, and thousands consider her a fitness inspiration. 'I'm recognized wherever I am,' Selter told the New York Post. 'I don't really go to public gyms anymore . just because it is a whole big scene when I'm there. I . don't like being watched.' Scroll down for video . Famous asset: Jen Selter, 20, from New York, has amassed 1.3 million followers on Instagram after posing pictures of her pert behind. She says she aims to be an inspiration for other people to get fit . Fitness fanatic: Photos of Selter working out at the gym can garner as many as 80,000 'likes' She admits that her photos are always focused on her rounded behind, explaining: 'I don't really post a lot of face pictures... They don't want to see my face.' Selter, who is single and lives with her mother on the Upper West Side, took cosmetology classes while holding side jobs at a plastic surgeon's office and a gym after graduating high school. When she started working out at the gym, she noticed that her behind began getting bigger and was inspired by the transformation. She joined Instagram in March 2012 and began posting images of her body. When she saw people reposting her images, she asked for a credit and her number of followers boomed. Active: Selter, originally from Long Island, is now a spokeswoman for a nutrition supplement company and hopes to launch her own line of workout gear while inspiring others to keep fit . Stunning: Selter, who is single, says she struggles to go anywhere where she is not recognized . Proud: She says that while she has worked hard to achieve her behind, anyone can do it . Curvy: Selter worked in a gym until she amassed half a million followers and began getting other job offers . Once she achieved 300,000 followers, sponsorship offers piled up from companies including Nike, Lululemon and New Balance, among others. She has since quit her gym job and secured deals with water company NY20 and a nutrition supplement company, Game Plan Nutrition, for which she is a spokeswoman. While she would not reveal how much she makes from these deals, Selter, who did not go to college, said they give her 'a lot more money than a graduate would be making'. Her mother, Jill Weinstein, said she couldn't be more proud of her daughter and her following. 'I'm very proud of her because this is a girl who didn’t want to go to college, and she was able to build up this social media in such a way that she has become famous and she is an inspiration and motivation for so many people,' she told the Post. Close: Selter is pictured with her mother Jill, who said she is proud of how her daughter motivates others . Many followers have suggested her . plump derriere is fake - but she insists it is real, explaining that the . only cosmetic surgery she has undergone was a nose job as a teenager. 'I'm Jewish,' she said. 'Jewish girls have big noses. Probably 1 out of 3 girls I know [has] a nose job.' Selter, who hopes to create a line of workout gear or even her own chain of gyms, admits that some of the photos can be 'showy' - but said that she simply wants to inspire people. 'I see myself motivating and inspiring everyone around the world,' she told the Post. 'With hard work and dedication, anyone can get to where I am.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jen Selter, from New York City, has become an internet hit after posting photos of her workout and yoga sessions to Instagram .\nShe counts Rihanna and sports stars among her followers .\nSelter, who is single, admits that some of the pictures can be a little 'showy' but that she wants to inspire and motivate people to stay fit ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Apple is set to unveil new iPads and Mac computers on Thursday at its California headquarters. The gadgets could go on sale on 24 October - with Mac software, called Yosemite, available as a free download even earlier. With just four days until the event, the rumour mill has been working overtime, with the latest leaks suggesting that the new iPad will come in gold, as other rumours have suggested, and include a Touch ID sensor. Scroll down for video . Apple is set to unveil new iPads and Mac computers later this week. On Saturday, Taiwanese blog Apple.club.tw leaked photos that it claims show the new iPad's motherboard and TouchID sensor (pictured) On Saturday, Taiwanese blog Apple.club.tw leaked photos that it claims reveal the new iPad's motherboard and gold-coloured Touch ID sensor. The images suggest the new iPad, expected to be called the iPad Air 2, will have Apple's Touch ID and a gold colour option. They also allegedly show a logic board with new A8X chip, a front assembly panel, a cable for the Touch ID home button and a cable for the volume buttons. The suggests that the A8X chip on the tablet is a faster upgrade to the A8 chip on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The leaked interior images (pictured) of the latest iPad suggests that it has an A8X chip on the tablet is a faster upgrade to the A8 chip on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus . Apple may also be using 2GB of RAM instead of the 1GB on the iPad Air, according to Apple.club.tw. Pictured is what is claimed to be the glass front panel of the new IPad Air . Apple may also give the new iPad 2GB of RAM instead of the 1GB on the current iPad Air, according to Apple.club.tw. The leaks follow last week's rumours which also suggested Apple was putting the finishing touches to a new gold version of its iPad Air. An apparent mockup of a slightly redesigned, next-generation iPad Air recently surfaced from Vietnam showing a more trim profile, recessed volume buttons, and the addition of a Touch ID sensor to the home button. According to Tinhte.vn the device comes in at just 7 millimeters thick, the same thickness as the iPhone 6. The images allegedly show a logic board with new A8X chip (pictured), a front assembly panel, a cable for the Touch ID home button and a cable for the volume buttons . Apple's invite for the event tells journalists 'It's been way too long' - even though their last event was last month . Apple is preparing to launch a range of iMacs with Ultra HD 'Retina' display screens in a bid to reinvigorate desktop computer sales. The firm is expected to reveal them alongside a new version of its Mac software called Yosemite, and news iPads this month. 'A new line of iMacs with ultra high-resolution Retina Displays is in late testing stages within Apple, according to our sources who have used the future desktop computer,' said 9to5 Mac. 'While the machine will sport a thin profile similar to that of the current design, which was introduced in 2012, it will be packed with new internals such as faster processors and improved Wi-Fi antennas,' it says. The firm will also launch a new version of its Mac software called Yosemite. The Yosemite software will allow users to make and receive calls and notifications from their Mac - even if their iPhone is in another room. The software has also been overhauled with a new 'flat' look, and can search the web without having to open a browser. In addition to a redesigned speaker grille, the unit also sports a small hole where the mute/orientation lock switch appears on existing iPad units. The move is thought to be designed to boost sales of its full-size tablets, which are in decline. Until now, iPads have only been available in a monochromatic colour scheme, but a golden makeover would make the tablets more similar to the Californian company’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which come in three colours. New versions of the 9.7-inch tablet could include a golden metal rear cover as well as the silver and grey currently offered for the iPad Air, ‘people familiar with the matter’ told Bloomberg. The new iPads are also predicted to sport a thinner, more rounded design, similar to the iPhone 6. Hidden code in the latest iOS 8.1 beta software hints that the iPads will feature a Touch ID fingerprint sensor and Apple Pay functionality. The code states that users can 'pay with iPad using Touch ID. With Apple Pay, you no longer need to type card numbers and shipping information.' However, it is not clear whether the new iPad will come with NFC functionality, which is used for contactless payments, as it relies on a Wi-Fi or mobile connection. Apple Pay has only been announced in the US, so if the iPads do get the feature, it may be limited to only American buyers. Apple is also rumoured to be launching a larger iPad with a 12.9-inch screen next year, which if true, could offer 76 per cent more screen area than the current 9.7 inch models. An apparent mockup of a slightly redesigned, next-generation iPad Air has surfaced from Vietnam showing a more trim profile, recessed volume buttons, and the addition of a Touch ID sensor to the home button . The iPads have a new sleek design and are thinner. The latest swathe of Apple tablets could come with a split screen function, which would allow users of an iPad to open two apps side-by-side on one screen . The latest swathe of Apple tablets could come with a split screen function, which would allow users of an iPad to open two apps side-by-side on one screen. Sales of iPads have slumped for two quarters, after climbing from $5 billion (£3 billion) when they were launched in 2010, to $30 billion (£19 billion) in 2012 and $32 billion in 2013 (£20 billion). The firm hasn't unveiled an updated iPad since last October when it launched the iPad Air and Mini, and it appears that consumers have instead been drawn to smartphones with larger screens, including recently, Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, which has a 5.5 inch screen. Apple is not new to the strategy of launching colourful products to boost its sales. The new iPads are expected to have a rounded design similar to the recently released iPhone 6 . The new iPads are also expected to include Touch ID sensors. The firm hasn't unveiled an updated iPad since last October when it launched the iPad Air and Mini . In 1999 it rolled out different coloured iMacs which were successful, but sales of its iPhone 5C – a ‘budget’ version of the iPhone 5S – have not sold as well as the company hoped. The company is expected to unveil the new iPads at the same time as a range of iMacs with Ultra HD 'Retina' display screens in a bid to reinvigorate desktop computer sales. The new line of iMacs is rumoured to have ultra high-resolution Retina Displays, a thin profile and faster processors as well as improved Wi-Fi antennas. The firm is expected to reveal them alongside a new version of its Mac software called Yosemite. The iPad launch event is likely to be in stark contrast to the star-studded launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which saw U2 playing before the firm controversially gave away the band's new album. The company is expected to unveil the new iPads at the same time as a range of iMacs (pictured) with Ultra HD 'Retina' display screens in a bid to reinvigorate desktop computer sales ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tablet is rumoured to feature a Touch ID fingerprint sensor and Apple Pay .\nTaiwanese blog Apple.club.tw leaked photos showing interior of gadget .\nThey allegedly show a logic board with new A8X chip, an upgrade to A8 .\nApple may be using 2GB of RAM instead of the 1GB on existing iPad Air .\nApple set to unveil new iPads on Thursday at its California headquarters .\nRetina display iMacs also expected to launch with Yosemite Mac software .\nExperts predict Apple will launch an 'iPad Plus' with a 12.9-inch screen next year - and its tablets could feature split screen capabilities ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Kaiserslautern striker Philipp Hofmann produced most of the most spectacular misses of recent times against fellow Bundesliga 2 side Union Berlin on Wednesday night. The 21-year-old had the goal at his mercy from just two yards out but somehow contrived to lift the ball agonisingly over the bar. Luckily for Hofmann his side were still able to secure maximum points from the encounter with a 1-0 win, otherwise he could have well been in hot water with his manager Kosta Runjaic. Kaiserslautern striker Philipp Hofmann is well placed in the box to tap home from team-mate Alexander Ring . The ball looks perfectly placed for Hofmann to give the hosts the lead . Hofmann looks set to make the perfect connection with the ball inside the area . Hofmann looks on in disbelief as the ball flies over the crossbar as he scored remained goalless . Hofmann can't believe his eyes after his spectacular miss from close range . Ironically the man who crossed the ball over to Hofmann - Alexander Ring - popped up with the winner later in the game. Hofmann will now join the ever-growing list of the likes of Kanu, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Ronny Rosenthal et al in some of the spectacular misses seen in the game." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Philipp Hofmann somehow scooped the ball over from two yards for Kaiserslautern on Wednesday in their league meeting with Union Berlin .\nThe 21-year-old looked on in despair after the incredible open-goal miss .\nHe joins the likes of Kanu and Jon Dahl Tomasson in the ever-growing list of the most spectacular misses from recent times in football ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A tribe of indigenous people are under threat from an epidemic sweeping through the forests of Paraguay. Members of the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode group have been struck down with a mysterious tuberculosis-like respiratory illness that is slowly killing them. The people have been forced out of isolation due to deforestation for decades, and once they come into contact with society, they do not have the immunisation to tackle disease. The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode tribe in Paraguay is being struck down with a mysterious tuberculosis-like respiratory illness. Member Chiri Etacore is shown healthy in 2000, pictured left, and seriously ill in 2011, pictured right. Etacore was the most recent death from the illness and he died in October 2013 . Despite its similarities to TB, many tribe members suffering from the mysterious disease have tested negative for tuberculosis, and doctors have been left baffled. Survival International, a human righta organisation that campaigns for the rights of indigenous tribal and 'uncontacted' people, is warning the tribe may be wiped out unless the illness is identified and treated. ‘The deadly epidemic threatens to wipe out Paraguay's recently contacted Ayoreo tribe, and sets a deadly precedent for their relatives still hiding in the forests, who are the last uncontacted Indians outside the Amazon,’ said the organisation. The Totobiegosode is an indigenous . sub-group of the Ayoreo people living along the Gran Chaco which . stretches from Argentina into Paraguay. Some members are also found in . Bolivia. Since the 1940s, numerous attempts have been made to contact the tribe and many members have been forced from their homes since the late 1960s due to local farmers reclaiming the land, and deforestation. Parojnai Picanerai is pictured on the day he was contacted in 1998, left, and ill in 2007, right. He died in 2011 . Nguiejna Etacoro was contacted in 2004, pictured left, and has been suffering from the illness since 2007, right. Despite its similarities to TB, many tribe members studied have tested negative for the illness and doctors are baffled by what it is, and how to treat it. As a result of their isolation, they are not immunised against disease . Since the 1940s, local governments . and groups have made numerous attempts to contact the tribe, and during . the 1970s and 80s many tribe members have been forced from their river and forest . villages towards the towns. More . recently, during the 1990s and again in 2004, tribe members were placed . in settlements so the land they were living on could be reclaimed. The . most recent Ayoreo victim killed by the respiratory disease, called . Chiri Etacore, was forced out of the forest in 1986 and died in October . last year. The Totobiegosode is an indigenous sub-group of the Ayoreo people living along the Gran Chaco, pictured. As many as three hundred Totobiegosode are said to have chosen to live in isolation. The name translates as 'people from the place of the wild pigs' The Totobiegosode is an indigenous sub-group of the Ayoreo people living along the Gran Chaco which stretches from Argentina into Paraguay. Some members are also found in Bolivia. As many as three hundred Totobiegosode are said to have chosen to live in isolation and as a result they’re considered the most isolated of all Ayoreo. The name translates as ‘people from the place of the wild pigs’. The tribe live in small villages along rivers, and grow a number of crops such as squashes, beans and melons. They also hunt and gather. Some groups still live uncontacted, or in voluntary isolation, but may still be under threat from the epidemic as it spreads through the land. Ibore Picanerai, pictured, was healthy when she was forced out of the forest in 1998, left, and contracted the illness in 2003, right. She died in 2009 . They are believed to the only ‘uncontacted’ indigenous people living south of the Amazon basin. Since the 1940s, local governments and groups have made numerous attempts to contact the tribe, and during the 1970s and 80s many were forced from their river and forest villages towards the towns. More recently, during the 1990s and again in 2004, tribe members were placed in settlements so the land they were living on could be reclaimed. Some groups still live uncontacted, or in voluntary isolation, but are under threat from deforestation. In 2010, an expedition in search of new species of plants and insects, organised by the Natural History Museum in London, was suspended when concerns were raised that Ayoreo people might be encountered and disturbed. Almost all the Ayoreo members who have been forced from their lands have suffered from the rare disease in one form or another. Some groups still live uncontacted, or in voluntary isolation, but may still be under threat from the epidemic as it spreads through the land. ‘When uncontacted people are forced into contact with outside society disease swiftly follows. 'Here is proof that forced contact is nothing more than a death sentence for tribal peoples. 'Paraguay must act now to protect the lives of the last uncontacted Indians outside Amazonia,’ said Survival's director Stephen Corry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Totobiegosode is the most isolated sub-group of Ayoreo tribe in Paraguay .\nThey live in rivers and forests but are under threat from deforestation .\nMembers have been forced from their homes since the late 1960s .\nAs a result of their isolation, they are not immunised against disease .\nMysterious respiratory illness is spreading through the tribe and its symptoms are similar to tuberculosis ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Video footage of an abducted girl dragged screaming and crying into a forced wedding has shamed Kazakhstan. The disturbing clip, filmed on a mobile phone and titled Stealing The Bride, shows the moment the teenage girl arrives at the home of her future husband in Kazakhstan's central Akmola region. As wedding guests celebrate to traditional Kazakh music, the youngster sits in the back of a car crying and pleading to be taken home. Scroll down for video . Snatched: A young woman is dragged screaming and crying to the home of her future husband . Forced wedding: The clip was filmed in Kazakhstan's Akmola region, where such abductions are a custom . In most countries, bride kidnapping is considered a sex crime. Local women's rights activist Anfisa Zuyeva, 30, called the practice 'barbaric'. 'No wonder people think we're backward,' she said. The video shows the screaming girl dragged from the car and along a special bridal carpet towards her suitor's house as guests in smart wedding dress throw confetti over her. She makes one final effort at resistance at the door to the home, pushing back on the doorframe, before a crowd of men and women finally hustle her inside. Smile for the camera: A relative of the groom can be seen shamelessly recording the moment for posterity . Barbaric: The bride-to-be makes one last attempt at resistance before she is bundled through the door . Shockingly, such bride kidnapping, where a young woman is taken by force to the home of a man who wants to marry her, is said to be on the rise in Kazakhstan. The groom-to-be hires relatives and friends who use deception or force to get the girl into their car. This can include offering to give her a lift, or dragging her off the street and tying her up in a sack. Once inside the car she is driven to the man’s home where one of his female relatives prepares a special neckerchief called an Oramal which the girl must accept to show her consent to marriage. Often it takes days of being locked up before the girl accepts and even then there are complicated politics to be dealt with when her family found out where she is. The practice is an ancient custom in the region and there are various formalities to go through. In some circumstances the abduction can even be consensual. Where it isn't, perpetrators are rarely dealt with by the legal system. This latest video has been rounded on by critics who say the practice must stop. Ms Zuyeva, who has campaigned against the tradition, said: 'This is a barbaric and evil practice that forces young girls into loveless marriages with men they hardly know. 'Often the families of the victims agree because the groom pays them a lot of money. 'But it is an outdated and horrific tradition which has no place in modern Kazakhstan. MPs have now called for it to be made illegal, pointing out over 60 per cent of adults and 74 per cent of teenagers had either been victims of kidnappings or knew people who were." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bride kidnapping is an ancient custom in Kazakhstan, and is on the rise .\nBut local women's rights activist calls the practice 'barbaric'\nPerpetrators rarely face justice through the legal system ." } ]
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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A toddler was catapulted into the air and caught by her father in a scene described as a 'miracle' after being hit by a van driver on a hit-and-run rampage yesterday. Two-year-old Amelia-May Lewis, who was being pushed in a pram by her mother, Annie, 22, suffered injuries to her face, which left her covered in blood. The driver mowed down pedestrians - including parents and young children - during a three-mile trail of mayhem during the school run. Scroll down for video . Adam Lewis 23 (top) who witnessed his partner Annie Lewis 22 (right) & daughter Amelia-May Lewis 2 (centre) being knocked over. He caught his daughter after she was catapulted in mid-air . Mother-of-three Karina Menzies, pictured, died in the terrible incident . A mother of three was killed and eleven others injured, two of whom were in intensive care last night. In ‘absolutely chaotic’ scenes, the driver is said to have even reversed over some victims after hitting them. The dead woman – named locally as Karina Menzies, 32, was among at least seven children and four adults hit by the van. She died after being knocked down outside a fire station. The survivors’ injuries included a broken leg and cuts and bruises. Witnesses said the man hit pedestrians in the Ely and Leckwith areas of Cardiff at 3.30pm, when parents were picking children up from school. Pedestrians tried to stop the Transit van but it mounted the pavement and sped off before the driver was eventually seized by police officers. The local accident and emergency hospital unit was so overwhelmed it had to shut to any patients other than those injured by the van driver. The commotion started after the white van tried to escape from the scene of a crash outside an Asda supermarket in Leckwith, witnesses said. The vehicle sped off, driving at people walking home after school, careering wildly down suburban roads and on to pavements. Among those knocked down were student Mrs Lewis, her husband Adam and daughter Amelia-May. Mrs . Lewis, who suffered a broken leg, was taken to hospital in one of the . fleet of at least seven ambulances at one of the scenes in Ely. A white van, believed to be driven by a man who was involved in a series of hit and runs around Cardiff, is inspected by police . The main accident and emergency hospital in Cardiff was closed last night to anyone apart from casualties being brought in after the spate of crashes. Witness Anne Rahman, 62, told The Sun: 'The dad caught her, it was a miracle. He was shaking'. Adam’s grandmother, Maureen Lewis, 80, said: ‘It was total mayhem out there. ‘The driver of the white van was driving fast and furious at anyone in his path. Adam, Annie and Amelia were hit.’ She added: ‘Thank God they are alive. It is terrifying that so many people have been knocked down.’ Shopkeeper . Phil Jones said: ‘People were rushing out of houses trying to help the . injured people and covering them with blankets until the ambulances . arrived. Pictured here is a map of Cardiff showing the areas where victims were injured . Pictured here is the A&E dept at the University hospital in Cardiff that has been closed except for people involved in the incident . The scene in the Ely area of Cardiff where a 31 year old man has been arrested after a hit and run incident that has left at least 11 people injured . ‘The baby was covered in blood – people were just lying on the pavements. ‘He drove straight across four lanes of the road and smashed into a man and woman with their baby in a pushchair. ‘He just smashed into them before screaming round on the road and heading away. ‘In about 100 yards, he veered off the road and hit another two boys and a mother and a boy on a bike.’ The main accident and emergency hospital in Cardiff was closed to anyone apart from casualties being brought in after the spate of crashes . Lynda Paterson, 34, said the scene outside her house was ‘chaotic’. She added: ‘I was going to pick my children up from school and I could see there were police and someone was lying on the floor, on the pavement. ‘I could see police running back and forth along the road and I now know there was a child who had been hit.’ Natalie Howell, 28, added: ‘I was on my way home from school when I saw the van. People tried blocking off the van to stop it driving off but he went up on the pavement and sped off.’ Gail Harford, 40, said: ‘The driver was not just running over people but reversing over them too. It’s too horrendous for words.’ Ely sub-postmaster Shady Taha, 29, had just served two girls and a young woman moments before one of the incidents outside a row of shops. Forensics officers gathering evidence at the fire station on Grand Avenue in Ely was sealed off as police investigations continued . He said the two girls - aged about 10, and a woman in her mid-20s - had been browsing the birthday cards in the store before purchasing a jar of coffee and leaving. He said: 'All of a sudden I heard a bang. I looked out and across the road one girl was on the floor and the other girl was screaming. 'I heard a van speed off but I did not see it.' Other eyewitnesses said pedestrians were deliberately targeted by someone driving a white van. 'We had a customer in our shop who . said the van mounted the kerb like the driver wanted to run down young . kids with their parents,' a shop worker in Grand Avenue, who did . not want to be named, said. A spokesman for South Wales Police confirmed the force had arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder. He said: ‘This is a tragic incident that has affected a large number of people, and we thank the people of Cardiff for their help and support. ‘Incidents like this are extremely rare here, as they are across South Wales, and we want to reassure the public that a significant number of officers are working on the investigation, including a number of specialist resources. ‘Whether the actions were deliberate or reckless is a matter for the inquiry and the person will obviously be spoken to.’ Dr Grahame Shortland, medical director at the University . Hospital of Wales, said those being treated mostly had fractures and head injuries. A spokesman for the hospital said two of the adults were in intensive care last night and their condition was stable but critical. A pedestrian is believed to have been hit, before a van driver tore off and careered into other vehicles . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Driver accused of tearing through Cardiff streets 'after knocking down pedestrian and fleeing scene'\nKarina Menzies, 32, was among at least seven children and four adults hit by van .\nTwo adults were in intensive care last night said to be stable but critical .\nTwo-year-old Amelia-May was flung from her pram and left covered in blood .\nHospital unit was so overwhelmed it had to shut to any other patients .\n31-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder following rampage .\nDriver 'reversed over some victims after hitting them' during school run ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "These chilling images of a young Jewish girl at Auschwitz are among thousands that have haunted a Nazi photographer all his life. Wilhelm Brasse was forced to take photographs of frightened children and victims of gruesome medical experiments moments from their death at the extermination camp where some 1.5million people, mostly Jewish died in the Holocaust. Mr Brasse, who died this week aged 94, has had relive those horrors from inside Auschwitz but is considered a hero after he risked his life to preserve the harrowing photographs, which later helped convict the very Nazi monsters who commissioned the photographs. Frightened victims: Wilhelm Brasse took some 40,000-50,000 photographs inside Aushwitz for the Nazis including these shots of Czeslawa Kwoka after she was beaten by a guard . Haunting: The identity photographs of an Auschwitz inmate that Brasse took as part of the Nazi German effort to document their activities at the camp . Harsh truth: Polish inmate Brasse was among many put to work capturing such images . Distressing: Brasse was given the job of taking pictures for the Nazis because he had been a professional photographer before the war . After the war, Mr Brasse tried to return to photography but it was too traumatic. He said: ‘When I started taking pictures again, I saw the dead. I would be standing taking a photograph of a young girl for her portrait but behind her I would see them like ghosts standing there. 'I saw all those big eyes, terrified, staring at me. I could not go on.’ He never again picked up a camera. Instead, he set up a business making sausage casings and lived a modestly prosperous life. Before the war, Mr Brasse trained as a portrait photographer in a studio owned by his aunt in the Polish town of Katowice. He had an eye for the telling image and an ability to put his subjects at ease. But his peaceful, prosperous existence was shattered with the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939. He was the son of a German father and Polish mother. Too traumatic: Mr Brasse never picked up a camera again after the war because when he picked up a camera he 'saw the dead' He said: ‘When the Germans came, they wanted me to join them and say I was loyal to the Reich, but I refused. I felt Polish and I was Polish. It was my mother who instilled this in us.’ Considering the Nazis’ capacity for brutality, it was an extraordinarily brave thing for 22-year-old Mr Brasse to do. After several Gestapo interrogations he tried to flee to Hungary but was caught at the border. He was imprisoned for four months and then offered another chance to declare his loyalty to Hitler. He said: ‘They wanted me to join the German army and promised everything would be OK for me if I did.’ But again he refused and on August 31, 1940 he was placed on a train for the newly opened concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In February 1941, he was summoned to the camp commander’s office, the notoriously brutal Rudolf Höss, who would later be hanged for his crimes. Mr Brasse was certain that this was the end but when he arrived he discovered that the SS was looking for photographers. There followed what must have been a bizarre and terrifying experience. The assembled men were tested on their photographic skills. Each must have known failure would mean a return to hard labour and death. He said: ‘We were five people. They went through everything with us - the laboratory skills and the technical ability with a camera. I had the skills as well as being able to speak German, so I was chosen.’ The Nazis wanted documentation of their prisoners. The Reich was obsessed with bureaucratic records and setup ‘Erkennungsdienst,’ the photographic identification unit. Based in the camp, it included cameramen, darkroom technicians and designers. Auschwitz bound: Mr Brasse became the Nazi's photographer after being sent to the camp as a prisoner. He managed to hide thousands of negatives which were later used as evidence against the Nazis who commissioned them . Extermination: Some 1.5million people, mostly Jews, were killed at Auschwitz during WWII . He said: ‘The conditions for me were so much better then. The food and warmth were heavenly.’ Soon began a daily parade of the doomed in this makeshift photographic studio. Each day he took so many pictures that another team of prisoners was assembled to develop the pictures. The photographer estimates that he personally must have taken between 40,000 and 50,000 portraits. One day, a prisoner was sent to him because one of the camp doctors, the infamous Nazi Dr Josef Mengele, wanted a photograph of the man’s unusual tattoo. He said: ‘It was quite beautiful. It was a tattoo of Adam and Eve standing before the Tree in the Garden of Eden, and it had obviously been done by a skilled artist.’ About an hour after taking the . photograph, he learned that the man had been killed. He was called by . another prisoner to come to one of the camp crematoria where he saw the . dead man had been skinned. Family moment: Brasse took this photo of Austrian resistance fighter Rudolf Friemel with his wife and son . Jailer: SS officer Maximilian Grabner was also captured on film by prisoner Brasse in the photography department at Auschwitz . Mr . Brasse said: ‘The skin with the tattoo was stretched on a table waiting . to be framed for this doctor. It was a horrible, horrible sight.’ ‘Mengele liked my photographs and said he wanted me to photograph some of those he was experimenting on. ‘The first group were Jewish girls. They were ordered to strip naked. They were aged 15 to 17 years and were looked after by these two Polish nurses. 'They were very shy and frightened because there were men watching them. I tried my best to calm them.’ Mr Brasse and another inmate managed to bury thousands of negatives in the camp's grounds which were later recovered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Photographer Wilhelm Brasse died this week aged 94 .\nHe had taken up to 50,000 photos in Auschwitz for the Nazis .\nMr Brasse hid negatives which were used to convict the very Nazis who commissioned them ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Patients who have agreed to be organ donors could be given priority if they ever need a transplant themselves under controversial NHS proposals. Experts say those prepared to give up their own organs should be moved up transplant waiting lists. The plans are part of a raft of initiatives to encourage more people to join the organ donation register in the hope of saving hundreds of lives a year through transplants. Patients who are registered as organ donors may receive priority on transplant waiting lists under the plans being considered by the NHS in an effort to boost donation levels . But critics warned yesterday that they could unfairly discriminate against patients with strong religious or ethical views who do not want to sign up to the list. Professor Bobbie Farsides, an expert in medical ethics at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, said someone’s chances of getting an organ should be solely based on their need. ‘It’s a big step… to transform the way we allocate organs for donation when we’ve traditionally looked at people’s clinical needs, and that alone,’ she said. ‘Certain religious groups – the orthodox Jewish – have very entrenched views that make them very resistant to organ donation.’ She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘I’m prepared to stick quite rigidly to the view that anyone who desperately needs an organ should climb the list.’ The NHS is also considering banning grieving families from overriding patients’ wishes to give up their organs after they have died. More than 19million people are on the UK donor register but 1,000 people a year still die waiting for a transplant . At present relatives are allowed to stop medical staff removing their loved ones’ organs after death even if they had been signed up to the register for years. The NHS Blood and Transplant Authority is hoping to ‘revolutionise’ the public’s attitude to organ donation in the hope of saving many more lives through successful transplants. There are 10,000 patients needing new organs – most commonly liver, kidneys and hearts – and three die every day waiting. Last week, the Welsh Assembly passed a Bill where consent for organ donation will be presumed unless a patient had opted-out before death . But although the number of Britons signing up to donate their organs has increased, most die in old age when their body parts are no longer healthy enough to be given to anyone else. Each year organs from only 5,000 people who have died are deemed healthy enough to be transplanted. There are 19.5million people on the register but the NHS wants to increase this to 25million. Under plans that are going out for consultation, the NHS wants to introduce a system similar to that in place in Israel and Singapore whereby patients who had previously signed up to the register would be given priority on transplant waiting lists. But this would not mean patients could boost their chances by quickly signing-up as soon as they found out they needed a new liver or kidney, for example. They would need to have agreed to become donors before they became ill. Professor Hazel Biggs, an expert in healthcare law and ethics at the University of Southampton, said: ‘If we incentivise people to go on the donor register list we’ll get more donors and therefore more transplants. ‘You have to take into account fairness and equity. Is it fair to accept an organ, if you need one, when you haven’t been prepared to give an organ?’ Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation at the transplant authority, said: ‘We urgently need a radical change in donor and family consent. ‘That means we need to have a serious debate in our society about our attitudes – is it fair to take if you won’t give?’ In 2015, Wales will become the first country in the UK to introduce a system of presumed consent whereby patients’ organs are automatically taken after death unless they had specifically requested otherwise. There are currently no plans to bring in a similar scheme in England, although the British Medical Association, which represents doctors, is strongly in favour." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "NHS Blood and Transplant looking at ways to increase donations .\nConsidering plans to give transplant priority to registered donors .\nCurrently 1,000 people die a year in UK waiting for transplant .\nNHS may stop families overriding consent of patients on register .\nWill also encourage more drinkers, smokers and elderly to sign up ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The judge in the controversial Ethan Couch case hasn’t always been so lenient and last year sentenced a 14-year-old African American boy to 10 years in prison after he punched someone and they died. Judge Jean Boyd is facing calls to be removed from her position after she handed out the remarkably lenient sentence - 10 years probation - to 16-year-old Couch who killed four people and injured seven while on a drunken joyride. The case has attracted nationwide attention after a psychologist claimed that Couch suffered from ‘affluenza’, a condition in which his wealth and privilege kept him from understanding the consequences of his actions. No jail: Judge Jean Boyd is facing calls to be removed from her position after she handed out a remarkably lenient sentence of 10 years probation to Ethan Couch who killed four people while on a drunken joyride . Last year Judge Boyd sentenced a 14-year old boy to prison for killing one person with a powerful punch. The teenage suspect’s name was never made public since he was prosecuted as a juvenile. 'Just after 10 p.m. on October 6, the teen was riding in a Cadillac with two friends when he suddenly jumped out of the vehicle in the 1700 block of Vaughn Avenue and punched [Mark] Gregory, who was 5-foot-1 and weighed 106 pounds,' said the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in a statement. 'Gregory’s head struck the pavement and he died two days later.' The 14-year-old boy admitted to the crime and never expressed remorse for the murder, according to prosecutors. Gregory’s mother, Anita Lauterbach, said she remembers Judge Boyd pushing for rehabilitation, much like in the Couch case. No jail: Ethan Couch pictured here in December, avoided prison for killing four and injuring two more after his attorney argued that he was mollycoddled by his parents so much that he didn't understand the difference between right and wrong . 'She wanted to send him to one of these special places in Arizona, but no one would take him,' Lauterbach told WFAA. 'We were horrified. We just couldn't believe it. The district attorney and I were just sitting on pins and needles. But, when nobody would take him, [it was] a sigh of relief.' Lauterbach said she's still disgusted at her experience with the judge. 'She's too easy on them,' Lauterbach said. 'I don't think she needs to be sitting on that bench.' Boyd is expected to retire next year, but a petition has been launched at change.org demanding that Texas Governor Rick Perry remove her from the bench immediately. Instead of prison, Couch is set to spend time at the swanky Newport Academy male residential rehabilitation center in California with his parents footing the bill . 'This sentence is a slap in the face [of] the families of those who were killed. He's sent to California to a spa-type center while the families of the victims get to go to a cemetery,' wrote a supporter of the petition, Stephen Pyka of Texas. 'This is another disgusting display of the wealthy trying to change the rules when they break them. This judge should be removed for aiding a murderer,' noted another supporter, Nina Eagle of Appomattox, Va. The relatives of one of the seven friends who were piled into Couch’s pickup truck have spoken out about the ‘living hell’ they have been in since the accident six months ago. Sergio Molina was in the back of a pickup truck being driven erratically by Couch when he slammed into four people on the side of a road. Those four people - a young woman whose car had broken down, a Good Samaritan trying to help, and a mother and daughter who also got out to see what they could do - were all killed. Forever changed: Sergio Molina, now 16, was in a coma following the June accident but now has been transferred home and has been awarded a $2 million settlement by a court in Texas . Heartbreaking: Sergio now must be cared for by his mother Maria Lemus (left) and older brother Alex (right) around the clock and they have already accrued $1million in medical bills . Expensive: Alex Lemus (left) had to quit his job to help care for his brother and the family has already accrued more than a million dollars in medical bills since the accident in June 2013 . Sergio, who is now 16, is still alive but . has a completely different existence than he did before the accident as . he is paralyzed, ‘minimally conscious’ and needs constant medical . attention. Speaking to CNN, Sergio’s older brother Alex Lemus said that doctors warned them of getting their hopes too high. ‘That’s all we can hope for, is how he is now for the rest of his life,’ Lemus said. He attended Couch’s trial in place of his brother, who can barely move without assistance. When the judge handed down a sentence of 10 years’ probation and no jail time for the crash, Lemus said that he had trouble processing his anger. He said he was ‘disappointed, so outrageously angry that I couldn’t say anything’. His mother, Maria Lemus, still breaks down in tears when thinking about all of Sergio’s dreams that seem so far out of reach in light of the accident. Drunk: Couch's blood alcohol reading was .24 and he also had a Valium in his system when he killed four people and injured several more on June 15 . ‘He was the best son, he was the kind of boy who had a lot of dreams,’ Lemus said. ‘He was his first dream was to be a soccer player. He was sweet.’ Sergio’s family estimates that they have accrued more than $1million in medical bills over the past six months, and they are now suing Couch’s family and his father’s business - the car that the boys were in was owned by the company - for up to $20million. Before: Sergio had dreams of playing professional soccer before the accident . ‘That kid killed four people and crippled my little brother and doesn’t even have to serve one year? If he were poor like us, he would’ve gotten 10 years, I bet,’ Alex Lemus told The Dallas Morning News. They are not the first victims relatives to speak out in light of the controversial ruling, as Eric Boyles, who lost his wife Hollie and 21-year-old daughter Shelby in the accident said he is dissatisfied with the easy sentence, and thinks Couch should have been tried as an adult. Since he was tried as a juvenile, Couch faced a maximum of 20 years in prison but would have been eligible for parole after two years. 'You look at 180 years of future life taken from the four individuals...Even a two year deal, a two year sentence before he's eligible for parole, didn't seem exactly fair under those circumstances,' Boyle said. Additionally upsetting to Boyle is the fact that Couch will receive his counseling at a 'country club'-style treatment center- with a pricetag of $450,000 per year and features equine therapy and organic menu options- in ritzy Newport Beach, California. The fatal accident occurred around 11:45pm on June 15, Couch and a group his friends who were all drunk, got into a red Ford F350 pick-up and were speeding 70 mph in a 40 mph zone when the truck left the road. As it careered out of control, it clipped a broken down SUV, throwing the owner and four good Samaritans, who were trying to help, 60 yards in the air. Youth pastor Brian Jennings, mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell were all killed on impact. It was revealed soon after that Couch's blood-alcohol level was 0.24 - three times the adult limit, though minors aren't allowed any alcohol in their system - and that he was also on the prescription drug Valium when he started the chain reaction of crashes. The impact flung the four people 50 to 60 yards, authorities reported. Speaking out: Eric Boyles, the father and husband of two women killed in a June drunk driving accident, isn't pleased that the teen driver got off with just a 10 year probation sentence . Killed: Hollie Boyles, 52, and her daughter, Shelby Boyles, 21, were helping out the driver of a broken down SUV when they were struck and killed by Couch's out-of-control pickup . Victims: Breanna Mitchell, and Brian Jennings, 41, were both killed in the horrific crash . A psychologist called by the defense, Dr Gary Miller, blamed the teen's behavior on his parents, claiming they gave him whatever he wanted including 'freedoms no young person should have'. Dr Miller called Couch a product of 'affluenza,' where his family felt their wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences. He added that the boy had an 'intellectual age' of 18 but an 'emotional age' of 12. 'The teen never learned to say that you’re sorry if you hurt someone,' Dr Miller said, according to the Star Telegram. 'If you hurt someone, you sent him money.' State District Judge Jean Boyd appeared to agree with the defense. She told the teen that he is responsible for what happened, but she said she didn't believe he would receive the therapy he needed in jail. If he violates the terms of his probation, he could be sent to prison for 10 years. Defense attorneys asked that he be sent to a private rehabilitation home near Newport Beach, California, which costs an enormous $450,000 a year. His father said he'd foot the bill. Scene: 911 callers described cars everywhere and kids' lying in ditches' after the June 15 smash . Injured: Sergio Molina (left) and Soliman Mohmand (right) were two of was seriously injured. They were both riding in Couch's truck when the cash occured . Prosecutors said the juvenile justice system also offered counseling. Breanna's mother, Marla Mitchell, said she was 'mad' about the sentence and embraced the families of the other victims outside of the courtroom. 'He'll be feeling the hand of God, definitely,' she told WFAA.com. 'He may think he got away with something, but he hasn't gotten away with anything.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Judge Jean Boyd is facing an avalanche of criticism after sentencing Ethan Couch to 10 years probation for killing four people in a car crash .\nIn the past she has handed out tougher sentence and last year an African-American teenager was jailed for 10 years for punching a man who died .\nA petition has been launched to have Boyd removed from her position .\nA psychologist blamed Couch's behavior on 'affluenza' claiming his parents gave him too many freedoms .\nCouch will now spend time at the swanky Newport Academy rehab center in California with his parents footing the bill .\nSergio Molina, now 16, was in the back of Couch's pickup truck and survived the accident but is now paralyzed .\nMolina's family are now suing Couch and his father's business - as the car was owned by the company - for $20million ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "One own goal in a match is unfortunate, to net two is unusual - but to have a total of five in a single fixture leads to disqualification. In the Indonesian First Division play-offs, PSS Sleman beat PSIS Semarang 3-2... and all five of the strikes were own goals! Incredibly, the score was 0-0 with just four minutes remaining and yet five own goals were scored before the final whistle. The Indonesian FA disqualified both PSS Sleman and PSIS Semarang are five own goals were scored in a game . The goalkeeper of PSIS Semerang looks on after his side concede one of five own goals scored in the match . Sleman put the ball into their own net twice - but anything they could do, Semarang could do better as they went one better and scored three own goals. The Football Association of Indonesia disqualified both sides from the entire tournament, meaning they cannot be promoted from the First Division - which is Indonesia's third tier. An Indonesian FA committee ruled both sides had deliberately tried to lose the match in order to avoid a potential semi-final match-up with Borneo FC. Borneo FC allegedly have connections to the local mafia, so it is rumoured neither side wished to face them as a result. PSS Sleman and PSIS Semarang both disqualified for scoring five own goals in final four minutes of a game . Both sides allegedly wanted to avoid a semi-final with Borneo FC, who are rumoured to be backed by mafia ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "PSS Sleman beat PSIS Semarang 3-2 in Indonesian First Division .\nAll five strikes were own goals and scored in final four minutes of match .\nBoth sides disqualified by Indonesian FA for deliberately trying to lose .\nSides attempting to avoid potential play-off semi-final with Borneo FC .\nBorneo FC allegedly have connections to the local mafia ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A drug, which could help problem drinkers reduce the amount of alcohol they consume, will become available to patients in the UK today. If dependent drinkers take the drug, nalmefene, while undergoing counselling they can cut their consumption levels by 61 per cent, the manufacturers have claimed. The pill, also known as Selincro, has been licensed for use by health officials and will be available for doctors to prescribe to their patients from today. A new drug, which could help alcoholics reduce the amount of booze they consume, will become available to patients in the UK today . The drug, which is to be taken once a day, has been licensed for ‘the reduction of alcohol consumption in adult patients with alcohol dependence without physical withdrawal symptoms and who do not require immediate detoxification’. While current drugs help patients to become entirely teetotal, nalmefene helps patients with drinking problems to cut back on the amount they drink. It works by modulating the reward mechanism in the brain which means that cravings are reduced and less satisfaction is gained from drinking. During a clinical trial into the drug it was shown to help patients cut the amount of alcohol they consumed from 12.75 units a day, to five units a day - a 61 per cent reduction. And patients who underwent counselling as well as taking the drug reduced their ‘heavy drinking days’ from 23 days a month to nine days a month, after undergoing the treatment for six months, researchers said. ‘The people who we saw in the study were not stereotypical alcoholics, most of them had families and jobs,’ said drug investigator Dr David Collier, of Barts and The London School of Medicine. If dependent drinkers take the drug, nalmefene, while undergoing counselling they can cut their consumption levels by 61 per cent . ‘For the majority, only they and those closest to them would have known that they had a problem with drinking. ‘The results of the studies suggest that nalmefene, in combination with counselling, is a potentially helpful new option for the many people like them in the UK who need some assistance in cutting down their drinking.’ The NHS cost for nalmefene is £42.42 for a supply of 14 tablets. During 2009 and 2010, one million hospital admissions were due to an alcohol-related conditions or injuries. However, recent figures show the number of people being admitted to hospital with liver problems as a result of alcoholism is rising dramatically. There were 14,886 admissions in hospitals in England between 2009 and 10, 15,858 in bertween 2010 and 11, and 16,865 between 2011 and 12. Health experts recommend that men have no more than three to four units and women two to three units a day. A unit of alcohol is roughly half a pint of normal strength lager, a small glass of wine or a single measure of spirits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nalmefene will be available to UK patients from today .\nThe drug works by reducing alcohol cravings in brain .\nA clinical trial cut alcohol intake from 12 to 5 units a day .\n14 tablets - a two week supply - costs the NHS £42.42 ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A man born without arms has become a world-renowned artist by painting with his mouth and feet. Tom Yendell, 50, has produced more than 500 works from his garage studio, using his lips, tongue, teeth, head, and feet to master different brush strokes. Mr Yendell was born with birth defects caused by Thalidomide, a morning sickness drug with devastating side-effects, but determined to lead a normal life, said he hopes his ‘artwork proves that nothing is too big a hurdle in life’. Scroll down for video . 'No hurdle too big': Tom Yendell, who was born without arms caused by Thalidomide, a morning sickness drug with devastating side-effects, has become a world-renowned artist, painting with his mouth and feet . The artist and father-of-two, from Alton, Hampshire said: ‘Art is something I have always had a flare for. ‘Even when I was as young as four I’d be scribbling and painting away. ‘If you don’t have the use of your hands, your feet and mouth are naturally the next best things.’ From his purpose-built studio he creates works, hundreds of which have appeared on cards, wrapping papers and walls through the Mouth and Foot Painting Association. Next best thing: The father-of-two said 'if you don't have the use of your hands, your feet and mouth are naturally the next best things' to paint with . Body art: The artists uses teeth, tongue, lips, head and feet to create more than 500 artworks he has created in his purpose-built studio in his garage . Mr Yendell, who has been a professional artist for 30 years, said: ‘You can use a combination of body parts - teeth, tongue, lips, the whole of your head and your feet - to perform different strokes. ‘I occasionally get cramp or muscle ache after a long period painting because you tense up when working on very intricate sections. ‘I’m not the most prolific of artists, preferring to spend a few solid days working on a piece than rush it.’ All-purpose art: Mr Yendell has been a professional artist for 30 years, producing artworks including this one, and hundreds have appeared on cards and wrapping paper through the Mouth and Foot Painting Association . Artist from a young age: Mr Yendell, pictured left with his mother sitting on a tricycle he could steer with his feet, and right as a young boy, said from four-years-old he used to paint and scribble away . Mr Yendell, pictured with his wife Lucy and a sample of his artwork, says sometimes he gets cramps or muscle ache when painting for long periods of time . The artist is one of just 466 babies out of 2,000 to survive the effects of Thalidomide and has released a book detailing his incredible life. He said: ‘Thalidomide was just one of those things that happen in life. You can’t do anything about it so it is better to get on with life and try and be a positive person. ‘I don’t see myself as somebody with a disability. Being born without arms has never been a problem for me, I just learn to adapt. ‘I don’t let anything stop me. Someone once described me by saying I wouldn’t play cricket for England, but I would probably play football for Spurs. That’s always been my attitude - just because one door is closed another will be open. Artistic destiny: Mr Yendell said once he found art, it was his 'calling' and has never let having no arms hold him back saying 'I just learn to adapt' to create his art including this pictured work . ‘I come from a very strong family. I was the youngest of five kids and having older siblings made life very normal - they treated me just the same as anyone else and didn’t go easy on me. ‘Once I found art at secondary school I knew it was my calling.’ Thalidomide, pictured, was prescribed for morning sickness but by the time it was pulled off the market 10,000 babies were born with a range of disabilities . The Thalidomide Trust says there are 458 . people currently in Britain affected by the drug, but that for every . Thalidomide baby that lived there were 10 that died. Thalidomide was originally prescribed as a 'wonder drug' for morning sickness, headaches, coughs, insomnia and colds. Thalidomide babies often suffered missing or deformed limbs and extreme shortening of arms and legs, but the drug also caused malformations of the eyes and ears, genitals, heart, kidneys and digestive system. By the time the drug was pulled from the market, more than 10,000 babies worldwide had been born with a range of disabilities caused by the drug. The German company, the Grunenthal Group, which invented the drug has issued its first apology in 50 years to thousands of people born with disabilities in early September. The Grunenthal Group said in a statement it 'regrets' the consequences of the drug used to combat morning sickness which led to the birth of children without limbs during the 1950s and 1960s. But British charity Thalidomide Agency UK, which represents victims of the drug in the UK, has rejected the apology as insufficient and demanded compensation. Freddie Astbury, the charity's head consultant, said Grunenthal needed to 'put their money where their mouth is' rather than simply express regret. VIDEO: Incredible! Watch Tom in action..." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tom Yendell was born without arms, a birth defect caused by Thalidomide .\nHe uses his lips, tongue, teeth, head and feet to paint different brush strokes .\nHe is a professional artist and has produced more than 500 works .\nHundreds of his artworks have appeared on cards and wrapping paper .\nThalidomide was a morning sickness drug which caused birth defects ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A local council has created controversy by asking non-Islamic women to wear hijabs in a 'social experiment' to increase awareness and education. The City of Greater Dandenong Council in Victoria to wear the religious headdress for three hours today, as part of its plans to celebrate 'National Youth Week.' The event, which will also be filmed, has been designed to 'provide awareness, insight and education' for the community. Scroll down for video . A local council has created controversy by asking non-Islamic women to wear hijabs in a 'social experiment' to increase awareness and education . However, critics of the plan said it will create further division in the community, according to the Herald Sun. 'If we're going to have people dressing up as Muslims for three hours, why doesn't the council encourage people to dress up as Christians,' Institute of Public Affairs executive director John Roskam said. Mr Roskam also said recent events prove that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, not Muslims. 'This doesn't encourage integration, this encourages separateness. This is not what multicultural Australia is all about,' he said. 'What the council should be encouraging is allowing people from any walk of life and any religion to integrate.' Islamic Friendship Association president Keysar Trad said the project would be attacked, but it was a way for people to positively engage with the Muslim community and gain a different perspective. Institute of Public Affairs executive director John Roskam said 'This doesn't encourage integration, this encourages separateness. This is not what multicultural Australia is all about' Islamic Friendship Association president Keysar Trad said the project would be attacked, but it was a way for people to positively engage with the Muslim community and gain a different perspective . The Greater Dandenong council has previously held public pool sessions for Muslim women. The event follows ugly incidents last week that saw anti-Islamic protesters clash with anti-racism activists. Police were forced separate Reclaim Australia supporters and opposing protesters by forming a wall at separate rallies in Melbourne. A Federation Square spokesman estimated 3000 people went at it noisily for more than three hours. Two men and a woman were arrested during the protests. A small group of protesters burnt an Australian flag during the rally. About 3000 people clashed at opposing protests in Melbourne between an anti-Islamic group and 'anti-racism' activists . An Australian flag was burnt by anti-racism protesters in Melbourne . Police were forced to form a wall between the opposing groups at the Melbourne rally . About 200 people turned up at the rally in Sydney, which was held in the pouring rain in Martin Place. A rally in Brisbane was attended by controversial One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who declared she was not a racist and that 'criticism is not racism'. She told the crowd she is a proud Australian fighting for the country's democracy and way of life. Reclaim Australia organised a number of protests in cities across the country opposing 'sharia law, halal tax and Islamisation'." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Council asks non-Muslim women to wear hijab to promote understanding .\n'Social experiment' planned by Greater Dandenong council in Victoria .\nCritics say it will only create further division and 'encourage separateness'\nControversy comes after ugly protests at anti-Islamic protests last week ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Possible danger: Chemical phthalates is used to soften plastics and can be found in children's toys . Chemicals found in every home may cause breast cancer, asthma, infertility and birth defects, global health chiefs said yesterday. They warn the gender-bending compounds – used in toys, PVC flooring, car dashboards and credit cards – have ‘serious implications’ for health. In a landmark report, the World Health Organisation suggested a ban might be needed to protect future generations. It says it is ‘reasonable to suspect’ chemical substances called phthalates of harming female fertility and linked them with rising rates of childhood illnesses including leukaemia. Also under suspicion is bisphenol A, . which is found in a host of daily items including tin cans and . sunglasses. The man-made compounds are thought to interfere with the . natural hormones that are key to our growth, development and overall . health. The WHO said there . was ‘very strong evidence’ in animals they can interfere with thyroid . hormones – something that can cause brain damage, stunted intelligence, . attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism. For prostate cancer ‘significant evidence’ exists of a link with agricultural pesticides. And . there was some evidence linking exposure in pregnancy to weight gain in . infants and children and potential links to breast cancer. In . the same report ten years ago, the UN agency said there was only ‘weak . evidence ’ that gender-bending chemicals were harming human health. Declaring the chemicals a global . threat, the new report’s authors said humans and animals were exposed to . hundreds of compounds, many of which have yet to be identified or . properly studied. Some are inhaled in dust, others make their way into . our bodies from food or simply licking our fingers. The . WHO stops short of saying the chemicals actually caused the illnesses . but did say that in some cases, the evidence was very strong. The report – State of the Science of . Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals – is the most comprehensive of its kind . because rather than focusing on one chemical or one illness, it . evaluates all the evidence. It . says: ‘The diverse systems affected by endocrine-disrupting chemicals . likely include all hormonal systems and range from those controlling . development and function of reproductive organs to the tissues and . organs regulating metabolism and satiety. ‘Effects . on these systems can lead to obesity, infertility or reduced fertility, . learning and memory difficulties, adult-onset diabetes or . cardiovascular disease, as well as a variety of other diseases.’ Report: The compounds, also found in PVC floors, can have 'serious implications' the World Health Organisation warned . Daily risks: The dangerous chemical is found in many objects we touch with out bare hand every day, such as credit cards and car dashboards . Worryingly, it warns the chemicals assessed so far by scientists may only be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ – and there could be many other potentially harmful compounds out there. It cautions that the key role of . hormones in the development of tissues and organs means that unborn . babies and young children may be particularly vulnerable. The . report – written over two years by international experts who collated . and weighted scientific studies on the topic – also states the rise in . some conditions is too rapid to be blamed on genes alone. ‘The prevalence of paediatric asthma . has more than doubled over the past 20 years and is now the leading . cause of child hospitalisations and school absenteeism,’ it said. ‘Certain birth defects, such as those of the male reproductive organs . are on the rise. The incidence of paediatric leukaemia and brain cancer . have risen, as has the incidence of testicular cancer. These are stark . health statistics.’ The WHO . says wildlife is also at risk and calls for much more research into the . chemicals and their effects – and says that there may be a case for . banning or restricting them. Dr Maria Neira, the WHO’s director for public health and environment, said: ‘The latest science shows that communities around the globe are being exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and their associated risks. We all have a responsibility to protect future generations.’ Elizabeth Salter Green, of the campaign group CHEM Trust, said the EU was trying to tighten up the regulation of gender-bending chemicals but the UK was in favour of the least stringent measures. She added: ‘This report bears testimony to the on-going failure of regulatory agencies to reduce exposure to hormone disrupting chemicals, which are implicated in the increased rates of hormone-related cancers and other diseases. ‘Thankfully, the EU is now trying to come to agreement on how to identify such hormone disrupting chemicals, so that they can be effectively regulated, but unfortunately the UK is trying to thwart this process in a bid to limit the number of chemicals that will fall under the regulatory axe.’ The Chemical Industries Association said it was important to note that naturally-occurring substances in beer, chocolate and coffee can have more powerful effects on the body’s hormones than man-made chemicals." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Phthalates is used to soften plastic and improve consistency of cosmetics .\nChemical commonly found in children's toys, make up, cars and PVC flooring .\nCould cause breast cancer, asthma, infertility and birth defects, WHO says ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This is the 10,000-room hotel that has never had a guest. Situated on the island of Rügen in Germany, the Prora beach resort was built by Adolf Hitler between 1936 and 1939 as a striking show of Third Reich architecture. Yet the project was halted, with eight separate buildings having been erected, when the Nazi leader decided to focus on building more planes and war infrastructure. Scroll down for video . The monumental seaside resort of Prora in Rügen was built by the Nazis between 1936 and 1939 . Hitler pulled the plug when the job was half done as he decided it was more important to pump resources into the war effort . Prora was constructed on the Baltic island of Ruegen by the stormtroopers of the Nazi 'Strength Through Joy' leisure organisation over a six-year period and occupies nearly three miles of beachfront. It was meant to provide holiday entertainment for 20,000 of Hitler's hordes at any one time. But not a single Nazi ever got to stay there. The 'Colossus of Prora' was thought to have been Hitler's Nazi equivalent to Butlins, who began developing their holiday camps in 1936 throughout the UK. It was to be Hitler's reward to the workers who had toiled long hours for the Third Reich - a bucket-and-spade resort and fun for all the family. It was occupied after 1945 by the Red Army and became a top-secret Soviet base. After the war, the Soviets considered blowing it up, but discovered they didn't have enough dynamite for the job. Instead they turned it into a massive tank-and-artillery base for the People's Army of East Germany and it vanished from all maps. It is hoped a number of rooms will be sold to the elderly, while there are plans to build a smaller hotel on site . The hotel resort was meant to show off the class of Third Reich architecture - sadly it's been left to ruin . Prora was supposed to be the frontrunner of the Nazi's 'Strength Through Joy' leisure programme . A museum at the site chronicles the history of Prora which, aside from the building of the Atlantic Wall of coastal fortifications stretching from Norway to the border of Spain - intended to thwart any Allied landings in occupied Europe - was Hitler's biggest building project. The Nazis viewed leisure as just one more aspect of human activity to be governed by the party. The resort was meant to show off all the attributes Nazi leader Hitler wanted the people of Germany to demonstrate . Prora was destined to be the forerunner of a string of such giant camps whose plans were mothballed due to the war he unleashed on the world. The site is currently being sold off and renovated, in the hopes it will one day again be home to tens of thousands of people. Some of the buildings will be marketed as homes for the elderly, others luxury apartments, and still others as a 300 room hotel. From buildings built by the Nazis to ornate theatres, burnt out hotels and eerie sanatoriums, these are the abandoned buildings that still litter the powerhouse of Europe. Photographer Daniel Barter, 30, from London travelled to the German capital Berlin and the surrounding countryside to capture buildings in need of work on film. Far from being resplendent in vintage glory, the deserted music venues and crumbling hospitals are a shadow of their former selves. An abandoned former Hitler Youth Training School pictured by British photographer Daniel Barter, 30, from London . A lecture hall at the former Hitler Youth training school . Pictured here is an abandoned theatre that has not seen a show for years . The arches around a courtyard inside the old sanatorium daubed with graffiti . The Eagle and Iron Cross mural at Krampnitz Kaserne, a military complex, in Fahrland, Potsdam, created by the Germans during the rearmament period . A barber's chair in a manor house that once acted as a sanatorium is left to rot . A gym/basketball court at Krampnitz Kaserne. The 35th Guards Motor Rifle Division was then stationed there until its abandonment in 1992, after the Soviet Union dissolved ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Prora was supposed to showcase the best of Third Reich architecture .\nYet Hitler pulled the plug on the project before it was finished to focus on the war effort .\nAfter the war the Soviets planned to blow the site up - but didn't have enough dynamite .\nPlans afoot to build a 300-room hotel, with other spaces being sold as flats .\nGerman resort was Hitler's idea of a 'Baltic Butlins' - a space for family fun and entertainment ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A Dallas police officer involved in the shooting of a mentally ill man, that was caught on camera, has been fired. Surveillance video shows Cardan Spencer was 20 feet away from paranoid schizophrenic Bobby Bennet when he shot him in the stomach. The police officer and his partner had maintained their story: that they were forced to shoot after the man threatened their safety by lunging at the pair with a knife. Officer Spencer has now been fired pending a criminal investigation after a neighbor released surveillance video capturing the incident that showed nothing documented in the police report actually happened. Scroll Down for Video . Caught on camera: Surveillance footage from a neighbor's security camera show two officers approaching Bobby Bennett, left . Injured: Bennett is pictured falling to the ground after being shot by an officer who claimed he lunged at him . Mr Bennett never raised his arms nor moved forward to approach the officers, yet just 20 seconds after the officers arrived he was shot in the abdomen four times. Bennett was charged with aggravated . assault with a deadly weapon on a public servant, but Police Chief David . Brown announced that the charges would be dropped. Mr Bennett's mother, Joyce Jackson, said in an interview that her 52-year-old son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and that he was off his medication at the time of the shooting. Ms Jackson said she was arguing with . Bennett when she called the police. She was told that officers who have . been trained in dealing with the mentally ill would arrive to assist . her. The officers arrived outside her . southeast Dallas home at about noon to find Mr Bennett sitting on a . chair in the street holding a knife. At this point, accounts of the . incident differ. Health problems: Bobby Gerald Bennett suffers from schizophrenia and is bipolar . Officer Spencer wrote in a police report that Mr Bennett refused to drop the knife and moved towards him and another officer 'in a threatening manner'. He said that was when he fired at Mr Bennett four times from about 20ft away, wounding him. The police had no idea that they were being filmed by a neighbors surveillance camera and the footage tells a different story. Although the police report says Mr . Bennett 'lunged' at the officers with a knife, in the video he stands up . from the chair but then doesn't appear to move at all until the gun is . fired and he falls to the ground. The . surveillance video doesn't include audio, and Officer Spencer wrote in . his report that Mr Bennett yelled at them, 'You all are gonna need more . officers than this!' But it doesn't show that the incident . 'escalated, which led an officer to fire his weapon upon the . individual', as police spokesman Warren Mitchell said in a statement a . few hours after the shooting. Officer Spencer's partner, Chris Watson, wrote in his police report that 'Bennet Stood Up and held the knife in his right hand . After being given verbal commands Watson wrote , 'Bennet took several steps towards us with the knife in a raised and aggressive manner.' It was a blatant lie. Police Chief David Brown has promised that Officer Spencer will be subjected to a 'thorough criminal investigation'. At a press conference Chief Brown all but apologized for his officers behavior. 'Officers are not above the law. We, as a police department, are not going to look the other way,' he said.George Milner, an attorney representing Bennett's family, spoke to reporters Thursday saying, 'What happened 10 days ago should have never have happened in the first place, and I want to make sure it never happens again.' Milner says Bennett was shot in 'cold blood,' according to the station. 'I don't see how he could not be charged with a crime, Milner reportedly said of Spencer. Ron Pinkston, the police union president, said a shooting investigation normally takes several months, but in Spencer's case was done in nine days 'because of the media and political pressure associated with it.' 'Spencer has a right to due process in a fair and impartial investigation,' Pinkston said. 'Because he's a police officer that right was taken away.' Jackson's attorney, George Milner, said Brown had no choice but to fire Spencer in light of the video. He also questioned whether there was a 'deficiency in training' that prompted the shooting and said there may have been negligence on the part of the Police Department. Officer Christopher Watson, who was with Spencer, is the subject of an internal police investigation, Brown said. Watson's explanation of the encounter with Bennett changed after he watched the video, Brown said. Brown added that the shooting has prompted him to consider equipping all officers with body cameras. Ms Jackson said she and her son had . been arguing about whether he could take an ink drawing of a rose he had . done for his late grandmother. The drawing is framed on the wall of her . home. The argument soon escalated to the point where Ms Jackson felt she needed police assistance. 'I'm devastated that I felt the need to call 911,' she said. Ms Jackson said her son struggled . with mental illness and often left her home to sleep on the streets, but . said he is an avid artist and reader and isn't violent. According to state criminal records, he was convicted of larceny, . vehicle theft and forgery in the 1980s but has no recent arrests. 'I was expecting help from someone that's a lot more knowledgeable than me,' she said. Mr . Mitchell, the police spokesman, declined to say whether the two . officers sent to Ms Jackson's home had any specific mental health . training. Ms Jackson, who . was inside her home when she heard four gunshots, said it was a . 'miracle' that her neighbor's camera recorded the incident. Otherwise, . 'I wouldn't have had a leg to stand on,' she said. Maurice Bunch installed the surveillance camera two years ago after a trailer was stolen from his driveway. Regrets: Bennett's mother, Joyce Jackson, says she wishes she hadn't called for help when her son become agitated after trying to take this picture from her home . 'The videotape just cries out for an independent investigation,' Bill Wirskye, a former high-ranking Dallas County prosecutor, told Dallas News. 'Maybe there’s something that’s not in the video that would justify the officer’s actions, but at least based on the videotape and the documentation that I’ve seen, it’s not a justified shooting.' Bennett remains hospitalized in stable condition. He initially was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a public servant, but Brown announced last week that the charge would be dropped. Investigators interviewed Bennett in his hospital room last week and he told them he was suicidal at the time and wanted to be shot." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cardan Spencer claimed that he fired at the man because of threatening behavior .\nVideo recording shows the complete opposite with Bobby Bennet not even moving towards the police officers .\nBennett, who has schizophrenia, is in intensive care after being wounded .\nCharges against victim have been dropped pending investigation ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A vast city built by the ancient Mayan civilisation and discovered nearly a century ago in modern day Guatemala is finally starting to yield its secrets - including a hint that apocalyptic predictions around the 'end' of the Mayan Calendar may be wrong. Excavating for the first time in the . sprawling complex of Xultzn in Guatemala's Peten region, archaeologists . have uncovered a structure that contains what appears to be a work space . for the town's scribe. Its walls are adorned with unique paintings - one depicting a line-up of men in black uniforms, and hundreds of scrawled numbers - many calculations relating to the Mayan calendar, and stretching up to 7,000 years into the future. Scroll down for video: . The painted figure of a man - possibly a scribe - is illuminated in the doorway of the Mayan dwelling, which holds symbols never seen before . Angelyn Bass cleans and stabilizes the surface of a wall of a Maya house that dates to the 9th century A.D. A mysterious figure is shown painted on the wall in the foreground . Four long numbers on the north wall of the ruined house relate to the Maya calendar and computations about the moon, sun and possibly Venus and Mars; the dates may stretch some 7,000 years into the future. These are the first calculations Maya archaeologists have found that seem to tabulate all of these cycles in this way . Mayan temples in Guatemala: Researchers have found walls adorned with unique paintings - one depicting a line-up of men in black uniforms, and hundreds of scrawled numbers - many calculations relating to the Mayan calendar . Never-before-seen artwork - the first to be found on walls of a Maya house - adorn the dwelling in the ruined city of Xultún . The Mayan sites in Guatemala have been investigated by scientists since the Seventies . The excavations, which were funded by National Geographic, have already revealed details about the Mayan calendar and the lives of the inhabitants which were previously unknown. One wall of the structure, thought to be a house, is covered with tiny, millimetre-thick, red and black glyphs unlike any seen before at other Mayan sites. Some appear to represent the various calendrical cycles charted by the Mayans - the 260-day ceremonial calendar, the 365-day solar calendar, the 584-day cycle of the planet Venus and the 780-day cycle of Mars. Four long numbers on the north wall of the ruined house relate to the Maya calendar and computations about the moon, sun and possibly Venus and Mars; the dates may stretch some 7,000 years into the future. ‘Why would they go into those numbers if the world is going . to come to an end this year?’ observed Anthony Aveni of Colgate University in . Hamilton, N.Y., an expert on Mayan astronomy. ‘You could say a number that big . at least suggests that time marches on.’ These are the first calculations Maya archaeologists have found that seem to tabulate all of these cycles in this way. Although they all involve common multiples of key calendrical and astronomical cycles, the exact significance of these particular spans of time is not known. Archaeologist William Saturno, of Boston University in the United States who led the exploration and excavation, said: ‘For the first time we get to see what may be actual records kept by a scribe, whose job was to be official record keeper. ‘It's like an episode of TV's 'Big Bang Theory,' a geek math problem and they're painting it on the wall. They seem to be using it like a blackboard.’The scientists say that despite popular belief, there is no sign that the Mayan calendar - or the world - was to end in the year 2012, just one of its calendar cycles. Anthony Aveni, professor of astronomy and anthropology at Colgate University, said: ‘It's like the odometer of a car, with the Maya calendar rolling over from the 120,000s to 130,000.‘The car gets a step closer to the junkyard as the numbers turn over; the Maya just start over.’ Archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University carefully uncovers art and writings left by the Maya some 1,200 years ago . Incriptions on Mayan tablets found in temples such as Tortuguero refer to 'the end' - and many internet conspiracy theories have predicted our world will be swallowed by a black hole, hit by an asteroid or devoured by ancient gods. But many ethnic Mayans dismiss the apocalyptic predictions as largely a Western idea. Rather than the end of time itself, the inscriptions refer to the start of a new era. The 'apocalypse' refers to the end of a cycle of 5,125 years since the beginning of the Mayan Long Count calendar in 3113 B.C. The paintings represent the first Maya art to be found on the walls of a house. The walls reveal the oldest known astronomical tables from . the Maya. Scientists already knew they must have been keeping such records at . that time, but until now the oldest known examples dated from about 600 years . later. Astronomical records were key to the Mayan calendar, which . has gotten some attention recently because of doomsday warnings that it . predicts the end of the world this December. Experts say it makes no such . prediction. The new finding provides a bit of backup: The calculations include . a time span longer than 6,000 years that could extend well beyond 2012. Aveni, along with William Saturno of Boston University and . others, report the discovery in Friday's issue of the journal Science. The room, a bit bigger than 6-feet square, is part of a . large complex of Mayan ruins in the rain forest at Xultun in northeastern . Guatemala. The walls also contain portraits of a seated king and some other . figures, but it's clear those have no connection to the astronomical writings, . the scientists said. One wall contains a calendar based on phases of the moon, . covering about 13 years. The researchers said they think it might have been . used to keep track of which deity was overseeing the moon at particular times. Aveni said it would allow scribes to predict the appearance . of a full moon years in advance, for example. Such record-keeping was key to . Mayan astrology and rituals, and maybe would be used to advise the king on when . to go to war or how good this year's crops would be, he said. ‘`What you have here is astronomy driven by religion,’ he . said. On an adjacent wall are numbers indicating four time spans . from roughly 935 to 6,700 years. It's not clear what they represent, but maybe . the scribes were doing calculations that combined observations from important . astronomical events like the movements of Mars, Venus and the moon, the . researchers said. Why bother to do that? Maybe the scribes were ‘geeks ... who . just got carried away with doing these kinds of computations and calculations, . and probably did them far beyond the needs of ordinary society,’ Aveni . suggested. Experts unconnected with the discovery said it was a significant . advance. ‘It's really a wonderful surprise,’ said Simon Martin, . co-curator of an exhibit about the Mayan calendar at the University of . Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. While the results of the scribes' work were known from carvings . on monuments, ‘we've never really been able to identify a working space, or how . they actually went about things,’ Martin said. The new work gives insight into that, he said, and the fact . the room had a stone roof rather than thatching supports previous indications . that the scribes enjoyed a high social standing. ‘It's a very important discovery. We're only getting a . glimpse of it’ in the published paper, said John B. Carlson, director of the . Center for Archaeoastronomy in College Park, Md. ‘This is an intriguing start for this discovery.’ Xultzn, a 12 square mile site where tens of thousands once lived, was first discovered about 100 years ago by Guatemalan workers and roughly mapped in the 1920s by Sylvanus Morley, who named the site ‘Xultzn’ - ‘end stone.’ Scientists from Harvard University mapped more of the site in the 1970s. The house discovered by Prof Saturno's team was numbered 54 of 56 structures counted and mapped at that time. Thousands at Xultzn remain uncounted. The team's excavations reveal that monumental construction at Xultzn began in the first centuries B.C. The site thrived until the end of the Classic Maya period; the site's last carved monument dates to around 890 A.D. Prof Saturno saidd: ‘It's weird that the Xultzn finds exist at all. Such writings and artwork on walls don't preserve well in the Maya lowlands, especially in a house buried only a meter below the surface.’ Prof Aveni added: ‘The most exciting point is that we now see that the Maya were making such computations hundreds of years - and in places other than books - before they recorded them in the Codices.’ The findings were reported in National Geographic magazine and in the journal Science." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wall covered in calculations relating to Mayan calendar .\nLine-up of men in black uniforms .\nAstrological calculations not fully understood .\nDates seem to stretch 7,000 years into FUTURE .\nContradicts 'doomsday' predictions about 2012 .\nFirst paintings found on walls in Mayan dwellings .\nHuge city in Guatemala finally reveals its secrets ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's long been speculation regarding her paternal origin. But a new report by In Touch claims that Khloe Kardashian's real father is none other than Lionel Richie. A source told the publication that the reality star's mother Kris Jenner had an affair in the 'wild 1980s' with the Dancing On The Ceiling sensation and Khloe is the love child of their 'sexual affair'. Scroll down for video . Parentage speculations: New report claims that Khloe Kardashian's real father is none other than Lionel Richie . The insider claimed that Kris, now 58, enjoyed a fling with Lionel, 65, while still married to Robert Kardashian. 'They had a sexual affair - he bragged about it,' the source, who claims to be friends with Lionel, stated, 'He said he was on the outs with his wife at the time.' Adding: 'Everyone was sleeping around with everyone else back then, and Kris was hot in those days.' Wild Eighties: A source claims the reality star's mother Kris Jenner had an affair in the 'wild 1980s' with the Dancing On The Ceiling sensation and Khloe is the love child of their 'sexual affair' Posing up with 'daddy'? Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe pictured with Lionel in 2008 . The insider also gushed that Lionel's biological daughter (Nicole is adopted) 16-year-old Sofia 'looks like she could be Khloe's little sister.' While Jacky Jasper, founder of blog Diary Of A Hollywood Street King, told In Touch: 'Kris had an affair with Lionel - and I believe he is Khloe's dad.' And as far as the 'wild 1980s' goes, one of the momager's friends hairstylist Daniel DiCriscio told the publication: 'She was a big flirt and played around. I've seen Kris do things that would blow people away.' Sisters? Khloe, 30, and Lionel's biological daughter Sofia, 16, are the spitting image of one another . Out and about: Lionel pictured leaving e. Baldi Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills on Wednesday . Breaking bread: The singer enjoyed lunch with a blonde female friend . DiCriscio was also quick to note that Lionel was 'a huge player' at the time. Khloe told Gossip Cop after the report was published: 'I’ve had so many dads my head is spinning lol.' MailOnline has contacted the reps for Kris Jenner, Lionel Richie, and Khloe Kardashian for comment. Khloe, 30, was born in 1984, which was apparently the height of the 'swinging' 1980s in Hollywood. Trendy: He sported a checkered blue and white button-up with dark trousers and accessorized with silver cuff bracelets and hip shades . Gift of gab: Lionel appeared very focused upon the conversation . Meanwhile: Lionel's adopted daughter Nicole Richie was pictured in a royal blue ensemble in New York City on Wednesday . Kris has previously admitted to having an affair during her marriage to first husband Robert Kardashian in her tell-all book Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian. 'Robert had been the only man in my life since I was 18,' she revealed in her book. Adding about the affair: 'I don’t know why I was having a mid-life crisis at 30, but I was. His name was Ryan, and he was a producer. We had wild sex everywhere, all the time.' Robert is said to have filed for divorce after catching Kris out at a restaurant with her lover. Pals: Khloe is friends with Sofia's adopted older sister Nicole Richie, pictured in 2011 at a Lakers game . In 2012 O.J. Simpson's manager spoke out to claim the jailed American Football star could be Khloe's father. However Pardo's allegations owe more to a hunch than any inside knowledge. 'Whenever I bring it up, he giggles,' he told In Touch at the time. While Kris and her then-husband Robert Kardashian were close to the Simpsons, this is the first time OJ had been named as a potential father to Khloe. Adamant: Khloe has previously insisted that only Robert and her Bruce Jenner are her father . Happier time: Robert passed in 2003 . Another claim of paternity: In 2012 OJ Simpson's manager spoke out to claim the jailed American Football star could be Khloe's father . Robert, however, and his family were close to Simpson after he served as a member of OJ's 'Dream Team' as his attorney in the famous 1995 murder trial. While Kris Jenner has openly admitted cheating on her former husband, she has always strongly denied any suggestion that Robert was not her daughter's father. 'I have never heard such crap in my life,' she told GMA in 2012. 'I was there, right. I gave birth, I know who the dad was. Everything’s good. We’re all good. It’s the family joke because Khloe was blonde and not dark-haired.' And while Khloe has slammed previous allegations regarding her parentage, she has herself questioned if she was adopted on the family's reality TV show. Viewers of Keeping Up With The Kardashians did see her question who her parents were in an episode in 2009. The reality star wanted to prove she was not adopted and tested the maternity of her mother Kris Jenner. Daddy's girl: Khloe pictured with her stepfather Bruce Jenner at a basketball game in 2013 . The klan: Scott Disick, Robert, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie, Kris, and Kendall pictured in 2011 ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Khloe dismissed the claims after the report was published .\nPrevious reports linked her parentage to other celebrities such as OJ Simpson ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A worker at a halal abattoir has been sacked and three others suspended after being filmed breaking strict rules on slaughtering sheep. The men could face prosecution for the ‘horrifying yet routine abuse’ captured by animal rights campaigners using hidden cameras. Slaughtermen at the Bowood Lamb abattoir in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, are seen ‘hacking and sawing’ at animals’ throats in apparent contravention of Islamic practice. The RSPCA slammed the 'absolutely shocking' footage amid renewed calls to ban halal slaughter, which is opposed by the British Veterinary Association and 100,000 people in an online petition. Sickening: A worker at a halal abattoir has been sacked and three others suspended after being filmed breaking strict rules on slaughtering sheep . Horrifying: The men could face prosecution for the 'routine abuse' captured by animal rights campaigners using secret cameras . Sheep at Bowood Lamb were filmed being kicked, lifted and hurled, with one worker recorded standing on a conscious sheep’s neck. Staff are also alleged to have erupted in laughter over a sheep bleeding to death with spectacles drawn around her eyes in green paint. Slaughtermen were allegedly filmed ‘taunting and frightening’ animals by waving knives, smacking them on the head and shouting at them. And instead of praying as the sheep were killed, the Muslim workers chatted as a radio ‘blared out Christmas songs’ and colleagues sang along. The footage has been released by Animal Aid campaigners and handed to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to investigate. Slaughtermen at the Bowood Lamb abattoir in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, are allegedly seen ‘hacking and sawing’ at animals’ throats in apparent contravention of Islamic practice . Instead of praying as the sheep were killed, the Muslim workers chatted as a radio ‘blared out Christmas songs’ Secretly-placed hidden cameras were used to record practices during slaughter over a period of three days in December. Kate Fowler, head of campaigns at Animal Aid, said: ‘The vicious attacks on defenceless, frightened animals at Bowood are inexcusable. ‘All four conveyor operators we filmed over three days abused animals to varying degrees, while the slaughterers looked on unmoved.’ She added: ‘This is the 10th slaughterhouse in which we have filmed undercover, and it is the ninth to be caught breaking animal welfare laws. ‘None of the abuses we uncovered would have come to light without our cameras being in place, even though there is a Government-appointed vet at each slaughterhouse.’ The law requires abattoirs to stun animals before slaughter to prevent unnecessary suffering, but there are exemptions for Jewish and Muslim producers. Slaughtermen were filmed ‘taunting and frightening’ animals by waving knives, smacking them on the head and shouting at them. Under the halal code, animals are supposed to be killed quickly, with a single sweep of a surgically-sharp knife. They should not see the knife before they are slaughtered, or witness the death of other animals. The video footage appears to show that these rules were routinely flouted at Bowood, where more than 4,000 sheep were filmed being killed. The full dossier by the campaigners said: . Under UK law, slaughtered animals that have not been stunned must remain in position for at least 20 seconds after their throats are cut, to ensure loss of consciousness. But 86 per cent of the sheep at Bowood were moved before that amount of time had elapsed, some in as little as one second, claimed Animal Aid. It said many of the practices ‘defied expectations of what Muslims believe halal slaughter should be.’ In one horror killing, it appears that the men erupted in laughter as a sheep bled to death with green spectacles painted around its eyes . Slaughtermen wearing the traditional Muslim kufi skullcap and muttering the words 'Allahu Akbar' (God is great) were allegedly seen breaking rules in the way sheep were put down. Campaigners said they recognised the risks of stirring up anti-Muslim feeling but ‘witholding release of the footage would be a betrayal of our key mission to expose and combat animal cruelty'. A petition calling for non-stun slaughter to be banned has reached more than 105,000 signatures. Set up by organisations including the British Veterinary Association and RSPCA to improve animal welfare, it will now have to be debated by the Commons Backbench Business Committee after crossing the 100,000 threshold. Last year Prime Minister David Cameron has explicitly ruled out banning non-stun slaughter in a speech to the Israeli parliament. Kosher food also requires animals to be conscious when they are killed, although Animal Aid said no kosher meat was prepared in the Bowood Lamb slaughterhouse. Mr Cameron said last year: 'When people challenged Kosher Shechita I have defended it. I fought as a backbench Member of Parliament against the last attempt to do something to change this, and there is no way I’m allowing that to change now I’m Prime Minister – on my watch Shechita is safe in the United Kingdom.' The Muslim Council of Britain said the video was 'abhorrent' and against everything in Islam. 'Animal cruelty is wrong and criminal wherever it may occur,' a spokesman said. That it is being carried out in halal slaughter makes it even more incredulous. 'The findings certainly are abhorrent in Islamic practice, and the abattoir must be subject to the full force of the law. 'There are urgent questions this case raises: since each abattoir is under veterinarian supervision, how were these practices overlooked? We call on the Food Standards Agency to look into this abuse and the flagrant disregard of the very principles of humane slaughter as a matter of urgency.' An RSPCA spokesman said the footage from Bowood Lamb appeared to be 'absolutely shocking'. 'The public has a right to expect that all farmed animals have as painless and humane an end to their lives as possible,' she added. 'The RSPCA firmly believes CCTV in slaughterhouses can be a valuable tool to help improve animal welfare. The law requires abattoirs to stun animals before slaughter to prevent unnecessary suffering, but there are exemptions for Jewish and Muslim producers . Campaigners did not want to stir-up anti-Muslim feeling but felt withholding the footage would be a 'betrayal' 'Our concern [about non-stun slaughter] has nothing to do with the expression of religious belief but with the practice of killing by throat cutting without pre-stunning. 'We believe that meat produced from animals stunned or not stunned before slaughter should be clearly labelled to allow consumer choice.' The British Veterinary Association said the film was 'truly shocking' and blamed the government for not introducing EU regulations already used in Wales and Scotland. 'The government has delayed the introduction of the EU regulation Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) which would require slaughterhouses to appoint an animal welfare officer,' a spokesman said. 'These abuses could have been prevented if a welfare officer had been present protecting the welfare of livestock. 'The BVA has long believed that slaughter without pre-stunning unnecessarily compromise animal welfare at the time of death. It affects millions of animals every year and action is long overdue.' The FSA, which regulates abattoirs, confirmed four slaughtermen have had their licences suspended and an investigation launched. A spokesman said: ‘The Food Standards Agency takes animal welfare at abattoirs very seriously which is why we immediately suspended the licences of the slaughtermen involved. ‘There is no excuse for treating animals in the way shown on the video and we are therefore investigating the footage with a view to prosecution. We are also continuing to investigate all the circumstances around the incident to ensure proper safeguards are introduced to stop this happening in the future.’ The halal market could be worth as much as £2billion a year, with more than 100 million animals killed using the method annually. A statement issued by Bowood Lamb's solicitors said: 'Bowood Lamb makes animal welfare its highest priority. We set very high standards for the way in which animals that pass through our premises are treated. 'It is highly regrettable that one of our slaughtermen fell below those standards. As soon as we were aware of this failing we dismissed this staff member for gross misconduct. 'Currently three other members of staff have had their licences suspended because Animal Aid claims that they have committed technical infringements of the regulations relating to religious slaughter. 'We will await the outcome of any investigation relating to their suspension.' The statement said the real problem was Defra rules relating to animal conveyer belts and attacked Animal Aid for 'breaking into our plant' - a claim the campaigners firmly deny. 'Bowood Lamb is surprised that Animal Aid targeted our premises, given the stated aim of their campaign is to encourage CCTV in abattoirs,' the statement said. 'Bowood Lamb has had CCTV in our premises for over four years. 'We cannot condone Animal Aid breaking into our plant and undermining the strict hygiene controls we have in place.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Slaughtermen caught on camera 'hacking and sawing' at animals' throats .\nSheep filmed being kicked, with one worker standing on an animal's neck .\nStaff laughed as a sheep bled to death with spectacles painted on its face .\n'Horrifying abuse' captured by animal rights campaigners at halal abattoir .\nOne worker has been sacked and another three have been suspended .\nThe Food Standards Agency has launched an urgent investigation .\nRSCPA and British Veterinary Association condemn 'shocking' footage .\n100,000-strong BVA petition means slaughter will be debated in Commons .\nMuslim Council of Britain: Findings are 'abhorrent in Islamic practice'\nWARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .\nSheep were kicked in the face, smashed into solid objects head-first and picked up and hurled by their legs, fleeces, throats and ears .\nA worker stood on the neck of a conscious sheep, then bounced up and down .\nSlaughterhouse workers erupted into laughter at a sheep bleeding to death with spectacles drawn around her eyes in green paint .\nA worker held a sheep by her throat and pulled back a fist as if to punch her .\nSlaughtermen taunted sheep by waving knives, smacking them on the head and shouting at them .\nSlaughtermen hacked away at the throats of still-conscious sheep." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Another day, another debut at the Nou Camp, this time for midfielder Sergi Samper. But what's the story on Barcelona's latest youth-team star made good? He's only 19 but Barcelona have already tied him down until 2017. That tells you how highly they rate him. He's been at the club since he was six and, judging from Wednesday night's first senior game, he is going to be around for a long time - and not be snatched by Arsene Wenger! Well that is the concern that has made the club make sure his contract is in order. Coach Luis Enrique has shown even more willingness to blood youngsters than Pep Guardiola did and he is a big Samper fan so there is no chance of a move to Arsenal, or Tottenham for that matter – Andre Villas Boas was keen when he was still at White Hart Lane. Sergi Samper impressed for Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday evening . What sort of player is he? On Wednesday he played in Sergio Busquets holding midfield position. His strength is in keeping possession but not at the expense of moving the ball forward purposefully. His touch and weight of pass – honed during those 13 years at the club - are what really make him stand out. He also sniffs out danger, anticipating the runs and passes of the opposition, proving you don't have to be physically imposing to play the position as long as you are clever. Sergi Samper has been compared to Sergio Busquets and will challenge him for a first-team place . Is he in the team for good now? No. He will lead the Barca B team in Spain's second division this season and only make a handful of appearances in the first team. But next season – and remembering that Barcelona cannot make signings for one year – he will step up to the seniors and compete with Busquets for that central midfield berth. Sergi Samper has impressed for Barcleona's B team in recent seasons . Sergi Samper has impressed with his reading of the game and his passing ability . But his debut went well? He brought the house down with one steal, pirouette and pass all in one movement. He admitted post match: 'When I saw I was starting I got nervous but I soon calmed down and Xavi and Luis Enrique told me just to play as always have done in the youth teams.' Starting out at Barcelona at six – that really must be a record? As has been pointed out it takes the term 'one-club man' to new levels. Barcelona usually scour Catalonia and the rest of Spain for the best young talent but Samper has been one of theirs from the beginning. He's a symbol of what's healthy about their youth system. They'll be keen for people to remember that as they take their appeal over that transfer ban for breaking UEFA rules on signing Under-18s to the Court of Arbitration. Seems like a transfer ban wouldn't actually hurt them a great deal if this is what they have coming through? That's what some of their supporters are saying: More Sampers and less 17m euro Alex Songs." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Samper impressed during Barcelona's 1-0 win over Apol Nicosia .\nMidfielder has been at the Nou Camp since he was six years old .\nHe is expected to challenge Busquets for a first-team place next season .\nManager Luis Enrique is an admirer of the central midfielder ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Plans for TV debates ahead of next year’s General Election are in chaos, with growing doubts over whether they will take place. Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been offered a slot in one of the debates under plans unveiled by broadcasters yesterday. One debate would be be a straight fight between Tory David Cameron and Labour's Ed Miliband, a second debate will also feature Lib Dem Nick Clegg, but in the third Mr Farage will also join the line-up. But the plans were immediately plunged into chaos amid threats of legal action, with the Lib Dems opposing any attempt to exclude Mr Clegg, Ukip suggesting Mr Farage should be included in more than one and the Greens and Respect demanding a place. Scroll down for video . Ukip leader Nigel Farage, pictured in Westminster, has been offered a coveted slot in a TV debate alongside Ed Miliband, David Cameron and Nick Clegg . David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have been urged to sign up to the debates but there remain doubts about the details . More than 20million people watched the TV debates in 2010, the first time political leaders had gone head-to-head in Britain. The debates form a traditional part of US Presidential elections, but critics said they risked sucking the life out of the wider campaign. The decision to offer Mr Farage a place in one of the debates is likely to prove controversial, but the broadcasters said they are 'responding to the changes in the political landscape'. Ukip won its first elected MP - Douglas Carswell - in last week's Clacton by-election and aims to secure a second seat in Rochester and Strood. One opinion poll yesterday put Ukip on 25 per cent, just behind Labour and the Tories tied on 31 per cent. In theory, this level of support could give Ukip 128 MPs. Under the plans, Channel 4 and Sky News will host a debate between Mr Miliband and Mr Cameron, hosted by former Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman. This is likely to appeal to the Conservatives, who want to present the next election as a straight choice over who should be the next Prime Minister. Polls suggest fewer than one in five voters think Mr Miliband should be PM. Mr Cameron said: 'I will have a look at this proposal. I think there are some questions over it. 'Why have all the debates inside the election campaign, rather than spreading them out over a longer period? And also, why include some parties and not other parties?' Mr Cameron suggested that he would only be willing to take part in a debate against Mr Farage if other minor parties are included, such as the Greens. 'I'm in favour of TV debates, but you've got to make sure you come up with a proposal that everyone can agree to, and I can't see how you can have one party in that has an MP in Parliament, and not another party. 'I'm sure clever people can get together and sort these issues out, but they do need to take these sorts of points into account.' The PM also repeated his suggestion that any debate should begin before the official election period, to avoid overshadowing the rest of the campaign. Mr Farage welcomed the offer, but suggested that he should be included in more than one debate . The BBC is planning to host a debate, chaired by David Dimbleby, between Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg – a repeat of the three-way format seen in 2010. ITV will host a four-way debate, including Mr Farage for the first time. It would hosted by ITV presenter Julie Etchingham. John Ryley, head of Sky News, said: 'There are only 24 weeks to go before the start of the General Election Campaign. 'Sky, Channel Four, the BBC and ITV have put together a clear compelling proposal; three debates during the election campaign. It's now critical that the political parties engage and start negotiating for the debates seriously.' The 2010 general election saw Britain's first live TV debates between the main party leaders, with Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown going head-to-head with Tory leader Mr Cameron and the Lib Dems' Mr Clegg. More than 20million people watched the TV debates in 2010, the first time party leaders had gone head-to-head in a general election campaign . As the least known leader at the three, Mr Clegg was seen as the big winner of the first of the three debates, with his poll ratings rocketing to record levels. Senior figures in the Conservative party fear allowing Ukip to take part could see Mr Farage benefit in the same way, depriving them of an overall majority in what is certain to be another close election. Mr Clegg has previously accused the Tories of refusing to sign up to the debates because of concern about giving Ukip a publicity boost. The Lib Dems welcomed moves to ensure the debates happened again, but opposed any attempt to exclude Mr Clegg. A spokesman said: 'The Liberal Democrats, like the Labour Party, have publicly said that we would be prepared to sign up to the same 3-3-3 system we had in 2010. 'We do not accept the proposal that the Liberal Democrats, as a party of government, should be prevented from defending our record in one of the TV debates. 'That is the case we will make strongly in the negotiations that will now take place and we urge the other parties to join us around the negotiating table without excuse or delay.' A Conservative Party spokesman said: 'We note the request and will respond accordingly.' Ukip have risen dramatically in the polls since April 2012 when they languished on 9% with little hope of an MP . Mr Miliband welcomed the proposals as a 'positive step forward' . He added: 'I hope David Cameron is not going to put up false obstacles to these TV debates happening. 'He should be saying they will happen, they must happen during the campaign. For my part, I'm going to make sure they do.' He added: 'I think they are a good basis for moving forward. I think the most important thing is to give the public what they are entitled to, which is these TV debates. 'They happened at the last general election, we must make sure they happen in this general election too.' Both the Green party and Respect - which like Ukip have each an one MP - demanded to be included alongside Mr Farage. Mr Cameron questioned how it would be possible to include one party with a single MP – Ukip – but exclude the Greens and Respect, who also each have one member of the Commons. ‘I will have a look at this proposal. I think there are some questions over it,’ the Prime Minister said. ‘Why have all the debates inside the election campaign, rather than spreading them out over a longer period? And also, why include some parties and not other parties?’ Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood added: ‘The people of Wales deserve nothing less than to hear what all parties have to offer them and we will be taking immediate steps to ensure that this happens.’ Only Mr Miliband welcomed the proposals as a ‘positive step forward’. ‘I hope David Cameron is not going to put up false obstacles to these TV debates happening,’ he said. Katie Ghose, chief executive of the Electoral Reform Society, which campaigns for democratic reform, criticised broadcasters for seeking to exclude smaller parties. She said: ‘The format suggested by the broadcasters doesn’t really reflect the fact that we are now firmly in a multi-party era.’ Respect MP George Galloway threatened legal action to be included in the debates, along with Green party MP Caroline Lucas . Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said: 'With these proposals the broadcasters are demonstrating just how out of touch they are with the public mood, and how ridiculously they cling to the idea that the future of politics looks like the past. 'It is clear from votes and polls that the public are fed up with the three business-as-usual parties and are looking around for alternatives. 'That is also demonstrated by the soaring membership of the Green parties of England and Wales and Scotland, now exceeding 27,000. 'Those members, the fast-growing numbers of likely Green voters (matching Lib Dems numbers), and the majority who back Green policies like bringing the railways back into public hands and the living wage for all workers would be seriously short-changed by debates from which we were excluded.' Respect MP George Galloway later wrote on Twitter: 'I am ready to join Caroline Lucas MP in a legal challenge against our exclusion from the leaders debates in the forthcoming general election.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "TV firms unveil details of three debates ahead of general election in May .\nChannel 4 and Sky to host straight fight between Cameron and Miliband .\nBBC offers a debate between Cameron, Miliband and Clegg .\nITV promising a four-way debate with three leaders plus Nigel Farage .\nMove sparks row, with Lib Dems demanding Clegg be included in all three .\nDavid Cameron says there are 'some questions' about the proposal .\nRespect MP George Galloway offers to join Green party in legal action ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Jose Mourinho's former assistant at Real Madrid Aitor Karanka has lavished praise on the Chelsea manager, explaining how the Portuguese boss ended Barcelona's La Liga dominance and the 'love' which the squad at the Bernabeu held for him. Middlesbrough boss Karanka also believes Mourinho's successor, Carlo Ancelotti, is held in the same high esteem by his 'far superior' side as the Portuguese was during his time there. Karanka is extremely positive in his views on his former boss, and puts a lot of his own success down to his mentor's teaching and principles. Jose Mourinho has been hailed as the 'best coach in the world' by former assistant Aitor Karanka . Karanka (right) and Mourinho, during Real Madrid training in 2010, won La Liga in 2011-12 . Mourinho is carried off the pitch by his players in April 2011, who Karanka believes 'loved' him . In a wide-ranging interview with newspaper ABC, published by AS, Karanka said: 'He (Mourinho) is the best coach in the world. He has shown it. And tactically he is a hundred steps ahead of the others. 'He came (to Madrid) after stopping Barcelona before, with Inter (Milan). Barca had won six titles and Jose stopped them. If not for him, they would have repeated another six titles.' During their time at Madrid together, Mourinho and Karanka won La Liga once and the Copa del Rey, in the process ending Barca's dominance of the Spanish title. And the 41-year-old has been impressed with the man who replaced Mourinho, Ancelotti. Carlo Ancelotti, pictured in May, is also 'loved' by his players like Mourinho, says Karanka . Ancelotti led Real to their 10th European Cup - La Decima - and Serigo Ramos kisses the trophy in May . The Italian won the Champions League in his first season at the Bernabeu, finally achieving La Decima - Real's 10th European Cup victory. Such a victory has, in Karanka's opinion, elevated Ancelotti to the same place in the hearts of Real players and fans as Mourinho. Speaking about Ancelotti, Karanka added: 'They play very well. They are far superior to the rest (of the teams in Europe). Madrid finally won the Decima (their 10th European Cup) and removed the anxiety that they felt for many years. 'Ancelotti is a good manager of the group. Also, I look at him and I learn. The players love him, like they love Mourinho. It was said that he didn't talk to the squad but that was a lie. Iker (Casillas) has said that Jose cared for him every day.' After leaving Madrid in 2013, Karanka took on his first managerial job on Teesside and has achieved some success so far. Karanka has praised Mourinho and believes he has learned a lot of important traits from the Portuguese . Boro currently sit joint-second in the Championship, despite operating on a low budget, and Karanka has adapted to the job extremely quickly. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, he attributes a lot of that to Mourinho's guidance, as well as the three players he has been able to loan from Chelsea - defender Kenneth Omeruo, midfielder Patrick Bamford and goalkeeper Jamal Blackman. 'From Mourinho I learned that what is fundamental is that the players feel happy. He supported me a lot to come here (to Middlesbrough). He told me that it was a good place to grow and to fulfil myself. 'Chelsea have loaned us three footballers. After each match we speak and exchange messages. He gives me advice - the best that he has given me, since I worked with him during those three wonderful years at Real Madrid, is that the team is above individuals.' Middlesbrough sit joint-second in the Championship and Karanka has done an excellent job so far ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jose Mourinho is 'best coach in the world' says ex-assistant Aitor Karanka .\nKaranka believes Mourinho ended Barcelona's dominance in Spain .\nHe also says Carlo Ancelotti is 'loved' by Real Madrid players like Mourinho was during his time at the Bernabeu .\nKaranka is now the manager of Middlesbrough in the Championship ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Worldwide hit hock show Pawn Stars is coming down under. MailOnline can reveal a local production of the show has been filming at Bondi Beach pawn shop Happy Hockers since Monday, with a planned shooting schedule of roughly nine weeks. A Foxtel spokeswoman confirmed the Aussie version will screen on A&E (Arts and Entertainment) later this year. Under wraps: 'Baz' one of the stars of the Aussie version of Pawn Stars stands guard in front of filming in Bondi on Friday . Spinoff: Baz (right) and Shaz (left) will star in the new Australian series of Pawn Stars . An official announcement is expected from the network in coming days and it is understood a specific premiere date has not been set. It remains uncertain if the American stars of the smash show will be making cameo appearances, however the spokeswoman said 'obviously we'd love it'. Leftfield Pictures, who produce the American version of the show, are in Australia shooting the episodes. Brothers 'Baz' and 'Shaz', the eccentric and charismatic managers of the Bondi store, will star in the new series. Bargain hunter: A Sydney man tries to secure top dollar for his item at Bondi filming of new Aussie Pawn Stars series . Aussie cast: Staff at Happy Hockers in Bondi examine items for new Pawn Stars spinoff on Friday . Weird and wonderful: The brothers say they love trading in 'unique and collectable items' On their website they say they have learned to put their customers first over 20 years in the buy, swap and sell business. 'We love searching for and unearthing interesting items. We love unique and collectable items,' they write. 'What makes us different is that we are willing and able to go the extra mile for our customers. 'Every day is so different and keeps us on our toes. One minute you could be selling a mobile phone the next appraising a painting or collectable guitar.' Local casting producers have been trawling online classifieds service Gumtree in search of Sydneysiders trying to offload weird and wonderful objects. A taxidermy warthog bust is among the objects to have tickled their interest. Priceless: Objects featured on Pawn Stars have fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars . Treasure hunt: Producers have been trawling online auction sites in search of novel items . Inspiration: Corey Harrison (left), Rick Harrison (middle) and Austin 'Chumlee' Russell of the original Pawn Stars have sparked a worldwide ratings smash . The original American show, filmed at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, has become a worldwide ratings smash and spawned spinoff versions in the UK and southern America. The Las Vegas cast features three generations of the Harrison family (Richard, Rick and Corey) alongside their hapless, but occasionally brilliant, friend Austin 'Chumlee' Russell. The success of the show has also inspired a number of copycat series, the most popular of which - Hardcore Pawn - is based in the American Jewelry and Loan store in downtown Detroit. It is known for profiling colourful, often poor, customers and their attempts to secure exorbitant amounts of money for close-to-worthless items. Pioneer: Richard Harrison (pictured in front of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop) started a family empire when he got a license to sell second-hand goods in the late 1980s . Veterans: The brothers have been in the Sydney pawn industry for more than 20 years ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Production company behind American series filming spinoff in Sydney .\nShow will screen on Foxtel's A&E channel later this year .\nLocal producers trawling online auction sites in search of bizarre items .\nAustralian version to star charismatic brothers 'Baz' and 'Shaz'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The husband of a woman killed in a tragic car crash in Indonesia says he sees the killer as his son. Jake Drage, 23, from Geraldton, Western Australia, has been in custody since the June 30 crash, which claimed the life of West Java woman Kokom who was riding pillion on her teenage daughter's motorcycle. A West Java court will decide on Thursday whether Drage, 23, from Western Australia, will spend up to six years in jail for the June crash. Jake Drage, 23, has been in custody since the June 30 crash, which claimed the life of a West Java woman . A West Java court will decide on Thursday whether Jake Drage, 23, will spend up to six years in jail for the June crash that claimed the life of a local mother, Kokom . The verdict was due last week but at the last minute, the chief judge was called away. Drage's team saw the delay as a good sign, and hopes the court will release him on Thursday. Kokom's husband, Iim, has attended each of Drage's six court appearances, in disbelief at how it ever came to this. Mr Iim never wanted the ex-personal trainer charged, and doesn't blame him for the collision that threw his wife off the back of a motorbike controlled by their teenage daughter, Mela. 'I care about him so much ... he's like our son,' he said . 'It's too sad what's happening with him. Many times, I can't help myself and I cry on seeing him.' Prosecutors in the case have argued Drage was overtaking a small truck at such a speed it made the crash unavoidable. They have argued for 18 months jail. Drage had been in Sumatra before his Indonesian adventure took him to the surfing town of Cimaja, West Java. On his second day there, he says, he rescued a woman from Jakarta who was in trouble in the surf. He was on his way to see her again, on his third day in town, when Mela's bike appeared in his path. Their handlebars clipped, flinging Kokom on to the road. Drage's trial heard how on seeing the blood on the asphalt, he screamed 'Oh my God'. Kokom was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead. Mr Iim said he doesn't blame Drage for the collision that threw his wife off the back of a motorbike . Prosecutors in the case have argued Drage was overtaking a small truck at such a speed it made the crash unavoidable . Mr Iim says the fact the Drage didn't try to dodge responsibility counts for everything . For Mr Iim, the fact this young Aussie didn't try to dodge responsibility counts for everything. 'He didn't run away, they've helped us with many things, that's enough for us,' he said. Mr Iim's relative Andika Hidayat was called to help Drage after the crash because no one else could speak English, including the police. On meeting the distraught Australian, he says he 'just knew' he was a good person. Until Drage's Western Australia-based mother Tiena arrived with a lawyer, Mr Andika ensured Drage was coping in police custody, sending food and company. Tiena Drage has also been sheltered by the community throughout the four-month ordeal. She first reached out to Mr Iim's family to pay for the funeral, but their friendship has grown since. At the most recent court date, they sat as one group, chatting and joking to lighten the mood. Mr Andika says for him, it makes sense for the families to unite. Sixteen-year-old Mela is missing a mother, and Ms Drage is missing her child. 'It's like all the children have a new mum because she's like mum to them,' he said. 'But three and a half months Jake's been in jail now. In my opinion, he shouldn't be.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jake Drage, from Geraldton, Western Australia, has been in custody since the June 30 crash which claimed the life of West Java woman Kokom .\nA court will decide on Thursday if Jake Drage, 23, will spend up to six years in jail .\nThe husband of Kokom, Mr lim, says he doesn't want Drage to be charged .\n'I care about him so much ... he's like our son,'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Barack Obama looks set to make history next week as the president with the worst successive results in midterm congressional elections in more than 60 years. Obama's Democratic Party lost 63 House seats in 2010 and is expected to lose a further five to 12 when votes come in next week, although some speculators suggest the result could be even worse. He stands to lose a combined total of somewhere between 68 to 75 House seats - the worst total of any two-term president since Harry Truman shed 55 House seats in 1946 and a further 28 in 1950 - a total of 83. Call me a taxi: Obama looks set to suffer the worst successive midterm defeats of any US President in 60 years . The only glimmer of hope for Obama is that if he exceeds expectations he has a chance of beating the record of Republican Dwight Eisenhower, who lost a combined 66 House seats in 1954 and 1958. By contrast George W Bush lost a combined 22 seats (30 in 2002 but up eight in 2006), Bill Clinton lost a combined 49 (54 in 1994 but up five in 1998) while Ronald Reagan lost a combined 31 (26 in 1982 and five in 1986). And it doesn't get much better for Obama in the Senate where he expected to lose between five and ten seats next week, taking his combined losses to somewhere between 11 and 16 seats. That would compare to a total of five seats for George W Bush, eight for Bill Clinton and seven for Ronald Reagan. Eisenhower lost a total of 13 Senate seats in his two midterms and Truman a whopping 17. Dwight Eisenhower, left, lost a combined 66 House seats in 1954 and 1958, while Harry Truman, right, shed 55 House seats in 1946 and a further 28 in 1950 - a total of 83 . For the Republicans the big question next week is whether they can gain enough House seats to rival their post-World War II high water mark of 246. The current breakdown is 233-199 in favor of the Republicans, with three vacancies. Republicans have their eyes on states where Obama cruised to double-digit victories, with the Democrats fighting to cling on to the once friendly terrain of New York, California, Obama's native state of Hawaii, and his adopted state of Illinois. 'We're in trench warfare. I'm not going to sugarcoat it,' said New York Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Bogeyman: Obama's slumping approval ratings have been a drag on Democrats, and he has kept a relatively low profile during the campaign period . Obama, whose slumping approval has been a drag on Democrats in the fiercely-fought congressional elections, has limited his campaign appearances mostly to races for governors in states where he remains popular. In Maine he is keeping his distance so as not to get drawn in to the current controversy over the state's Ebola quarantine policies and the nurse who has defied them. Hot issue: The treatment of Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox is threatening to unseat the Democrats in Maine . His appearance there on Thursday landed him at the epicenter of a debate between the federal government and several states over how health care workers returning from Ebola-stricken nations should be monitored. The White House has pushed back against overly restrictive measures, including proposals for travel bans or isolation measures adopted by some states. Obama, who has been praising health care workers who have volunteered to fight Ebola in West Africa, had no plans to visit with Kaci Hickox, the nurse who worked with Ebola victims in Sierra Leone and is now challenging Maine's requirement that she isolate herself for 21 days. Hickox returned to the U.S. last week but has shown no symptoms of the disease. She has been under what the state has called a voluntary quarantine in remote northern Maine, but on Thursday she went on a bike ride with her boyfriend. The elections feature races for governor in 36 states, although those contests have been overshadowed by competitive congressional races. The fight for control of the Senate is the biggest prize in the midterm elections, with Democrats struggling to fend off a Republican takeover. The Republicans need to pick up six seats to take control of the Senate, and they are widely expected to expand their majority in the House of Representatives. That would give them control of Congress for the two years Obama has left in office." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Obama's Democrats lost 63 seats in 2010, expected to lose five-12 next week .\nThat would be a combined total of up to 75 seats in Congress .\nHarry Truman shed 55 House seats in 1946 and a further 28 in 1950 .\nObama also expected to lose between five and ten seats in the Senate ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She is the fierce MI6 boss known only by the codename M. But now the true identity of James Bond’s mentor has finally been revealed – after a bit of sleuthing of which 007 himself would have been proud. An eagle-eyed fan managed to freeze-frame a single camera shot in Skyfall lasting just a split-second and discovered that M’s real name is Olivia Mansfield. Eagle-eyed: The true identity of James Bond's mentor has emerged. M’s real name is Olivia Mansfield. She is currently played by Judi Dench, right, with Daniel Craig, left, playing Bond . During the scene, Bond, played by Daniel Craig, is handed a box containing a Royal Doulton bulldog draped in a British flag, which is usually kept on M’s desk. Zooming in on the box’s inscription, the words ‘From the Estate of Olivia Mansfield Bequeathed to James Bond’ are visible. Since the revelation by blogger Phil Noble Jr, internet forums have been filled with speculation about the significance of the name. One theory is that it is a tribute to Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the first head of MI6 who started the tradition of the organisation’s director signing letters with a single letter – in his case C. Revelation: When James Bond is given M's china bulldog after her death in Skyfall, M's real name is shown on the box . Others have speculated it is a portmanteau of ‘man’s field’, alluding to the fact that M works in a male-dominated industry. Meg Simmons, archive director for Bond production company Eon, said: ‘We’ve searched around and as far as we can see this is the first and only time anyone’s ever revealed M’s real name. ‘It may not have been spoken, but if you were watching on a big enough screen it could have been visible, so we’d argue it’s now canon.’ Since Dame Judi Dench became the . franchise’s first female spymaster in 1995, producers have dropped a . series of hints about the character’s name. Stars: Daniel Craig as James Bond, left, and Judi Dench as MI6 head M are pictured in a scene from the latest James Bond film Skyfall . In 2006’s Casino Royale, Craig’s 007 tells his boss: ‘I thought M was a randomly assigned letter. I had no idea it stood for . . .’ To which she interjects: ‘Utter one more syllable and I’ll have you killed.’ And in Skyfall, Kincaid the groundskeeper refers to her as Emma, although many fans believe this is because he believes Bond to be calling her ‘Em’." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Eagle-eyed fan .\nfreeze-framed a single camera shot in Skyfall .\nDiscovered that M’s real name is Olivia Mansfield ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Imran Khan's new wife is in emotional turmoil after being trolled over her marriage to the Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician, a friend said today. Former BBC weather girl Reham Khan married the 62-year-old last month in a secret ceremony that has provoked hostile reaction in Pakistan, online and from his own family. Some social media users have accused Mrs Khan of being a lesbian and one image even claims to show her in a sex shop. A producer at Dawn TV, a Pakistan-based private news channel where Mrs Khan works, today told MailOnline that the backlash had left the broadcaster 'very disturbed'. The source said: 'She is not in the right state of mind after seeing the reaction of trolls on social media after news of her marriage with Imran Khan was disclosed. 'She has not been conducting her daily programme as well. She is very disturbed by the way she is being portrayed on social media.' It came as Mr Khan spoke out against the storm surrounding his wedding, telling his critics that marriage is not a crime. Scroll down for video . Pakistan cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks out against his critics in a press conference at his home in Islamabad (left) after secretly marrying former BBC weather girl Reham Khan (right) 'A person can marry whenever he/she wants:' Mr Khan launched a robust defence of his actions and of his new bride after reaction to the marriage was negative in Pakistan and on social media . He confirmed last night that he had wed 41-year-old divorced mother-of-three days after his family said he had denied it. His sister Aleena reacted with anger at the news, saying she doesn't want to meet the new Mrs Khan. But speaking from his home in Islamabad today, Mr Khan launched a robust defence of his actions and of his new bride, declaring: 'A person can marry whenever he/she wants.' He pointed to the fact that he had in no way deceived his wife and insisted that he put his two teenage children first when coming to a decision. The 62-year-old, who divorced heiress Jemima Goldsmith in 2004, said: 'I didn't think of my marriage for 10 years after my divorce because my children were small. 'I do not ever think of hurting my children's feelings.' Reham Khan is understood to have moved into the house with her youngest daughter, according to her former colleague and friend. Mr Khan insisted that he put his two teenage children first when coming to a decision about marriage . Ms Khan, a divorced mother-of-three, was a BBC weather girl but is now a news anchor of AAJ TV . The Daily Mail's diarist Sebastian Shakespeare broke the news of Khan's marriage to the broadcaster last week. On New Year's Eve, Mr Khan said rumours of marriage were 'greatly exaggerated' and his sister Aleema said the family challenged him 'a few days ago' over the news and he denied it. But speaking to reporters at Heathrow airport last night before boarding a flight to Pakistan, Khan is reported to have said: 'I am going to Pakistan to share good news about my marriage with the nation. I have nothing to hide.' Told by MailOnline that her brother had revealed he was actually married, Aleema Khan said: 'Really? Really? Let's see if he announces it officially. I am taken aback. Denial: Imran Khan's sister Aleema said the family had a showdown with the politician and he denied the secret marriage . 'This is a real challenge for him. We haven't met her and I don't know that we want to meet her. 'It is his decision, he is a grown up. It is more important how the children feel. 'I suppose in any situation like this the children will not feel good about it. They do look up to their father.' Speaking amid a political storm surrounding rumours of the marriage, she said she hoped Reham Khan 'will be good for Pakistan and our brother'. She added: 'It all depends on how the public respond to it. The biggest surprise is how everybody in Pakistan feels they have a right to participate in the decision. 'He is a grown man, we are watching the situation unfold.' Khan's new wife lived in Britain for part of her previous marriage, when she was a weather girl and presenter on the BBC regional news programme South Today. Reham, who was born in Libya to Pakistani parents, has three children from her previous marriage to a doctor. It is believed family members and those in his political party tried talking him out of the marriage. Online abusers also set up Facebook hate pages attacking the TV news anchor. News of the union sparked outrage in Pakistan and trolls have now accused Ms Khan of being a lesbian for stroking a woman's back, and attempted to shame her for going to parties. Users have criticised her for wearing short skirts, lambasted her for dancing with unknown men in public, and branded her daughter a 'pornstar' while claiming to be in possession of topless pictures. One image even claims to show Ms Khan in a sex shop in the UK wearing a pink nightdress, with a collar around her neck and a whip slung over her shoulder. Imran Khan arrives at Heathrow Airport last week when, at the time, he said rumours he had married were 'greatly exaggerated' Backlash: Hate groups have already sprung up on Facebook where users have been sharing photos of her dancing and going out with friends while making abusive comments . Among the images posted by online abusers was this photograph, which they claim shows Ms Khan in a sex shop, wearing a night dress, suspenders, a collar and with a whip over her shoulder . Mr Khan's sister Aleema earlier branded the reports of marriage lies, saying they had been concocted by Mr Khan's political enemies to damage his reputation. Online trolls have attacked Ms Khan for her appearance, dancing with unknown men, and attending parties . She told MailOnline: 'This is the only way the opposition know how to attack him. These are the tactics they would stoop to. It's out of control. I guess that is politics. 'I spoke to my brother a few days ago and he said it isn't true. 'We, the family, just asked him outright, have you married her? And he said no. I don't know if they are in a relationship, here [in Pakistan] you are either getting married or you are not. 'We'd be extremely happy if he marries a good person and settles down, of course we would. But it is not just his consideration, it's a consideration for the country, it's like a national-level decision. 'There are people in Pakistan who love him so much that everyone wants to participate in his private life, they feel he is their leader and should be part of his decision. 'Everybody [we, the family] are taken aback at how much other people want to participate in this decision.' Asked if her brother is in a secret relationship with the TV broadcaster, she said: 'It's a confusing signal to everyone who follows him [but] we asked him if he was married and he said no. I don't know if he is in a relationship. We just asked him if he was married.' Reaction to the rumoured marriage had been very negative in Pakistan and there has been a backlash on social media. Photos of Reham in revealing clothes and a video of her doing a tango while working for the BBC are prompting insulting comments in the conservative Islamic country. Khan (left) divorced heiress Jemima Goldsmith (right) in 2004, after nine years of marriage . The 41-year-old lived in Britain for part of her previous marriage, when she was a weather girl and presenter on BBC regional news programme South Today . Imran's ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith revealed in October that she was ditching the surname 'Khan' and reverting to her family name because her ex-husband was about to remarry. She said at the time: 'My ex-husband, Imran, recently announced that he intended to get remarried soon, which made me think it's probably time to change my name back to Goldsmith.' Imran married Ms Goldsmith in a traditional Islamic ceremony in Paris in 1995. She had converted to Islam prior to their wedding and had learned Urdu and started to wear traditional Pakistani clothes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician secretly married Reham Khan, 41 .\nKhan, 62, tells his critics: 'A person can marry whenever he/she wants'\nInsisted that he put his two teenage children first before making decision .\nNew Mrs Khan is 'very disturbed' over reaction of trolls to wedding .\nDays earlier he said rumours of union were 'greatly exaggerated'\nSister Aleema shocked by U-turn, telling MailOnline: 'I'm taken aback'\nShe said: 'We haven't met her and I don't know that we want to meet her'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Jake Beattie, eight, died after being hit by a 4WD on Monday at The Ponds in Sydney's north west . An eight-year-old boy, who was riding his bike to the park alongside his best friend, has died after being hit by a four-wheel drive. Jake Beattie was wearing a helmet and riding on the road at The Ponds in Sydney's north west on Monday afternoon when he rode through a give-way sign, according to Nine News. Levi Masi watched on helplessly as the car struck down his best friend at 5:45pm. Paramedics were immediately called to the scene where they desperately worked on Jake through the pouring rain. Neighbours who were arriving home from work at the time told Fairfax Media that the driver of the four-wheel drive, a 32-year-old woman, was seen crying and distraught. Kate Kljaic, a mother who lives in the area, described the tragic scene to Nine News. 'You knew it wasn't going to be good just by how everyone was standing around,' Ms Kljaic said. '[Jake's] mother was just naturally beside herself and just didn't know what was happening. 'She came rushing down and everyone was just doing their best to try and help him. It was just very difficult to watch. Scroll down for video . He had been riding his bike on the road and is believed to have ridden through a give-way sign when he was struck down . His best friend, Levi Masi (pictured) watched on helplessly as the car hit his best friend . 'It's not the way you need to learn a lesson and the poor woman has to live with it.' Jake was rushed to Westmead Hospital but died from his severe injuries. His local football coach, Gavin Mackay, said he was 'devastated' to hear about the young boy's death and described him as 'an energetic, happy, very polite' boy who loved playing with his mates. Jake's football coach, Gavin Mackay (left) described the boy as 'energetic, happy, very polite'. Local resident, Kate Kljaic (right) described Jake's mother as 'beside herself', saying she 'just didn't know what was happening' Neighbours said that the driver of the four-wheel drive, a 32-year-old woman, was seen crying and distraught . Neighbours and friends have formed a small tribute on the corner of Paddock Street and Capertree Street where the eight-year-old was hit, placing down flowers, stuffed toys and notes in his memory. 'May the angels guide you up to a wonderful resting place. You have our community mourning for you little fella. Our prayers go out to your family and friends,' one of the notes read, according to Fairfax. Less than half an hour after Jake's accident, a Sydney teenager was also seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle. Neighbours and friends have formed a small tribute on the corner of Paddock Street and Capertree Street where the eight-year-old was hit, placing down flowers, stuffed toys and notes in his memory . 'May the angels guide you up to a wonderful resting place. You have our community mourning for you little fella. Our prayers go out to your family and friends,' one of the notes read . Justin Shanahan, from McGraths Hill in Sydney's north west, was 'standing in the break-down lane of Pitt Town Road, McGraths Hill when he was struck by a b-double truck', police said. The 14-year-old has undergone surgery after suffering wounds to his arm and forehead and is currently recovering in Nepean District Hospital. His family are appealing for the driver of the truck, who failed to stop after hitting the teen, to come forward. 'Cowardly, just come forward. It's not right,' Justin told Nine News on Tuesday. Another roadside victim: Justin Shanahan was left with head and arm injuries after being struck by a b-double truck on the same afternoon . The 14-year-old's family are appealing for the driver of the truck, who failed to stop after hitting the teen, to come forward ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jake Beattie was wearing his helmet and riding on the road when he allegedly rode through a give-way sign .\nThe eight-year-old was hit by a four-wheel drive and died from his injuries shortly after being taken to hospital .\nLevi Masi watched on helplessly as the car struck down his best friend .\nNeighbours said the 32-year-old female driver of the 4WD was distraught .\nOn the same afternoon, Sydney teenager Justin Shanahan, 14, suffered head and arm injuries after being hit by a b-double truck .\nHis family is appealing for the driver, who did not stop after hitting the boy, to come forward and identify himself ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is not unusual for people to have rituals when flying on a plane, like wearing a St Christopher chain or keeping their eyes closed until they take off. But one passenger took his beliefs a step further by covering himself in a plastic bag for the whole of his journey because his religion forbids him to fly over cemeteries. This was the bizarre sight that greeted plane passengers when an Orthodox Jewish man covered himself under a plastic sheet. It was believed the man is a Kohein, a religious descendant of the priests of ancient Israel, who are banned from flying over cemeteries. Sight to see: This photo of a man who appears to be an Orthodox Jew shows him seated aboard a plane while wrapped in a plastic bag, drawing controversy and question on what for . Kohanim (plural of Kohein) are the male-line descendants of the priests of ancient Israel. Descendants are shunned from flying over cemeteries and being in contact with the dead. Contact with the dead is believed to inflict him with impurity. Why a plastic bag? Some consider that the bag provides a potential barrier from the impurities/dead . How can they breathe? Pre-punched holes invalidate the barrier . If the kohein is putting on the bag and it accidentally rips some leniency to breathe is provided . Contact with the dead would consequently inflict him with impurity. Problems: . Flights have been delayed or turned around because of the ensuing safety hazards . The passengers would not be able to reach an oxygen mask or quickly escape the plane in the event of an emergency . Many wrap themselves in plastic bags as a compromise measure. The startling photograph, which has now gone viral after being posted on Reddit, shows fellow passengers straining over their seats to get a look. Beneath his plastic wrapping, the man is dressed entirely in black, and appears to be wearing a Jewish skullcap or 'kippah'. As a controversial solution - not entirely allowed by those in the Jewish Orthodox - the plastic bag creates a kind of barrier between the Kohein and the surrounding tumah, or impurity. Rabbi Jeffrey W. Goldwasser, of Temple Beit HaYam in Israel, explained: 'In orthodox and Conservative communities, Kohanim are expected to abstain from coming in contact with the dead, which includes a prohibition on visiting cemeteries except for the funerals of close relatives.' Even if they can be secured by a seat belt, the passengers wouldn't be able to reach an oxygen mask or quickly escape the plane in the event of an emergency. There is also the question of how they can breathe. Pre-punched holes in the plastic are said to invalidate the barrier, according to Jewish newspaper YatedNe'eman. Way around it? Israel's Ben Gurion airport is surrounded by small regional cemeteries, dotted in red, creating long concern for Orthodox Jews trying to fly into the airport . 'Only if when the kohein is putting on this bag it accidentally rips can there be some leniency,' the article claims. 'Kohanim have a duty to protect their taharah, purity,' according to the article. 'They have been bestowed with extra kedushah which makes them worth of being meshorsei Hashem. At times, there may be extra demands made upon them in order to maintain that standard of kedushah and taharah.' Some flights go to great lengths to take specific paths to avoid cemeteries. And passengers can also be made aware in advance if a body will be aboard the plane in cargo. The photograph, which was posted on the Reddit yesterday, had a caption which read: 'An Orthodox Jew in an airplane with women - so he covers himself with a plastic bag...' A strict code of conduct prevents Orthodox Jewish men and women from mixing in public, with Israeli airline El Al seeing an increase in the number of religious men demanding to be reseated away from women in recent years. An El Al Airline plane. The Orthodox Jewish passenger who wore a plastic bag is thought to have travelled from Tel Aviv, Israel with the airline . While ultra-Orthodox Jews do follow to strict guidelines which include gender segregation in public, it is claimed this photograph does not show that. One user of the Reddit site wrote: 'This has nothing to do with women. He is a cohen, descendant from the high holy priests of the temple and they are not allowed to walk into or fly over a cemetery, which would render them impure.' It is not known when the photograph was taken, or what airline the man was travelling on, but it is more than likely it was an El Al aircraft flying out of Tel Aviv, which is surrounded by a number of cemetries, according to internet users. In 2001, El Al Airlines decided not to allow ultra-Orthodox Jews cover themselves in plastic because 'flight safety considerations do not allow for passengers to board while covered in sealed plastic bags.' A year later it was reported that flight crew got into an argument with a passenger who attempted to fly wrapped in plastic. The confrontation eventually led the pilot to turn the plane around. One woman even sued the airline after staff moved her to the back of a plane when an ultra-Orthodox man refused to sit next to her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "An Orthodox Jewish plane passenger was seen wrapped in a plastic bag during a flight .\nIt was believed the man is a Kohein, a religious descendant of the priests of ancient Israel, who are banned from flying over cemeteries .\nFellow passengers strained to see the unusual sight and took pictures ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "AFTER more than two weeks of glorious sunshine and searing temperatures you would be forgiven for thinking you were in the Mediterranean. But Britain will be back in familiar territory this week with the arrival of thunderstorms and heavy rain. Forecasters warned ‘violent’ storms will strike across the UK, bringing the longest heatwave in seven years to an abrupt end. Lily days: Although it looks like Monet's world famous garden in Giverny in France, this is what Bennetts Water Gardens near Weymouth in Dorset offered this weekend . Keeping cool: A group of girls jump off the pier to keep cool in Brighton -tomorrow the mercury is expected to hit 35C for the first time since 2006 . The Met Office issued a yellow weather . warning over the whole of England and Wales for tomorrow and Wednesday, . fearing heavy rain flowing over parched ground could lead to flash . flooding. But before Britain needs to reach for . its raincoats and umbrellas, there will be one more day of glorious . sunshine to bid farewell to the dry conditions. Today could see the highest . temperatures of the warm spell so far, with the mercury predicted to . rise to 33C (91F) in the Midlands or the south of England, topping the . 32.2C recorded in London last Wednesday. Splash: A boy jumps in the sea in Brigton - The longest heatwave for seven years could come to an end this week as the heat and humidity look set to give way to lightning and downpours . Nearly record-breaking: Despite the prolonged heatwave, temperatures tomorrow are unlikely to top the high of 36.5C recorded in Surrey in July 2006 . Relaxing day: A pair of day-trippers soak up on the rays in Southsea, Portsmouth . It is also expected to be extremely humid, with warm air moving into Britain from Spain and France. A ‘big change’ however is expected . tomorrow as the warm, humid air that has been covering Britain clashes . with an incoming cold air front, leading to thunderstorms and lower . temperatures. It had been thought that this July . could be one of the driest on record, with Met Office figures revealing . only 4.9mm of rain had fallen across the UK. Making the most of the weather: A punk relaxes on a deckchair at the beach - later this week showers will arrive across Britain . Busy beach: The seafront at Brighton as Britain basking in another day of hot temperatures - and it is set to last until next week . But the heavy storms expected across . the UK are set to cause a washout, with up to 50mm of rain falling in . short periods of time. Meteogroup forecaster Brendan Jones . said: ‘A large part of England could see temperatures of up to 30C (86F) today and for most of the country it will be a dry day, which is . particularly humid. Showers and storms are on the way after the longest heatwave in seven years . ‘So while 33C would be about a degree higher than the hottest temperature so far, it will feel even warmer. ‘It is going to be sticky, oppressive and close, and will make things feel quite uncomfortable.’ Picturesque: Ria Dunseith, 27, relaxing amidst a stunning display of lilies in Weymouth on the baking hot south coast of Britain . He added: ‘There could be a few thunderstorms around but they will be isolated, then tonight will be the start of a big change. ‘Throughout the night and into the day . the rain showers will become more widespread, particularly in England, . eastern Wales and southern Scotland. ‘Some areas will see impressive . thunderstorms with torrential rain and lightning. And because the rain . is falling on parched ground it will just run across the surface.’ Met Office forecaster Helen Chivers . said: ‘We’ve issued a yellow weather warning for Tuesday and Wednesday . because up to 50mm of rain could fall in a very short period of time, . which could lead to flash floods. Al fresco dining: Picnic baskets are left waiting for members in the Coronation Gardens at Lord's . Endurance: Army reserve recruits taking part in a cross country run exercise in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh, testing their skill in how to survive out in the field on one of the hottest days of the year . ‘It’s the same pattern for the rest of . the week because of low pressure, but there will be some sunshine and . temperatures in the mid-twenties. Towards the end of the week the . showers should clear up and be accompanied by sun, but temperatures . won’t be as high as they have been in the last week.’ Despite the deluge of rain, temperatures will still remain warm on Tuesday, with potential highs of 30C (86F) in the East. Temperatures will then fall gradually towards the mid-twenties over the rest of the week, which is above average for July. Retailers will be particularly sorry to see the end of the heatwave after reporting a huge spike in sales of sun-related items. Heath fire: Sunbathers were forced to flee a beach in Poole, Dorset, as a fire breaked out close to where they were lying. Firefighters said the blaze was a suspected arson attack . Blaze near the beach: A fire, at the beauty spot of Ham Common, on Poole Harbour, Dorset, burned for several hours, destroying giant swathes of protected nature reserve . Department store John Lewis said that . sales of air conditioners rose by 2,100 per cent last week, while picnic . hamper sales rose by 320 per cent. Beaches across the UK have also been left with only standing room as families flocked to bask in the unusually warm weather. Thousands of pounds’ worth of broccoli are being thrown away, after a cold spring followed by hot weather created a glut that can’t be sold.British farms are seeing three times as much of the vegetable as normal, but with supermarkets already expecting to sell 400 tonnes this month alone, there’s little demand for the surplus.Farmer Matt Gedney is set to lose £20,000 after harvesting an extra 14 tonnes a week on top of his usual six tonnes on his 70 acres in Southfleet, Kent. He said: ‘Most people view broccoli as something you have in the winter with warming meals like a roast dinner.’ But the fortnight of high temperatures . has also had an adverse effect on the country. The longest spell of . heat in Britain since 2006 triggered a spate of wild fires in London, . mountain blazes in the Welsh valleys and forest fires in Fife, Scotland, . as well as prompting a surge in the number of people attending hospital . with breathing difficulties, heatstroke and dehydration. The heatwave is thought to have caused 760 premature deaths, mainly due to heart attacks triggered by the high temperatures. Gritters even took to the roads in Hampshire over the weekend to spray a fine stone dust to prevent the tarmac from melting. Council staff trying to beat the heatwave have been banned from wearing flip-flops to work. Bosses at Plymouth City Council told . workers they needed to dress more conservatively, and ruled that turning . up in the open-toed summer shoes was out of the question. Unions claimed staff are having to work in uncomfortably hot offices." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tomorrow the mercury is expected to hit 35C in some parts of the UK for the first time since 2006 .\nThe longest heatwave for seven years could come to an end this week with lightning and downpours .\nIsolated showers are expected across Britain at the start of the week .\nTuesday: Potential to be very unsettled in eastern and northern parts and sunshine in western areas ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has remarried in secret to a former BBC weather girl, according to reports in Pakistan. The 62-year-old is believed to have tied the knot at the weekend with Pakistani news anchor Reham Khan, 41, who is a divorced mother-of-three. She lived in Britain for part of her previous marriage, when she was a weather girl and presenter on the BBC regional news programme ‘South Today’. Rumours have been circulating for several months that the pair are an item, and there have been reports in recent days that they are now married. Scroll down for video . Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, pictured right, is believed to have married former BBC weather girl Reham Khan, pictured left . Ms Khan was a weather girl and presenter on the BBC regional news programme ‘South Today’ (pictured) Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith revealed in October that she was ditching the surname ‘Khan’ and reverting to her family name because her ex-husband was about to remarry. She said at the time: ‘My ex-husband, Imran, recently announced that he intended to get remarried soon, which made me think it’s probably time to change my name back to Goldsmith.’ The couple are yet to make an official announcement – which will apparently be forthcoming in the new year - but sources close to them have confirmed they are married. Another well-known news anchor in Pakistan, Farhat Javed Rabani, Tweeted on December 27: ‘Ahmmm... an anchor has married a politician today... ‪#WeddingBells’ A family friend said that relatives including his sisters were against the marriage and were surprised he went ahead. Imran Khan, pictured left, has been single since he divorced Jemima Goldsmith, pictured right, 10 years ago . It is believed family members and those in his political party tried talking him out of the marriage. Leading political commentator Dr Shahid Masood, who is a close friend of Imran Khan, said on television that Imran neither confirmed nor denied the news. He added that members of Imran’s political party, Tehreek-e-Insaf, confirmed that Reham wants to get actively get involved with his politics and sees herself a future first lady. Dr Masood has urged Imran to issue an official statement. Reaction to the rumoured marriage has been very negative in Pakistan and there has been a backlash on social media. Photos of Reham in revealing clothes and a video of her doing a tango while working for the BBC are prompting insulting comments in the conservative Islamic country. Rival political parties are jumping on the negative reaction and believe it will harm his credibility to marry a divorcee with an apparently chequered past. Reham, who was born in Libya to Pakistani parents, has three children from her previous marriage to a doctor. Last of Lord Lucan's fast-living set is dead aged 77 . The last person to see Lord Lucan alive has died . Scarcely a week after the Earl of Lucan’s 80th birthday, the last person to see the fugitive peer alive has died. William Shand Kydd, who was married to Lady Lucan’s sister Christina, passed away peacefully at home two days after Christmas, aged 77. ‘It’s the end of an era,’ says a friend of the family. ‘Bill was an amazing man.’ Wallpaper heir Bill was the last survivor of ‘Lucky’ Lucan’s gambling chums, the tycoon Sir James Goldsmith, zookeeper John Aspinall and Mark Birley, founder of Annabel’s nightclub. Bill raced power boats with Lucan before turning to horse-racing and becoming a successful amateur jockey, riding 117 winners over jumps and also taking part in the Grand National. He became a tetraplegic after breaking his neck in a riding accident in 1995 and went on to raise thousands of pounds for spinal research. However, it was the father of two’s unwitting role in Lucan’s disappearance in 1974 that created all the headlines. On the night that nanny Sandra Rivett was bludgeoned to death in the Earl’s family home in London’s Belgravia, the peer tried to contact Bill. Lucan wrote him two letters, outlining details of his bank account and estate, and explaining that he had been involved in the ‘most ghastly circumstances’. In the letters, which Bill read out at the official inquest into Rivett’s death, Lucan begged Bill to look after his heir George, then seven, and his daughters Frances, ten, and Camilla, four, over whom Lucan had fought a bitter custody battle after he split up with his wife, Veronica. The earl was named by the inquest’s jury as Rivett’s murderer and his children continued to live with Lady Lucan in the years immediately afterwards. However, in 1982, custody of all three was transferred to Bill and Christina, who lived at Horton Hall in Bedfordshire. Gambling pals: Shand Kydd, pictured with his wife, was the last person to see Lord Lucan alive . Lady Lucan did not contest this and George and his sisters have not had contact with their mother since. Bill was related to Princess Diana through his late half-brother, Peter Shand Kydd, who was her stepfather. ‘He will be deeply missed,’ says his friend. Bill had been separated from Christina for seven years before his accident and lived with his lover, interior designer Sally Ramsay Patrick, at Horton Hall. But Christina showed unswerving loyalty and moved back in after his fall and set about restoring her husband to health. Sally proved an equally determined nurse and the two women — reputed to have met for the first time when they stood either side of the trolley that took Bill to intensive care — agreed to separate visiting hours. Branson gets grandchildren for Christmas . Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson has become a grandfather. His daughter Holly has given birth to twins, whom she and her husband, Virgin investment manager Freddie Andrewes, have named Etta and Artie. ‘Despite being delivered early, all three of us are fit and well,’ says Holly, 32. ‘They are absolutely perfect (but who wouldn’t say that about their kids!). What’s more, the little ones also arrived on mine and Freddie’s third wedding anniversary — could there be a better way to mark the occasion?’ Holly pictured with her husband Freddie Andrewes and their twins Etta and Artie . Prince George is particularly taken with his police car soft toy . George, caught by the fuzz . Prince George appears to be taking a keen interest in royal protection, if his Christmas presents are anything to go by. The 17-month-old future king is said to be particularly delighted with his gift from his aunt Pippa Middleton — a police car. The Duchess of Cambridge’s sister bought the soft toy for £9 from Chelsea Toys in London. ‘She was looking for a small gift because she’d already bought him a massive thing,’ owner Alka Poole tells me. ‘She just needed something to give him to play with.’ Happily, George was more impressed with Pippa’s gift than the cuddly toy bilby he was given in Australia in April, which he threw away within seconds. Why Clegg is no. 2 at home, too . Given that their sons are named Antonio, Alberto and Miguel, there was never much doubt as to who wore the trousers in Nick Clegg’s household. But now the Deputy Prime Minister has admitted that his wife Miriam is a fiery character. Asked if he or the 46-year-old lawyer is the most even-tempered, Clegg, 47, replies: ‘I think, er, I don’t know if I can say it, but Miriam is truly Spanish.’ The couple met when they were students in Bruges. ‘It was total thunderbolt stuff,’ he says in a joint interview with his wife. Of their 14-year marriage, Miriam says: ‘I think the secret is laughing a lot and having big arguments. If you can get over it before you go to bed, that’s fine.’ Sir Donald Sinden’s family have expressed their gratitude after one of the theatrical treasures stolen from his house was returned to them. The people who found the 5ft long sword made by the Royal Shakespeare Company contacted his son Marc Sinden after reading in this column about the burglary of the late actor’s Kent home. ‘It was tossed into a ditch on Romney Marsh,’ Marc tells me. ‘A big thank you to the Daily Mail for making the people who found it aware of quite what it meant to us.’ Director Tim Burton’s split from Helena Bonham Carter after 13 years together does not seem to be helping his career. His latest film Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz, has flopped at the British box office. Big Eyes recouped only £135,682 from 155 screens over the weekend to limp into the charts in 13th place. In Burton’s native America, it took a relatively small £2.95 million in its first four days. It’s poetic justice for Helena, whom Burton failed to cast in Big Eyes, even though she had starred in six of his previous films. Despite confirmation of Joan Collins’s damehood, which I disclosed more than three weeks ago, the 81-year-old actress is not letting the grass grow under her feet. The former Dynasty star has parted company with her agent of more than 20 years, Peter Charlesworth, and signed up with Jonathan Shalit’s ROAR Global. Given that Shalit’s clients include The X Factor judges Mel B and Tulisa Contostavlos, how long before Joanie appears on a show such as Britain’s Got Talent?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Imran Khan is believed to have married news anchor Reham Khan, 41 .\nRumours have been around for several months that the pair were an item .\nThe cricketer-turned politician divorced Jemima Goldsmith 10 years ago ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Most people could forgive Guo Shijun if he gave up on his dream of a university education: because of his full time commitments to caring for his paralysed father and sick mother, he is spread incredibly thin. Most people would forgive him, but it is possible Shijun wouldn't forgive himself, as instead of giving up his studies, he persuaded university officials to let his father to stay in his dorm for the full term, after he was paralysed in a building accident. Shijun still managed to get a place at a top university, and, impressed with his dedication in the face of insurmountable odds, they let him bring his father to university with him to lighten his load. Chinese student Guo Shijun (right) prepares a meal for his father in his dorm while his father (left), who is paralysed from the waist down, rests in the specially installed bed . Guo Shijun takes a picture with his father. For most of his life he has been a young carer, and his workload only doubled when his father became disabled . Shijun, now 20, came from a poor family and had a tough childhood, as his mother was left mentally disabled when he was younger following a battle with meningitis. She was cared for during his formative years by him and his father, and despite this responsibility, he still managed to get top grades at school. His already tough workload got worse when his father was injured after falling 15 meters off of a bridge he was working on in the city of Liuan in the Anhui province in the centre of China, becoming paralysed from the waist down. Shijun's grandparents took over care . duties for his mother, but they couldn't look after his father as well, . so he rented a small room near his university dormitory and moved his . father in, so that he didn't have to keep rushing to check up on him . between lessons and during lunch. Despite insurmountable odds, Guo Shijun has managed to earn top marks at university, and a scholarship for his good grades . Guo Shijun installed his father in his dorm room so that he wouldn't have to go far to check on him between lectures . To keep up his studies he paid for university by borrowing money from friends and relatives until he finished. These costs, amount to £2000 a year for tuition alone, not accounting for food, bills and the cost of care for his parents. However, despite the huge handicap to his studies, he managed to earn a scholarship to help him on his way. Talking about his experiences, Shijun said: 'I can't say life is easy but the only way out of the problem is through . hard work so I'm not complaining. 'I think once I graduate things will . get much better.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Father is paralysed, mother is mentally disabled from battle with meningitis .\nTook care of his mother for most of his life, but still got into top university .\nGuo Shijun manages to take care of his father full time and earn top marks .\nHe has since earned a scholarship to help him pay for school and care ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Technology may be getting smarter, but humans are getting dumber, scientists have warned. Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined in the last decade. Opinion is divided as to whether the trend is long-term, but some researchers believe that humans have already reached intellectual peak. Dumb and dumber? Evidence suggests the IQs of people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have declined in the last decade. A study by the University of Hartford claims the larger the global population becomes, the less intelligent we will be, dropping by around eight IQ points by the year 2110 - and other estimates are even more pessimistic . An IQ test used to determine whether Danish men are fit to serve in the military has revealed scores have fallen by 1.5 points since 1998. And standard tests issued in the UK and Australia echo the results, according to journalist Bob Holmes, writing in New Scientist. The most pessimistic explanation as to why humans seem to be becoming less intelligent is that we have effectively reached our intellectual peak. Between the 1930s and 1980s, the average IQ score in the US rose by three points and in post-war Japan and Denmark, test scores also increased significantly - a trend known as the ‘Flynn effect’. This increase in intelligence was due to improved nutrition and living conditions - as well as better education - says James Flynn of the University of Otago, after whom the effect is named. An image of the future? Some experts believe we are starting to see the end of the Flynn effect in developed countries – and that IQ scores are leveling out and even declining. Pessimistic scientists think that our descendants may struggle to understand subjects we can grasp (illustrated with a stock image) Westerns have lost 14 IQ points on average since the Victorian age, according to a study published by the University of Amsterdam last year. Jan te Nijenhuis thinks this could be because intelligent women tend to have less children than women who are not as clever, The Huffington Post reported. The perceived link between IQ and fertility is a very contentious one. Dr Nijenhuis studied the results of 14 intelligence studies conducted between 1884 and 2004 to come to his conclusion. Each study measured peoples' reaction times - how long they took to press a button after being prompted. It is claimed that reaction time mirrors mental processing speed - so it reflects intelligence. They found that visual reaction times averaged 194 milliseconds in the late 19th Century, but in 2004, they had increased to 275 milliseconds. This would suggest that people have become less intelligent, they said. Now some experts believe we are starting to see the end of the Flynn effect in developed countries – and that IQ scores are not just levelling out, but declining. Scientists including Dr Flynn think better education can reverse the trend and point out the perceived decline could just be a blip. However, other scientists are not so optimistic. Some believe the Flynn effect has masked a decline in the genetic basis for intelligence, so that while more people have been reaching their full potential, that potential itself has been declining. Some have even contentiously said this could be because educated people are deciding to have fewer children, so that subsequent generations are largely made up of less intelligent people. Richard Lynn, a psychologist at the University of Ulster, calculated the decline in humans’ genetic potential. He used data on average IQs around the world in 1950 and 2000 to discover that our collective intelligence has dropped by one IQ point. Dr Lynn predicts that if this trend continues, we could lose another 1.3 IQ points by 2050. Michael Woodley, of the Free University of . Brussels, Belgium, claims people’s reactions are slower than in . Victorian times, and has linked it to a decline in our genetic . potential. Must try harder: Psychologist Richard Lynn calculated the decline in humans’ genetic potential. He used data on average IQ test scores (illustrated) from around the world in 1950 and 2000 to discover that our collective intelligence has dropped by one IQ point. It has previously been claimed that quick-witted people have fast reactions and Dr Woodley’s study showed people’s reaction times have slowed over the century – the equivalent to one IQ point per decade. Jan te Nijenhuis, a psychology professor at the University of Amsterdam, says Westerners have lost an average of 14 IQ points since the Victoria Era. He believes this is due to more intelligent women have fewer children than those who are less clever,The Huffington Post reported. Dr Woodley and others think humans will gradually become less and less intelligent. But Dr Flynn says if the decline in IQ scores is the end of the Flynn effect, scores should stabilise. He thinks that even if humans do become more stupid, better healthcare and technology will mean that all people will have fewer children and the ‘problem’ will regulate itself. Tests carried out in 1980 and in 2008 showed that the average 14-year-old was two IQ points cleverer in 1980, according to a study published in 2009. Scientists found that performance dropped the most dramatically in teenagers in the upper half of the intelligence scale, The Telegraph reported. Brighter teens who took part in the study in 2008 were on average six IQ points less intelligent than their counterparts tested 28 years earlier. Professor Fynn said the results could be the result of less intelligent youth culture. He used data gathered in IQ tests on UK children and found that children aged between five and 10 saw their IQs increase by half a point per year over three decades.'Other studies have shown how pervasive teenage youth culture is, and what we see is parents' influence on IQ slowly diminishing with age,' he said. '...What we know is that youth culture is now more visually orientated around computer games than they are in terms of reading and holding conversations.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "IQs have largely increased since the 1930s thanks to better living conditions and education - a trend known as the Flynn effect .\nBut IQ test results suggest people in the UK, Denmark and Australia have become less intelligent in the past decade .\nOpinion is divided as to whether the downwards trend is long-term .\nSome studies have shown the average IQ of Westerners has plunged 10 points or more since Victorian times and others claim it will keep decreasing .\nBut other experts argue that even if we are becoming more stupid, better healthcare and technology means the 'problem' will regulate itself ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Qatar has issued a decree advising tourists that leggings are not considered pants and are not modest enough to wear in public. Leggings have been singled out in pamphlets distributed by the Gulf state as inappropriate attire for tourists in the notoriously strict Islamic country. The Reflect Your Respect campaign, launched by the Qatar Islamic Cultural Center, has listed some advice and tips for tourists on how to dress modestly in preparation for the 2022 Football World Cup it is hosting. LEGGINGS ARE NOT PANTS: The Gulf state has issued its stance on leggings as part of its modesty drive . The pamphlets ask visitors to help preserve Qatar's culture and values. They state: 'If you are in Qatar, you are one of us. Please dress modestly in public places.' It then adds: 'Leggings are not pants.' The campaign uses social media to help get its message across, including the use of its own Twitter account. There are a range of other recommendations included in the campaign that visitors need to be wary of if planning to travel to Qatar. Public displays of intimacy and affection are strongly discouraged in Qatar . Anyone who says indecent phrases or is involved in an obscene act in public could face up to six months in prison . Women should dress modestly and men should not be shirtless in public . Public displays of affection and intimacy are strongly discouraged . Ask permission before taking a photo of someone you don't know personally . The campaign has received a mixed reaction online. One person responded: 'If this campaign ran in the UK it would be blasted for being \"racist\". Why is it suddenly acceptable elsewhere, regardless of religious or cultural beliefs? Basic human rights should be accepted globally, not just where some see fit.' The leaflets remind the visitor they are 'one of us' when visiting Qatar ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "'If you are in Qatar, you are one of us': Qatar aims to educate tourists on modesty .\nMen wearing shorts and singlets in public will be frowned upon .\nWomen should also avoid wearing garments which are too short or too tight, such as mini-skirts or sleeveless dresses ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "From Amy Childs to Lauren Goodger, the stars of The Only Way Is Essex are no strangers to cosmetic surgery. So when Abigail Clarke, 23, from Chigwell, Essex, joined the reality TV show two years ago, she followed suit because she felt under pressure to look perfect. She decided to have lip filler injected to enhance her pout but lived to regret it as she ended up with painful, swollen lips. Scroll down for video . Abigail, right, pictured with former TOWIE star Lauren Goodger, left, in 2013 said she felt under pressure to have surgery to look as glamorous as the other celebrities . Lauren, pictured after her lip filler injections, was left with a trout pout after she reacted badly to the treatment . 'When everyone looks amazing, you can think maybe I could do this, especially as some of the girls had work done. I asked them for advice,' she said of her decision to have the treatment after joining the cast of TOWIE. 'I wasn't really thinking about the needles, just about the results.' But the procedure didn't give her the look she'd hoped for. Her lips became swollen and painful as she had a bad reaction to the filler. She explains: 'The filler reacted in my lips and I got a wedge of it that was pushing out on either side. I thought if my lips crack, that will be it, my face will be ruined for life.' The swelling did subside but the lumps of filler remained making her lips look and feel uneven. 'I regret how my lips are now, I can hide the lumps of filler with make up but it feels disgusting,' she told TV presenter Katie Piper on Channel 4's Bodyshockers. Abi's natural look in 2013, left, and in 2014, right, after the filler which made her lips lumpy and painful . Abi with TOWIE co-star Jasmin Walia, left, in 2013 before she had the lip filler injected . The make-up artist agreed to appear on the Channel 4 show in the hope she would make other people think twice about having surgery to change their looks. She said: 'Now my lips are bruised and painful, I didn't realise how fake the filler would make me look. I have ruined my looks for nothing. I didn't really need them done.' Explaining more about her motivation to have the injections, Abi said she thought having a fuller pout would boost her self-esteem. 'I thought my lips were going to make me happy and the one thing that would give me that confidence - but it made me more upset,' she said. 'I have realised that confidence doesn't need to come from my lips, it needs to come from me. 'I need to have the confidence to be myself and to not want to look like all the other celebrities.' Abi's parents reveal on the documentary how they also wish their daughter hadn't 'ruined her face'. The reality TV star, pictured after the lip filler treatment when she used make-up to hide the lumps, said she wishes she had never had the procedure . Abi with Bodyshockers presenter Katie Piper after having a painful reversal treatment to make her lips look more natural again . Her father said: 'Her lips were fine as they were, no parent wants their child to be adjusting things. 'Her lips don't look natural now, they look painful.' Her mother agreed. She told Abi: 'It looks like a blow up dolly. It breaks my heart you had to do that as naturally you had lovely lips.' In a bid to get back to her natural look, Abi arranged to have filler removal treatment while being followed by the Bodyshocker cameras. This involves having more injections in her lips to inject a chemical to break down the filler. Despite the area being numbed first, Abi squeals in pain as the needle is inserted in her upper lip. Dr Esho of Le Beau Ideal who carried out the reversal surgery on Abi said: 'Abi came to see me after a lip augmentation with dermal fillers had unfortunately gone terribly wrong. Dermal fillers carry real risk of cyst formation, infection, allergy and scarring and it's important to be aware of these as part of doing your research when seeking these procedures. 'Over several weeks I saw Abi in stages we worked to drain and remove deep cysts, free scar tissue and dissolve filler which had been misplaced. 'It was a painful process for her but she was been brave throughout, recovered well and is now looking better than ever. 'Cases like Abi's I see more and more, and it's important for patients to seek out the right qualified professional to undergo these procedures and not base their choice on cost. Finding a skilled professional you can trust Is priceless. They will always guide and help you and be there to help'you if things don't go as planned.' Abi admitted the painful reversal treatments were worth it to rid her lips of the lumpy filler once and for all. She said: 'I'm really happy, I feel so normal now but my lips will never be the same or as tight and nice as they once were.' Abi said she's learnt her lesson and doesn't intend to have any more cosmetic surgery for the foreseeable future. 'I'm embracing the natural look now,' she said. AMY CHILDS . Amy, 24, admitted last year that she became 'addicted' to plastic surgery after having her first boob job when she was 18. After that she had another breast enhancement as well as Botox and multiple lip filler procedures. She has since had the lip filler reversal treatment that Abi endured saying she regretted having so many procedures so young. Amy Childs, left, said she was addicted to surgery. Lauren Goodger, right, has also been under the knife . LAUREN GOODGER . Lauren, 28, went under the knife to have a nose job in 2011. She also had a boob job which increased her breast size to 34E to D. Since first appearing on TOWIE, her cheeks and lips have become noticeably fuller prompting speculation that she has had numerous filler treatments. CHLOE SIMS . Chloe, 32, has made no secret of her numerous cosmetic procedures. She's had Botox and fillers, teeth veneers, two boob jobs and a bottom lift. In total she's spent more than £32,000 on treatments but she admitted in 2013 that she went too far and hated being nicknamed 'Plastic Chloe'. Chloe Sims, left, has had a number of procedures including Botox and fillers while Lauren Pope, right, has had a nose job and breast implants . LAUREN POPE . Lauren, 32, had a nose job to rid herself of a bump on her bridge and has also had boob jobs. She had to have some implants removed after the PIP scare. She's also thought to have had Botox and fillers. Bodyshockers is on Channel 4 Wednesdays at 10pm ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Abigail Clarke, 23, joined The Only Way Is Essex two years ago .\nShe said seeing other stars have surgery made her keen to try it .\nThought enhancing her lips would increase her confidence .\nBut she reacted badly to the filler and had a swollen trout pout .\nLeft with painful, lumpy lips and wishes she never had treatment .\nEndures painful reversal procedure to regain her natural look ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov's cancer was caused by radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster more than 25 years ago, according to his national team's doctor. The 32-year-old was diagnosed with acute leukaemia last month. Dr Mihail Iliev, who has treated Petrov for 14 years in his capacity as Bulgarian national team medic, is blaming a toxic radiation cloud the star was exposed to when he was just six years old. Stiliyan Petrov, accompanied by his wife and son, thanks the crowd support during the Aston Villa Chelsea game on March 31 . On April 26, 1986 a power surge in reactor number four caused an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine, sending a huge plume of radioactive material into the sky. At the time Stiliyan Petrov was growing up in Montana, Bulgaria, 650 miles away from Chernobyl. But the cloud of contaminated matter is believed to have passed over the city in the weeks following the disaster. Dr Iliev, 61, claimed radiation levels in the north of Bulgaria were 1,000 to 1,300 times normal levels in late April, early May 1986. He said a number of youngsters at the time, or born in the aftermath of the disaster, developed cancer - because Bulgaria's communist regime failed to tell people about the threat. Dr. Iliev told The Sun 'It was in the late spring, the population was eating fresh radioactive vegetables and other foods. Many people who were kids back then suffered cancer because of this. Chernobyl: Greenpeace believes the disaster will eventually cause 200,000 cancer cases . Dr Mihail Iliev, doctor to the Bulgarian football team, blames Chernobyl radiation for Stiliyan Petrov's cancer diagnosis . 'We called them The Chernobyl Kids. Most were born in the same region as Stiliyan.' Radiation from Chernobyl is known to . have caused widespread birth defects across the former Soviet Union, but . its effect on the inhabitants of neighboring countries is hard to . measure . Levels of contamination were detected across much of Europe in the aftermath of the disaster and experts say the toxic cloud spread out and west across the continent with closest neighbours Belarus, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Norway and Bulgaria worst effected. At 1.23am (2123 GMT), on April 26, 1986, an explosion at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spewed a cloud of radioactive fallout over much of Europe, Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia. The explosion released about 400 times more radiation than the U.S. atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima. Hundreds of thousands were sickened and once-pristine forests and farmland still remain contaminated now. Dr Iliev is even more convinced Petrov's cancer is related, because there is no history of cancer in his family. Dr. Iliev added, 'There are no other cases of such illness in this family, that is why I . think Stiliyan is a victim of the old communist regime’s lack of . information when the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl exploded, and the . radioactive cloud came to our country.' The UN's World Health . Organization says that among the 600,000 people most heavily exposed to . the radiation, 4,000 more cancer deaths than average are expected to be . eventually found. Greenpeace estimates 200,000 people will eventually contract cancer as a result of Chernobyl." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Petrov grew up 650 miles from doomed power station .\nToxic cloud passed over his hometown .\nCommunist leaders in Bulgaria 'hid threat to kids'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The wife of a Labour MP famed for her cleavage-heavy selfies has discovered they have been stolen and used to attract men on dating websites. But rather than being angry Mrs Danczuk, who is married to Simon Danczuk, 47, has said she is 'flattered' and hopes the women using them 'find love'. Her face is being used on at least two profiles, one under the name Karen and another for a Lizzie, and said that a friends had spotted them online. Scroll down for video . Theft: These pictures of Karen Danczuk have been stolen and used on these dating websites - but she says she hopes the women 'find love' Shock: One of her pictures appears under the name Karen and another for a Lizzie, and she said friends had spotted them online . Mrs Danczuk's selfies have become famous, so much so she is selling them on eBay for £10. The 31-year-old mother of two and Rochdale councillor, has sold hundreds of the prints, which are all personally signed, scented and sent by her. Mrs Danczuk is not looking for love herself having married Mr Danczuk in 2012, and the couple have two sons, Milton, six, and Maurice, four. She told The Sun: 'I couldn't believe it. I think Simon was a bit more freaked out than me — I take it more as a compliment. I hope they find love.' Earlier this week the councillor posted grabs of the sites on her Twitter feed. She wrote: 'OMG someone is on a dating website pretending to be me! What happen if they agree to meet a man ha ha? KD'. The post was accompanied by a screen grab of a profile on the Flurv dating app, which was using the name Karen and featured a picture from her Twitter page. Prolific: The mother of two has posted more than 60 selfies in the last six months to her more than 25,000 followers . Cllr Danczuk also posted a screen grab from another profile also using a picture of her from a different dating site. It was under the name Lizzie Thompson and the photo showed the politician in sunglasses and a low cut top. She tweeted: 'Morning! I'm on another dating website this time I'm call Lizzie Thompson! Deary me lol. Should I be flattered? KD'. A fellow Twitter user Sam Goddard replied: 'Would be interesting to see what would happen if this person actually got a date and had to meet someone'. Another user under the name @TeddyJames- tweeted: 'That's pathetic and creepy! You should report them! LOL'. The mother of two has posted more than 60 selfies in the last six months to her more than 25,000 followers. Her husband has defended his wife, posting on Twitter: 'Proud of my wife — brains and beauty!' Business model: The selfie is on sale for £10 on eBay and will be personally signed and scented by the Rochdale councillor . Partners: Mrs Danczuk married Labour MP Simon Danczuk in 2012 and the couple, of Rochdale, have two young sons . And Mrs Danczuk, who owns a deli with a husband, said the pictures were 'not meant to be sexy.' She added: 'I've never done a full bikini shot and a lot of my pictures are make-up free. This is something I just do in my own time. 'I'm very expressive as a person and I think these pictures just help to build up a picture of me. It's where we are as a society. 'It's a way of taking the blankness out of life when people are often too standoffish. At the end of the day it is just a postcard. 'A lady even said to me the other day it was \"so nice for Rochdale to be associated with glamour.\"'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Councillor wife of Simon Danczuk says she hopes thieves 'find love .\nTwo profiles have emerged - one under name 'Karen' another under 'Lizzie'\nMrs Danczuk's cleavage-heavy selfies have made her famous online .\nPolitician and business owner has been selling them on eBay for £10 each ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Members of a German motorcycle gang have arrived in the besieged Syrian city of Kobane to fight against Islamic State militants who have been attacking the city for the past four weeks. Leaders of the Cologne-based Median Empire Motorcycle Club, which has strong Kurdish links, have posted images of their riders posing in the city - some of them carrying weapons. The news comes just after three members of a notorious motorcycle gang from the Netherlands were told they had not committed any crime by travelling to Kobane to join the fight against ISIS. Leaders of the Cologne-based Median Empire Motorcycle Club, which has strong Kurdish links, have posted images of their riders posing in the besieged Syrian city of Kobane. They are there fighting ISIS terrorists . Images of the Median Empire Motorcycle Club emerged on the group's Facebook page, and showed the heavily tattooed riders with rifles slung over the shoulders. In a shot of the Germans huddled together, the gang's logo - a sinister looking white face on a black background - could clearly be seen on their leather vests. The image was captioned: 'Our boys were in Kobane today and told me today they were shot at but nothing happened. They are okay.' Four days earlier, the same Facebook user wrote: 'While others blabber and blabber, our boys are at the front fighting.' The gang's official Facebook page says the riders have travelled to the Middle East to distribute aid, and several images show them handing out food to Yazidis in what looks like a refugee camp. Defence: A biker from the No Surrender gang in the Netherlands, identified only as Ron (right) poses alongside a Kurdish soldier in Syria after going to fight against ISIS . Elsewhere of their Facebook page, the Median Empire Motorcycle Club praise the notorious Netherlands based No Surrender gang, three members of which have also travelled to fight in Kobane, according to its leader Klaas Otto. Last week a Dutch prosecutor told the members that they will not be prosecuted for going to fight abroad, because such actions are only illegal if you are fighting troops from the Netherlands. Public prosecutor spokesman Wim de Bruin said: 'Joining a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it's no longer forbidden. You just can't join a fight against the Netherlands.' While several countries including Britain have taken steps to stop their citizens joining ISIS, joining the Kurds is generally permissible because they are not considered a terrorist organisation. However, anyone going to fight ISIS would be banned from joining the Kurdistan Workers' Party, who run several of the brigades fighting ISIS, because they are considered to be terrorists. Blast: A US-led airstrike on a Syrian gas facility in Kobane killed at least eight people this afternoon. It had been held by militants from the Islamic State terror group, who expert Justin Bronk believes has made fatal errors in its attempt to capture the city . Fire: Flames rise over an ISIS-held building inside Kobane following American and Arab airstrike this evening . Dutch citizens fighting on the Kurdish side would of course be liable to prosecution if they committed crimes such as torture or rape, De Bruin said. 'But this is also happening a long way away and so it'll be very difficult to prove,' he added. Video footage apparently from a Kurdish broadcaster shows an armed European man with Kurdish fighters saying in Dutch: 'The Kurds have been under pressure for a long time.' There are estimated to be around 70,000 Kurds living in the Netherlands, most of whom are political refugees who fled from Turkey and the Middle East looking for work. An ISIS propaganda video released last week featured a German militant who threatened any Western soldier who travels to fight in Syria. Identified as Abu Dauoud al-Almani steps in front of the camera and speaks in German, subtitled in English. An ISIS propaganda video released last week featured German militant Abu Dauoud al-Almani who threatened the life of any Western soldier who travels to fight against the Islamic State in Syria . Syrian Kurdish refugees in Turkey watch as American and Arab warplanes carry out airstrikes on their hometown Kobane this evening . Al-Amani claimed the video is being shot in the Syrian town of Dabiq and urges Western nations to send their armies to fight ISIS because 'We have been waiting for you for over 1,400 years.' He also urges his fellow Muslims in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to join ISIS. Al-Almani is far from the first German citizen to embrace radical Islam. Former rapper Denis Cuspert spent several years as a major player in the Berlin hip hop scene under the name Deso Dogg before embracing radical Islam and travelling join ISIS in Syria. It is understood Cusbert now calls himself Abu Talha al-Almani and leads a unit of German-speaking ISIS terrorists operating under the name 'The German Brigade of Millatu Ibrahim'. It is not known whether Abu Dauoud al-Almani is a member of Cuspert's militant unit. Islamic State militants have publicly beheaded two of their own fighters after they were accused of 'banditry' and spying on behalf of the Syrian government. The executions took place in the Syrian city of Al-Bukamal after the two men were arrested by members of the terror group's police force and brought before a Sharia law court. One of the men was successfully tried on charges of 'banditry and robbing Muslims' money', while the second man was convicted of 'spying and embezzlement', with both being sentenced to being beheaded in the centre of Al-Bukamal, which is on the Euphrates River near the border with Iraq. Horror: The executions took place in the Syrian city of Al-Bukamal after the two men were arrested by members of the terror group's police force and brought before a Sharia law court . News of the executions came from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group monitoring violence in Syria using sources on the ground. The first man, they said, was convicted of 'banditry and robbing Muslims' money' - a charge likely to have been linked to the practice of money lending or usury. The second militants was accused of 'dealing with the regime and throwing electronic chips to keep track of Mujahedeen,' according to the Observatory. The use of the phrase 'electronic chips' is understood to refer to small geolocation devices that can be hidden inside ISIS-held buildings or vehicles belonging to senior militants. The devices can then provide Syrian regime warplanes with detailed information on which to base a bombing raid." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Members of Cologne-based Median Empire Motorcycle Club are in Kobane .\nRiders seen posing with weapons in battle to defeat Islamic State jihadists .\nGang's official Facebook page says its members 'are at the front fighting'\nMedian Empire Motorcycle Club has links to Kurdish community in Germany .\nNews comes just days after members of Dutch motorcycle gang were told they had not broken law by travelling to Syria to fight against ISIS ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lib Dem MP David Ward has been summoned to meet party enforcers next week to explain the comments about the Holocaust he posted on his website . A Liberal Democrat MP facing disciplinary action after accusing 'the Jews' of atrocities against Palestinians has issued a public apology for causing 'unintended offence.' David Ward's comments - posted on his website ahead of tomorrow's Holocaust Memorial Day - were condemned by party chiefs and sparked a furious backlash. He initially strongly defended the article and hit out at criticisms by the party - which summoned him to the Whip's Office for a meeting on Monday morning. But in a new post this afternoon he said he 'never for a moment intended to criticise or offend the Jewish people as a whole, either as a race or as a people of faith, and apologise sincerely for the unintended offence which my words caused.' 'I recognise of course the deep sensitivities of these issues at all times, and particularly on occasions of commemoration such as this weekend,' he added. Mr Ward said that in raising the treatment of the Palestinians he had simply been 'trying to make clear that everybody needs to learn the lessons of the Holocaust.' 'I will continue to make criticisms of actions in Palestine in the strongest possible terms for as long as Israel continues to oppress the Palestinian people,' he added. The Bradford East MP composed his original posting after signing a Holocaust memorial book in the city, describing Auschwitz as 'the Nazi concentration and extermination camp which is the site of the largest mass murder in history.' This week Prime Minister David Cameron signed a book of remembrance to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Downing Street . But in the addition which caused the . uproar, he added: 'Having visited Auschwitz twice - once with my family . and once with local schools - I am saddened that the Jews, who suffered . unbelievable levels of persecution during the Holocaust, could within a . few years of liberation from the death camps be inflicting atrocities on . Palestinians in the new State of Israel and continue to do so on a . daily basis in the West Bank and Gaza.' A Liberal Democrat spokesman said: . ‘This is a matter we take extremely seriously. The Liberal Democrats . deeply regret and condemn the statement issued by David Ward and his use . of language which is unacceptable.’ Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 68th . anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, . where more than one million people, mostly Jews, were killed – many . shot, starved or victims of the gas chambers. Homosexuals, political . dissidents and the handicapped were also victims. Horror: Holocaust Memorial Day marks the 68th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where more than one million people, mostly Jews, were killed . The MP, who said he had attended a . Holocaust memorial event in Bradford yesterday which was ‘extremely . moving’ said he hoped the chief whip would respect his views. In an interview yesterday he said: . ‘What better day to raise the issue of learning from one of the worst . examples of inhumanity.’ He told The Commentator website: ‘It appears . that the suffering by the Jews has not transformed their views on how . others should be treated.’ On his website, Mr Ward said he had . ‘signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons, in doing so . pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day’ and describes . Auschwitz as ‘the Nazi concentration and extermination camp which is the . site of the largest mass murder in history.’ Karen Pollock, chief executive of the . Holocaust Educational Trust, said: ‘I am deeply saddened that at this . sombre time, when we remember those who were murdered by the Nazis, Mr . Ward has deliberately abused the memory of the Holocaust causing deep . pain and offence - these comments are sickening and unacceptable and . have no place in British politics.’ Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is understood to be furious with Mr Ward and condemned his remarks . Jon Benjamin, chief executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: ‘We are outraged and shocked at these offensive comments about Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the suggestion that Jews should have learned a lesson from the experience. ‘For an MP to have made such comments on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day is even more distasteful, and we welcome the fact that the Liberal Democrats have sought to disassociate the party from David Ward's comments.’ Tory MP Robert Halfon said his comments were ‘a tragic trivialisation of real evil.’ He said ‘It should be remembered that Israel withdrew from Gaza completely and yet has faced a barrage of 7000+ missiles from Hamas and been the victim of hundreds of terrorist suicide bombers and been attacked by all its neighbours in 1948, 1967 and 1973.’ Mr Ward has previously described Israel as an ‘apartheid regime’. Liberal Democrat Baroness Jenny Tonge has twice been fired from the frontbench for her anti-Israel comments. In 2004, she claimed she might become a suicide bomber if she lived in the West Bank or Gaza, and was sacked as the party’s spokesman on children’s issues. She was sacked as health spokesman in 2010 for accusing Israeli soldiers of harvesting body parts in Haiti while doing humanitarian work after the earthquake, and this year said ‘Israel is not going to be there forever.’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bradford East MP condemned for linking Israeli treatment of Palestine with WWII 'death camps'\nParty enforcers demand a meeting next week to discuss his future .\nHolocaust Educational Trust slams 'sickening' comments on MP's website ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A group of intelligence officials were overheard yesterday discussing how the National Security Agency worker who leaked sensitive documents to a reporter last week should be 'disappeared.' Foreign policy analyst and editor at large of The Atlantic, Steve Clemons, tweeted about the 'disturbing' conversation after listening in to four men who were sitting near him as he waited for a flight at Washington's Dulles airport. 'In Dulles UAL lounge listening to 4 US intel officials saying loudly leaker & reporter on #NSA stuff should be disappeared recorded a bit,' he tweeted at 8:42 a.m. on Saturday. According to Clemons, the men had been attending an event hosted by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. Disturbing: Steve Clemons, pictured left, tweeted the conversation after overhearing the officials saying the NSA leaker and Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, pictured right, should be 'disappeared' on Saturday . One of the officials was wearing 'a white knit national counter-terrorism center shirt,' Clemons told the Huffington Post. He added that it was clear from their conversation they were among the intelligence community. Clemons said the conversation initially centered around the event the men had just attended but soon turned to the NSA leaks, which were first reported by Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald. The term 'disappeared' refers to a secret murder or assassination carried out by dictatorship governments. Clemons described the discussion on Twitter as 'bravado' and said he believed the disappearing comment was 'half joke half serious.' 'They were loud. Almost bragging. Lacked circumspection about comments & jokes,' he wrote about the conversation in the busy airport lounge. Defensive: Director of National Intelligence James R Clapper said in a statement Saturday that disclosures on intelligence gathering practices were 'reckless' Clemons said he didn't know the . identities of the officials or which agency they worked for. He wrote on . twitter that he recorded part of the conversation and took a number of . poor quality photos, which he said he would post online. 'Was a shock to me and wasn't prepared,' he tweeted. The dinner was in honor of former NSA director Michael Hayden and chaired by former Ambassador John Negroponte. The news comes after Director of National Intelligence James R Clapper . responded on Saturday to the defended the classified government . surveillance programs that were leaked during the week, insisting the . measures kept Americans safe and were 'authorized by Congress'. Hoping . to 'dispel some of the myths' after leaked documents published by The . Guardian and The Washington Post shed light on two top-secret government . surveillance programs, Clapper said in a statement the . purpose of the programs is 'to obtain foreign intelligence information, . including information necessary to thwart terrorist and cyber attacks . against the United States and its allies'. The classified document, published by The Guardian, detailed how a division of Verizon was ordered to give cell phone records to the NSA. The Guardian and The Washington Post . also reported that another program, called 'PRISM', was used by U.S. intelligence agencies to gain access to the files maintained by top . Internet companies like Google, Microsoft and Facebook. In statements, . those companies denied providing the government with special access to . their files. Informant: The Director of National Intelligence James R Clapper, left, released a statement on PRISM, which is reported to have been used to gather information from the data centers of Internet companies like Facebook, one of which is pictured left . 'Necessary': The top intelligence official, James R Clapper, said the NSA's intelligence measures, carried out at sites like this one in Maryland, were 'used to keep Americans safe' Both the phone-records program and . PRISM were approved by a judge, but PRISM allowed government agencies to . gain access to various Internet conversations, including email. In his statement, Clapper said PRISM, which was authorized in the Patriot Act, has been in place since 2008. The Associated Press . reported on Saturday that earlier this week the NSA filed a criminal . report with the Justice Department in relation to the leaks. Clapper called the disclosures 'reckless'. 'In . a rush to publish, media outlets have not given the full . context–including the extent to which these programs are overseen by all . three branches of government–to these effective tools,' he said. 'In . particular, the surveillance activities published in The Guardian and . The Washington Post are lawful and conducted under authorities widely . known and discussed, and fully debated and authorized by Congress.' Clapper's statement came as a new Guardian report revealed more information on the NSA's tool for recording and analyzing intelligence. Documents . obtained by the Guardian reveal the government uses a data mining tool, . called Boundless Informant, to map information the agency collects. The . Guardian reported the agency collected 'almost 3 billion pieces of . intelligence from US computer networks over a 30-day period ending in . March 2013'. National security: Top intelligence official James R Clapper said secret programs revealed in recent news reports are 'necessary to thwart terrorist and cyber attacks against the United States and its allies' 'The . tool allows users to select a country on a map and view the metadata . volume and select details about the collections against that country,' according to an NSA fact sheet about the program obtained by The . Guardian. In . his statement, Clapper said the agency is limited in discussing their . intelligence gathering practices by the NSA's need to protect their . methods and sources. 'Disclosing information about the . specific methods the government uses to collect communications can . obviously give our enemies a \"playbook\" of how to avoid detection,' Clapper said. Clapper added the recent disclosures . have caused 'significant misimpressions', adding he could not correct . all 'inaccuracies' without revealing even more classified information. In order to 'dispel some of the myths', the NSA also released a three-page fact sheet on intelligence collection as outlined by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The . fact sheet noted the government 'does not unilaterally obtain . information from the servers of U.S. electronic communication service . providers' but only through court approval with provider's knowledge. Congress . also authorized the use of PRISM, which the fact sheet called an . 'internal government computer system' and 'not an undisclosed collection . or data mining program'. The . fact sheet also tried to dispel many Americans' concerns, noting the . government cannot target anyone's computer or phone records without 'an . appropriate, and documented, foreign intelligence purpose for the . acquisition (such as for the prevention of terrorism, hostile cyber . activities, or nuclear proliferation) and the foreign target is reasonably believed to be outside the United States. The fact sheet detailed how their intelligence gathering was approved or overseen by the three branches of government. 'Finally, the notion that Section 702 activities are not subject to internal and external oversight is similarly incorrect. Collection of intelligence information under Section 702 is subject to an extensive oversight regime, incorporating reviews by the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches,' the fact sheet said. In the fact sheet, Clapper also highlighted how intelligence gathered using these programs has provided 'insight into terrorist networks and plans'. 'For example, the intelligence community acquired information on a terrorist organization's strategic planning efforts,' he said in the fact sheet. 'Communications collected under Section 702 have yielded intelligence regarding proliferation networks and have directly and significantly contributed to successful operations to impede the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related technologies.' President Barack Obama also noted the importance of the intelligence programs in an event in California Friday. 'I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs,' he said according to multiple reports. 'My team evaluated them. We scrubbed them thoroughly–we actually expanded some of the oversight, increased some of the safeguards. But my assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. You can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going have to make some choices as a society.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Editor-at-large of The Atlantic Steve Clemons tweeted the 'disturbing' discussion after overhearing it at Washington's Dulles airport on Saturday .\nThe four men were speaking loudly and 'almost bragging'\nThey said both the leaker and Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who broke the story, should be 'disappeared'\nComes after National Intelligence director James R Clapper defended the surveillance programs for keeping America safe .\nNSA filed criminal report with Justice Dept. in relation to leaks to The Guardian and The Washington Post ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A crew of New York City strippers scammed wealthy men out of at least $200,000 by spiking their drinks and then dragging them to strip clubs to rack up enormous charges on their credit cards, authorities said on Wednesday. A banker, a lawyer. a doctor and a real estate attorney were among the four unidentified victims plied with ecstasy, cocaine and prescription drugs and then taken to Scores in Manhattan and the RoadhHouse NYC Gentleman’s Club in Queens. Once there the women would whisk the intoxicated men away for private dances and then take away their credit cards while they were too wasted to stop it. Drug Enforcement Administration and New York Police Department investigators arrested four women, Samantha Barbash, Roselyn Keo, Karina Pacsucci and Marsi Rosen earlier this week on charges including grand larceny, assault and forgery. Busted: Samantha Barbash, is escorted by law enforcement officers following her arrest in New York. Barbash is allegedly part of a crew of New York City strippers who scammed wealthy men by drugging them and running up extravagant bills at topless clubs while they were in a daze . Charged: Karina Pascucci arrives in court on Tuesday night after being charged in connection with a scam involving exotic dancers in New York City . Carmine Vitolo, a manager at the Roadhouse was also charged with conspiracy, grand larceny and tampering with physical evidence. One of the women was expected to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday following appearances on Tuesday by the other three women. According to court papers, the strippers would prowl bars in Manhattan and Long Island for their victims over a four month period beginning in September 2013. The roundup followed an undercover investigation that found that the women joined in a scheme to rip off the men by drugging them with Molly, a powerful powder form of ecstasy after arranging to meet them on 'dates'. According to court papers, Samantha Barbash was the ring-leader along with Roselyn Keo. Barbash’s attorney, Stephen Murphy, said Wednesday that his client denies the charges. Drug allegations: Samantha Barbash led the extortion ring and threatened to blackmail some of her clients with photographs of them in compromising sexual positions from the night before . Ruthless: Samantha Barbash is allegedly the leader of a gang of strippers who have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from wealthy male clients in New York City . Destination: This is Scores gentlemen's club in Manhattan - one of the destination for the women after they allegedly drugged their victims . Lead: Barbash (pictured left and right) and Keo headed up the credit scam according to court papers . Once they had given their victims the drugs the women then took the men to the clubs and brought the inebriated men to private rooms for dances and then stole their cards and racked up huge charges. The strippers falsely authorized tens of thousands of dollars to the victims' cards by forging their signatures and making them believe they were being charged for a lower amount. 'These individuals targeted and isolated victims in order to illegally obtain access to their credit cards and thousands of dollars of credit,' said Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. 'Thanks to the hard work of the investigators and prosecutors in this case, these individuals will no longer be in a position to profit from this type of fraudulent activity.' The clubs paid the women for the visits, but the establishments were not facing criminal charges, authorities said according to The New York Post. The men reported waking up in their cars or in hotel rooms with little or no memory of the encounters. Those who tried to dispute the strip club bills received texts from the strippers threatening to go public with their transgressions, authorities said. 'The defendants were banking on the victims being too afraid to contact the police,' said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan to The New York Daily News. 'They made a serious miscalculation.' Also charged: Marsi Rosen is also charged with being part of a crime ring of strippers who have allegedly stolen at least $200,000 from wealthy New York City men . Club: Karina Pascucci has been charged with assault and theft along with her three other stripper accomplices revealed court documents from Manhattan on Tuesday . Exotic: This is the RoadHouse Gentlemen's Club in Queens - another favorite destination of the strippers . Indeed, in some cases the strippers took photos and videoed the men in compromising sexual positions with women and men and threatened to blackmail them. Dr. Zyad Younan is allegedly one of the four men scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a gang of New York strippers . Last month, Scores sued a cardiologist, saying he owed the club $135,303 for unpaid services. According to the lawsuit, the doctor disputed the charges by saying 'he was drugged by plaintiff's employees and thus did not authorize the charges'— a claim the club says is contradicted by security video showing him freely showing up there on four separate occasions. A source identified this man as Zyad Younan, a cardiologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. According to The New York Daily News, Younan, denied he willingly authorized the $135,303 of charges. 'Today’s . indictment exposes a pattern of fraud that contributed to erroneous . media reports,' said Michael Weinstein, attorney of one of the alleged . victims. 'We were always confident that law enforcement’s . efforts would expose that my client was preyed upon by this ring and not . responsible for charges to his credit card.' The three other unidentified victims were all allegedly conned for a total of $55,000. Special . Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan said the scam 'involved not only . the theft of $200,000, but compromised the health, safety and security . of victims by covertly giving them harmful substances.' There was no immediate response to phone messages left Wednesday at Scores and the RoadHouse." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Samantha Barbash, 40, Roselyn Keo, 29, Marsi Rosen, 28, and Karina Pascucci, 26 have been charged with scamming wealthy New York men .\nAppeared in court on Tuesday charged with stealing at least $200,000 in fake credit card charges .\nAllegedly drugged their victims and forged signatures on their cards .\nTried to blackmail the rich men the next day by sending them compromising pictures from the night before ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A Roma gypsy says he is using the £14,000 he has received in benefits to create a lavish house in his homeland. Ion Lazar boasts that British handouts are funding the refurbishment of the property in the village of Argetoaia in southern Romania. He said: 'I know the benefit I can make very easily in England. It's coming in benefits. It's like free money, thank you England.' Scroll down for video . Scandal: Ion Lazer, outside his house in Romania which he is rebuilding with money taken in British benefits . Proud: Mr Lazar surveys his family home in the village of Argetoaia in southern Romania . Mr Lazar, 36, a part-time self-employed scrap metal collector in London, pays no tax as he earns so little and claims £1,700 a month in welfare. The father-of-three's comments will feature in a Channel 5 documentary to be shown this week. Ukip MEP Steven Woolfe is furious about the revelation. He told the Daily Express: 'This is further proof of the national scandal of the abuse of our benefits system caused by our open-door migration policy with the EU. 'We should ban all benefits to immigrants until they have contributed through taxation for at least five years.' Mr Lazar came to the Britain with five other immigrants when the work restrictions on Romanians were lifted in January. Mr Lazar came to the Britain with five other immigrants when the work restrictions on Romanians were lifted in January . In April he appeared in another Channel 5 documentary which followed the lives of Roma gipsies in Britain. In it he admits he is just planning to stash his benefits to take home to his family in Romania. He added: 'I know it's very, very easy to take benefits in England… She's give me home free, she's give me money free, she's give me everything.' David Cameron announced last week that he would ban migrants from claiming benefits for four years after moving to Britain. But he failed to include a controversial 'emergency break' on migration if the benefit cuts did not lead to a fall in the number of EU workers moving to the UK. This weekend Labour MP Frank Field warned the debate about immigration in the UK will become 'very nasty' if politicians ignore concerns about the pressures being placed on public services in a time of austerity. Former minister Mr Field, who co-chairs the cross-party Balanced Migration group, said politicians should be 'tough on the causes of migration' - echoing former prime minister Tony Blair's vow on tackling crime. Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole is on Channel 5, 9pm Wednesday." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ion Lazar says handouts are funding the property in a Romanian village .\nThe 36-year-old said: 'It's like free money, thank you England'\nThe part-time scrap metal dealer receives £1,700 in benefits a month .\nAn earlier version of this article said that Mr Lazar had claimed £60,000 in benefits. In fact, Mr Lazar stated that he hoped to collect £60,000 in benefits during his first two to three years in the UK, and claimed to have collected approximately £14,000 during his first 11 months in the UK. We are happy to clarify this." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A hazardous drug that eliminates free will and can wipe the memory of its victims is currently being dealt on the streets of Colombia. The drug is called scopolamine, but is colloquially known as ‘The Devil’s Breath,' and is derived from a particular type of tree common to South America. Stories surrounding the drug are the stuff of urban legends, with some telling horror stories of how people were raped, forced to empty their bank accounts, and even coerced into giving up an organ. Scroll down for video . Danger: 'The Devil's Breath' is such a powerful drug that it can remove the capacity for free will . Deadly drug: Scopolamine is made from the Borrachero tree, which blooms with deceptively beautiful white and yellow flowers . VICE’s Ryan Duffy travelled to the country to find out more about the powerful drug. In two segments, he revealed the shocking culture of another Colombian drug world, interviewing those who deal the drug and those who have fallen victim to it. Demencia Black, a drug dealer in the capital of Bogota, said the drug is frightening for the simplicity in which it can be administered. He told Vice that Scopolamine can be blown in the face of a passer-by on the street, and within minutes, that person is under the drug’s effect - scopolamine is odourless and tasteless. ‘You can guide them wherever you want,’ he explained. ‘It’s like they’re a child.’ Black said that one gram of Scopolamine is similar to a gram of cocaine, but later called it ‘worse than anthrax.’ In high doses, it is lethal. It only takes a moment: One drug dealer in Bogota explained how victims are drugged within minutes of exposure . Victims: One Colombian woman said that under the influence of scopolamine, she led a man to her house and helped him ransack it . The drug, he said, turns people into complete zombies and blocks memories from forming. So even after the drug wears off, victims have no recollection as to what happened. One victim told Vice that a man approached her on the street asking her for directions. Since it was close by, she helped take the man to his destination, and they drank juice together. 'You can guide them wherever you want. It’s like they’re a child.' She took the man to her house and helped him gather all of her belongings, including her boyfriend’s cameras and savings. ‘It is painful to have lost money,’ the woman said,’ but I was actually quite lucky.’ According to the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, the drug - also known as hyoscine - causes the same level of memory loss as diazepam. In ancient times, the drug was given to the mistresses of dead Colombian leaders – they were told to enter their master’s grave, where they were buried alive. Devil's Breath: The drug is odourless and tasteless and can simply be blown in the face of someone on the street; their free will vanishes after being exposed to it . Dangerous: Vice's Ryan Duffy traveled to the capital of Bogota to find out more about the drug . In modern times, the CIA used the drug as part of Cold War interrogations, with the hope of using it like a truth serum. However, because of the drug’s chemical makeup, it also induces powerful hallucinations. The tree common around Colombia, and is called the ‘borrachero’ tree – loosely translated as the 'get-you-drunk' tree. It is said that Colombian mothers warn their children not to fall asleep under the tree, though the leafy green canopies and large yellow and white flowers seem appealing. Experts are baffled as to why Colombia is riddled with scopolamine-related crimes, but wager much of it has to do with the country’s torn drug-culture past, and on-going civil war. Watch video here: WARNING: CONTENT MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR SOME READERS ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scopolamine often blown into faces of victims or added to drinks .\nWithin minutes, victims are like 'zombies' - coherent, but with no free will .\nSome victims report emptying bank accounts to robbers or helping them pillage own house .\nDrug is made from borrachero tree, which is common in Colombia ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Police seized a 'glow-in-the-dark' supercar from a London street after its wealthy Qatari owner was stopped for not having a licence or the correct insurance. The £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador - with a paint job that made it look like something out of the sci-fi film Tron - was impounded near Harrod's in Knightsbridge yesterday. It is understood its owner is 24-year-old Nasser Al-Thani, a member of Qatar's ruling family. Scroll down for video . Supercar: Police stopped the driver of the £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador in Knightsbridge, London . Sci-fi: The customised car has scissor doors and a glow-in-the-dark paint job that makes it look like something out of the film Tron . Stopped: Police seized the car after its driver failed to produce a driving licence or correct insurance documents . Problem: Pictured earlier in the day, the supercar understood to be owned by 24-year-old Nasser Al-Thani, of Qatar's ruling family, was also missing a front numberplate . Attraction: A crowd gathered around the unusual-looking car as police waited for a tow truck to arrive . Police stopped the car, which was also missing its front number plate, on Brompton Street and had it towed away after Mr Al-Thani failed to produce a licence or the correct insurance. A crowd gathered around the ostentatious scissor-door car, which has been customised by a Japanese tuning company, as three police officers on motorbikes waited for the tow-truck to arrive. When a low-loader finally appeared, an officer slowly drove the supercar onto the back before it was transported to a local pound. One onlooker said: 'It is great when the . wealthy foreign tourists come over to London every summer as you always . see these amazing supercars. 'The Lamborghini looked like something out of Tron, it was absolutely stunning.' Ticket: Police attached a note explaining why they were seizing the Lamborghini . Backing up: A low-loader arrived to take the supercar away from Brompton Street, Knightsbridge . Easy does it: A police officer (seen in wing mirror) carefully edges the £350,000 car onto the ramp . Secured: Officers arranged to have the Lamborghini taken to a car pound . Royals: The Al-Thani family rules Qatar and has previously had two of their supercars clamped outside Harrods . Taken away: Police are able to seize uninsured cars until drivers can provide proof of insurance . Millionaire's playground: A host of cars with Arabic numberplates, including the Lamborghini, are pictured outside the Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane . Wealthy Middle-Eastern drivers descend on the capital in their supercars every summer and have even been the subject of a Channel 4 documentary, Millionaire Boy Racers, which showed angry residents saying their driving style was ruining the area for locals. The Al-Thani family are renowned for . their wacky supercars and hit the headlines three years ago when . their blue Lamborghini and Koenigseggs were clamped outside Harrods. The Lamborghini Aventador is one of the world’s fastest supercars. It is powered by a 6.5-litre V12 engine which gives a 0-62mph time of 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 217mph. Video courtesy of Totalrevs Supercars ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Police impound £350,000 supercar after owner fails to produce documents .\nPurple Lamborghini Aventador customised to 'glow in the dark'\nOwner believed to be Nasser Al-Thani, 24, of Qatar's ruling family ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologized on Thursday night and said he was wrong for saying that women don't need to ask for a raise and should just trust the system to pay them well. Nadella was blasted on Twitter and in blog posts for his comments, which were made earlier on Thursday at an event for women in computing. He had been asked to give his advice to women who are uncomfortable requesting a raise. His response: 'It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along.' Not asking for raise, he added, is 'good karma' that would help a boss realize that the employee could be trusted and should have more responsibility. Scroll down for video . Foot in mouth disease: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sparked a controversy by advising women against asking for raises . But his comments caused an uproar online, and Microsoft posted a memo from him on its website. In it, Nadella said he answered the question 'completely wrong' and that he thinks 'men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it's deserved, Maria's advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.' His interviewer at the event, Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College and a Microsoft director, had told him she disagreed, which drew cheers from the audience. She suggested women do their homework on salary information and first practice asking with people they trust. Still, his comments at the event, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, underscored why many see technology companies as workplaces that are difficult to navigate or even unfriendly for women and minorities. Tech companies, particularly the engineering ranks, are overwhelmingly male, white and Asian. Courting controversy: Nadella, left, made the gaffe while being interviewed by Microsoft board member Maria Klawe, right, at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing . Criticized for their lack of diversity, major companies say they are trying to address the problem with programs such as employee training sessions and by participating in initiatives meant to introduce girls to coding. Twenty-nine percent of Microsoft's employees are women, according to figures the Redmond, Washington-based company released earlier this month. Its technical and engineering staff and its management are just 17 percent female. That's roughly comparable to diversity data released by other big tech companies this year. 'Without a doubt I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap,' Nadella wrote in his memo to employees. The gaffe came towards the end of a Q & A session conducted by Maria Klawe, a member of Microsoft's board of directors, who asked Nadella for an advice for women who are not comfortable asking for a raise. 'It's not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raise,' he responded, reportedly sending murmurs of indignation through a crowd of 500 women sitting in the audience. 'That might be one of the initial 'super powers' that, quite frankly, women [who] don't ask for a raise have,' he continued. 'It's good karma. It will come back.' Klawe disagreed with Nadella's career advice, urging women to be tough negotiators when it comes to asking for compensation. To emphasize her point, Klawe, a well-regarded computer scientist, told the audience how she settled for a salary $50,000 lower than she had deemed appropriate when she was offered the position of dean of engineering at Princeton University, Bloomberg reported. Satya Nadella did not have to wait long for a reaction to his words of wisdom as Twitter lit up with highly critical posts. Backtrack: Nadella quickly took to Twitter to apologize for his 'tone-deaf' remarks . 'That @satyanadella thought that was reasonable advice says volumes about how little @Microsoft understands and wants to solve the problem,' wrote Sarah Milstein, CEO of Lean Startups Productions. Alahha Woods tweeted at Nadella: 'This can't be positively spun.' The recently appointed CEO of Microsoft quickly went into damage control mode Thursday afternoon, tweeting to his followers: 'was inarticulate re how women should ask for raise. Our industry must close gender pay gap so a raise is not needed because of a bias.' He then followed up by releasing the text of a company-wide email addressing his gaffe, in which he readily admitted that he answered Maria Klawe's question about raises 'completely wrong.' Contrite: Nadella later sent a company-wide email admitting that he answered the question about raises 'completely wrong' 'Without a doubt I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap. 'I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it's deserved, Maria's advice was the right advice. 'If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.' Nadella's controversial and arguably tone-deaf remarks come a week after Microsoft released figures showing that the company's staff was about 29 per cent female, and that 17 per cent of employees occupying position of leadership within the company were women." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Satya Nadella made the gaffe at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing .\nHe later issued an apology on Twitter, saying he was 'inarticulate'\nMicrosoft’s leadership is only 17.3 percent according to latest figures .\nWomen make up almost 45 percent of the non-tech jobs at Microsoft, but only 17 percent of the tech positions ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Malcolm X's grandson Malcolm Shabazz died in Mexico on Thursday. The 28-year-old was reportedly beaten to death during a robbery but the circumstances surrounding the death are unclear. The son of Malcolm X's second daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, had a troubled childhood and at the age of 12 pleaded guilty in 1997 to setting a fire that killed his grandmother, Malcolm X's widow Betty Shabazz. Scroll down for video . Mystery: Malcolm X's grandson Malcolm Shabazz, 28, was reportedly beaten to death during a robbery in Mexico on Thursday morning but the circumstances surrounding the death are unclear . Tragedy: Malcolm Shabazz spent 18 months in jail for setting fire to his grandmother's apartment in 1997. His grandmother, Malcolm X's widow Betty (pictured in May 1995), died in the fire at age 63 . Grandfather: Malcolm Shabazz's mother, Qubilah (pictured left in 1963) was the second daughter of the Black Muslim activist Malcolm X (center) with oldest daughter Attilah (right) Heritage: Malcolm Shabazz was born in 1984 and never met his activist grandfather, who was assassinated in 1965 in New York (pictured the Nation of Islam leader in New York in June 1963) The man is believed to have died early on Thursday after sustaining serious injuries from an assault, with The Amsterdam News reporting he was either thrown from a building or was shot in the course of a robbery. The location of the rumored attack has not yet been confirmed, as some websites have claimed he died in Tijuana and other news outlets have listed the place of death as Mexico City. Shabazz was reportedly in Mexico to meet with labor movement organizers, Talking Points Memo said. Juan Ruiz, part of the California-based labor group Rumec, told the website that Shabazz was in Mexico City to meet with one of Rumec's leaders, Miguel Suarez. Suarez had been deported from the United States last month. 'He’s a supporter of our organization. He went to Mexico to meet with Miguel,' Mr Ruiz told TPM. 'He was murdered. He was in Mexico City and I believe they attempted to rob him and he didn't allow it, so they beat him to death and he died on his way to the hospital. This is all I can confirm, everything else is under investigation for the meantime,' he added. Imam Dawud Walid, an acquaintance of Shabazz and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Michigan, told NBC Newns, 'I do know that Malcolm was involved in . human rights and that he had a relationship with a gentleman named . Suarez in Mexico.' The U.S. State Department confirmed on Friday that a U.S. citizen had been killed in Mexico City but said it was not releasing the individual's name at the family's request. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is closed on Friday as Mexico celebrates Mother's Day. Troubled: At the age of 12, Malcolm Shabazz admitted to setting fire to his grandmother's apartment in Yonkers, New York in June 1997. He was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile detention for manslaughter and arson . Disturbed: Malcolm Shabazz, pictured at age 14 in court in 1999, spent much of his childhood living with relatives as his mother Qubilah struggled with drug and alcohol issues . Mother: Malcolm Shabazz's mother Qubilah Shabazz (pictured right in 1995 with her mother Betty) had a relationship with an Algerian man in Paris in the eighties. She gave birth to Malcolm in 1984 . The Amsterdam News first reported the man's death and later stated that the U.S. Embassy had confirmed the death. A family friend of the Shabazz family, Terrie M. Williams, . wrote in a Facebook posting, 'I'm confirming, per US Embassy, on behalf . of the family, the tragic death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm . X. Statement from family to come.' Malcolm Shabazz had tried to turn his life around. He was an aspiring author and was attending John Jay College in New York . Malcolm Shabazz was born in 1984 and never met his activist grandfather, who was assassinated in 1965 in New York. Malcom Shabazz's father was an Algerian man, his mother had a relationship with when she studied in Paris. His mother struggled with alcohol and drug addiction so during his childhood Malcolm Shabazz lived with various relatives. Tragedy struck with the youth set fire to his grandmother's apartment in Yonkers, New York in 1997. The woman, Betty Shabazz, sustained burns over 80 per cent of her body and died . Malcom Shabazz, then aged 12, was sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention for pleading guilty to manslaughter and arson. At a court hearing in the case, experts described Shabazz as psychotic and schizophrenic. After his release, he returned to jail in 2002 for a robbery charge and was arrested again in 2006. He claimed earlier in 2013 that he was being harassed by the FBI, in an impassioned blog posting. Shabazz described himself as the 'first . male heir of the greatest revolutionary leader of the 20th century,' on . his Twitter profile. On his Twitter profile he lists Washington D.C. as his hometown but was said to be attending John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York before his death. He suggested on his blog that he was an aspiring writer and was in the process of working on the manuscripts for two books. 'Malcolm is a humble, passionate and forceful speaker who’s emerging as a voice for our generation as a writer,' his biography states. He is survived by his mother and two daughters." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Malcolm Shabazz, 28, was the son of Malcolm X's second daughter, Qubilah Shabazz .\nMalcolm X's 'first male heir' was born in 1984 and never met his activist grandfather who was assassinated in 1965 .\nHad a troubled youth shuffling from various relatives as his mother battled alcohol and drug addiction .\nAt age 12, admitted to starting apartment fire that killed his 63-year-old grandmother Betty Shabazz in 1997 .\nWas an aspiring writer, attending John Jay College in New York .\nHe was in Mexico City to meet with labor organizers before his death ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "An electromagnetic pulse that could have knocked electrical equipment over continent-scale regions barely missed Earth two weeks ago, it has been revealed. Electromagnetic pulses, also known as EMPs, are massive . surges of energy that can come from a severe solar flare or from a high . altitude nuclear explosion. ‘The world escaped an EMP catastrophe,’ Henry Cooper, who . now heads High Frontier, a group pushing for missile defence, told Washington Secrets. Electromagnetic pulses, also known as EMPs, are massive surges of energy that can come from a severe solar flare, such as this one pictured on May 12, or from a high altitude nuclear explosion . On September 1, 1859, astronomer, Richard Carrington observed a sudden flash over a large area of sunspots on the sun. Within 60 seconds the flash had already started to disappear, but early the next morning, there were reports that the northern lights were so bright that people could read the newspaper as if it were daylight. At the same time strange things began happening worldwide telegraph systems. Telegraph operators were being shocked unconscious and the flying sparks were setting their machines on fire. When the telegraph operators disconnected their machines from the batteries, there were still sparks flying. This is because the power of solar flares induced electricity into the lines that carried the telegraph signals. 'There had been a near miss about two weeks ago, a Carrington-class coronal mass ejection crossed the orbit of the Earth and basically just missed us,’ added Peter Vincent Pry, who served on the Congressional EMP Threat Commission. ‘Basically this is a Russian roulette thing,’ he said. ‘We narrowly escape from a Carrington-class disaster.’ The event isn’t rare. In 1989, an EMP effect in Canada knocking out Quebec's electric transmission system. And on May 12, one of the largest solar flares to be recorded this year took place. The Sun sent billions of tons of solar particles into space, but they were not traveling in Earth's direction. An overall increase in solar flare activity has been observed in the past 12 months, as the Sun reaches the peak of its 11-year cycle. President Bill Clinton’s former Director of Central Intelligence, James Woolsey, led a panel earlier this week on the threat of a natural or nuclear EMP. Experts have also recently demanded that Washington prepare the nation's electric grid for an EMP. A study into solar storms last year predicted there was a one in eight chance of a major one affecting Earth by 2020. The UK, however is relatively well prepared for an extreme solar weather event, according to experts at the Royal Academy of Engineering . EMPs can destroy electrical equipment over continent-scale regions . They want the 2,000-3,000 transformers in the U.S. grid protected with a high-tech metal box and spares ready to rebuild the system. According to Woolsey, knocking out only 20 of these would shut down electricity to parts of the nation for a long time. Woolsey told Secrets, however, that some in Congress are interested in the issue, but the administration is just in the ‘beginnings’ of paying attention. A study into solar storms last year predicted there was a one in eight chance of a major one affecting Earth by 2020. The UK, however is relatively well prepared for an extreme solar weather event, according to experts behind the Royal Academy’s report ‘Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure’. Professor Paul Cannon, chair of the working group that produced the Academy’s report, said: ‘It’s an inevitable natural hazard and it will have a wide impact on technology. Extreme space weather has been variously described by some as inconsequential, and by others as potentially cataclysmic. ‘Simplistically, our view is that solar super storms will be a challenge for the UK to deal with but certainly not cataclysmic. And our motto in all this is: “Don’t panic but do prepare”’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Earth has narrowly missed electromagnetic pulses caused by solar flares .\nIf they had hit, the pulses could have knocked out electrical equipment over continent-scale regions ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Daniel Levy will begin a major restructuring of Tottenham’s scouting and recruitment procedures after their poor start to the Barclays Premier League season. The Spurs chairman is planning the overhaul to help manager Mauricio Pochettino’s short-and long-term transfer activity. Although Levy is deeply unhappy with the performance of the team under their new head coach, the Argentine has the chairman’s full support. Tottenham went on a chaotic spending spree after selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £86m . Erik Lamela was signed for £30m but missed most of last season through injury . Roberto Soldado was signed for £26m from Valencia but has failed to convince the White Hart Lane faithful . Etienne Capoue (right) was signed from Toulouse for £8.6m but has yet to fulfil his potential . Vlad Chiriches (right) was signed from Steaua Bucharest for £8.5m and has also struggled . Christian Eriksen (right) has been Tottenham's best signing since Gareth Bale left . After Gareth Bale was sold to Real Madrid for £86m, Tottenham reinvested that money into their squad - with little success. Paulinho - £17m from Corinthians . Christian Eriksen - £11.5m from Ajax . Roberto Soldado - £26m from Valencia . Nacer Chadli - £6m from FC Twente . Etienne Capoue - £8.6m from Toulouse . Vlad Chiriches - £8.5m from Steaua Bucharest . Erik Lamela - £30m from Roma . Instead Levy is planning a shake-up to ensure the proper procedures are in place to scout and recruit talent after spending the £86million from Gareth Bale’s sale last summer. The club’s head of analysis Jonathan Beaker has already left the club and has moved to Australia, but Levy has plans to restructure his scouting policy in the coming weeks. Spurs are still recovering from that chaotic spending spree last summer and Levy wants to make sure there is a system of accountability in place after last season’s blame game. Tottenham are widely recognised as the most political club in the Premier League and the fingers were being pointed after last season’s depressing results. Their director of football administration, Darren Eales, who was hugely supportive of staff at their new training ground, is serving his notice period. His departure for MLS side Atlanta, announced last month, is unrelated to his work at Spurs. He is leaving for personal reasons and is expected to complete the move to the United States in the next couple of weeks. Paulinho was bought for £17m but the Brazil midfielder has failed to establish himself in the team . Nacer Chadli has hit form this season after a poor first season at White Hart Lane . Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is planning overhaul of short-and long-term transfer policy . Mauricio Pochettino still has Levy's backing despite disappointing start to the season . Levy wants to bring people in to assist Pochettino before the transfer window opens in January. Sporting director Franco Baldini is expected to play a key role in future plans, but Levy is driving the project. He was disappointed by the club’s failure to push on last season under Andre Villas-Boas after he sold Bale to Real Madrid for a world record fee. Instead they squandered vast sums on Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, Roberto Soldado, Etienne Capoue, Vlad Chiriches, Erik Lamela and Christian Eriksen." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Daniel Levy deeply unhappy with the performance of Spurs team this season .\nTottenham chairman still backing head coach Mauricio Pochettino .\nSpurs spent vast sums on Paulinho, Nacer Chadli, Roberto Soldado, Etienne Capoue, Vlad Chiriches, Erik Lamela and Christian Eriksen ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two teenage schoolgirls were arrested over suspected terrorism offences after police believed they were trying to fly from Britain to Syria to fight in the civil war, it was revealed today. The 17-year-olds from London were grabbed at Heathrow airport this month amid concerns they had been radicalised and were going to become jihadists. A senior Scotland Yard officer has also revealed 14 young Britons have been held on charges linked to the Syrian conflict in January, compared to 24 for the whole of last year. Revelations: Scotland Yard has revealed it held two 17-year-olds believing they were going to join other women fighting in Syria (pictured) Counter-terrorism Commander Richard Walton warned today there are growing numbers of young 'boys and girls enticed' towards jihad, and some could target Britain next. 'We’ve had a number of teenagers both from London and nationally . who’ve been attempting to go to Syria,' he told the Evening Standard. 'That’s boys and girls . unfortunately. It’s not just the odd one. It’s shocking that they are . such young people.' The two teenagers held at Heathrow were later released, but Commander Walton added the chaos in Syria 'has all the ingredients' to produce terrorists also willing to try to kill people in the UK. Arrests: The two women were held at Heathrow (file picture) and the Met has held 14 teenagers on Syria-related allegations in total this month compared to 24 in all of 2013 . It came as two women accused of trying to smuggle cash from Britain to Syria to fund terrorism appeared in court. Naval Masaad, 26, and Amal El-Wahabi, 27, allegedly tried to take 20,000 Euros on a flight to Istanbul, Turkey. Masaad was arrested at Heathrow airport and found to have the cash wrapped in cling film stashed in her underwear. The two women wept and hugged each other in the dock when they appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today. Mother of two El-Wahabi waved and blew kisses to her family in the public gallery while Masaad's mother Zora Alla ran weeping from court. Masaad, of Holloway, and El-Wahabi, of Willesden, are both charged with becoming concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money was made available or was to be made available to another, and they knew or had reasonable cause to suspect that it would or may be used for the purposes of terrorism. They were both remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on January 31 for a preliminary hearing. Neither indicated a plea to the charge. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Schoolgirls are 2 of 14 teenagers held for similar reasons this month .\n'We’ve had a number of teenagers both from London and nationally .\nwho’ve been attempting to go to Syria', says Met Commander .\nTwo other woman in court accused of attempt to smuggle £16,000 to Syria ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sue Hemming, head of counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, says that Britons who go to fight in Syria will be prosecuted . British citizens who leave the country to join the war in Syria will be prosecuted and could be imprisoned for life, a Crown Prosecution Service chief warned today. Sue Hemming, head of counter-terrorism at the CPS, said even 'freedom fighters' who wanted to defeat 'loathsome' dictators such as president Bashar Assad would be dealt with 'robustly' when they returned to the UK. She said that Britons who go abroad to study at terror training camps were breaking the law and would face charges, saying some could be prosecuted even before they'd left Britain if there was evidence that they were planning to fight. Ms Hemming also warned that further prosecutions would be brought against those yet to depart if police found evidence that they were planning to fight. Her comments came after a recent spate of arrests by police of young Britons travelling to Britain or planning to go, and a warning from a senior police chief about those who went away to fight. Last month at least 16 people were arrested on suspicion of terror offences after travelling between Syria and the UK, compared to 24 in the whole of 2013. Ms Hemming said: 'The message for people who are . considering going out there and getting involved in terrorist training . or getting involved in the conflict is that they will be potentially . breaking the law in this country.' She added: 'Potentially it’s an offence to go out and get involved in a conflict, however loathsome you think the people on the other side are. There are currently seven British residents awaiting trial over charges connected to the war in Syria, including two women from London. Ms Hemming told the London Evening Standard: 'In three of the cases that we are . prosecuting we allege that they have travelled there, got themselves . involved in training and come back again.' She said that three of the cases involved Britons attending training in rebel training camps, and in one of those cases, the CPS will allege that the Briton was going to join al-Nusra, a Syrian rebel group linked to al Qaeda. Increasing numbers of Britons are choosing to leave their lives in the UK and travel to fight in the Syrian civil war . Ms Hemming said that under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006, which bans acts preparatory to terrorism and assisting another person in such activities, the maximum penalty is life. Sections 6 and 8 of the legislation, which make it illegal to train as a terrorist or to attend a training camp, have a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison. The prosecutor told the paper that terrorism meant any action driven by political, ideological, religious or racial motives seeking to influence a government or intimidate a section of the public, which meant that even those seeking to oust Assad would be breaking the law. She said helping in humanitarian relief organisations was not a crime, but said Britons heading out to Syria could meet people from terror organisations while out there and then pose a threat to the security of the UK. Scotland . Yard fears more than 300 Britons have swapped ordinary lives in the UK . to go to Syria and fight with groups affiliated to al Qaeda. Akram, 24, who worked for Ludlow Thompson was described by neighbours as 'well-mannered' London estate agent Akram . Sebah, 24, was killed alongside his brother, Mohamed, as they waged . jihad in Syria's civil war, it emerged last month. The . brothers, described as 'well-mannered' by neighbours in Holloway, north . London, had travelled to Syria without telling the rest of their family . and were thought to have been fighting with al-Nusra. A year ago, Akram, who has a biomedical sciences degree, was working as an estate agent for firm Ludlow Thompson in London. His Facebook page contains photographs showing him enjoying himself on nights out with colleagues. One shows him with his arm around a female colleague as they celebrate their sales team ‘smashing their target again!’. Last week Akram's distraught father said his sons had told no-one of their plans to go to fight in Syria. Abdulrahman . Sebah, 62, of Holloway, north London, said: ‘No father or mother wishes . their children to go to hell, or to whatever you call Syria. 'If someone . goes there, absolutely 100 per cent they don’t come back.' Akram . studied biomedical sciences at Westminster University from 2008 to . 2011, and worked part time at Marks & Spencer, according to his . LinkedIn profile. He joined estate Ludlow Thompson, where . customers gave him positive reviews, with one writing online: ‘He gives . estate agents a good name.’ British brothers Mohamed Sebah (left) and estate agent, Akram ,were killed in September in Syria . He . later joined Cherry Pick People, a recruitment firm which headhunts . estate agents, and whose director Alex Wiffen told the Sunday Times: ‘He . was a really nice guy.’ Mohamed . Sebah studied for his A-levels at City and Islington College, and is . believed to have later taught English in Saudi Arabia. A . neighbour of the family, who are of Eritrean descent and live in a . housing association house in Holloway, said: ‘We found out they had died . four months ago, but we were told they had died in a car crash in . America.’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sue Hemming is head of counter-terrorism at Crown Prosecution Service .\nSaid Brits who go to fight abroad are breaking UK law and will be charged .\nSaid even 'freedom fighters' waging war on 'loathsome dictators' at risk .\nA growing number of Britons are leaving the UK to join the Syrian civil war .\nSeven British residents are awaiting trial over charges connected to war .\nMs Hemming said the maximum penalty they faced was life imprisonment ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "An ultra-orthodox Jewish village in upstate New York where the welcome sign lists modesty rules has built a series of children’s playgrounds segregated by gender. And though it may sound extreme to some, for a community where male-female interaction is strictly controlled, it was all but a necessity. Kiryas Joel, in New York’s Catskills region, was founded in 1977 by members of the Satmar Hasidim orthodox community as a place where they could practice their strict, morally conservative lifestyle unfettered by outside influence. Segregated: The Satmar Hasidim people who inhabit the New York village of Kiryas Joel exclusively have built a gender segregated playground . The construction of the playground takes this ethos a step forward. ‘It was time, that the city which was founded according to the regulations and directives of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, have a park which is fully sex segregated, according the strict laws of true Torah Jews,” a Satmar community activist reportedly said. The playground is partitioned into four parts: one for fathers with their sons, one for mothers with their daughters, a third for just boys and another just for girls. Each sectioned is spaced far from the others and the male facilities are blue, while the female sides are red and white. A sign in Yiddish outlines the gender-specific rules and warns visitors to ‘maintain gender separation in all public areas.’ Watching: Signs to the partitioned playgrounds warn visitors to obey gender separation rules. The town's 'modest committee' will keep watch . Private: The red and blue playground 'compounds' were built with private finds after the village refused government grant money . BHOLWORLD.com reports that the playground will be ‘under the supervision of the Committee of modesty.’ It has also been reported that only the Satmar of Kiryas Joel will be allowed in the playground. Around one-third of the town’s over 20,000 residents received some form of government assistance in 2011, but the town itself apparently draws a lie at receiving free government money. Kiryas Joel reportedly refused a grant of $195,000 from the state of New York in 2001 to build a park, and instead used ‘special financing’ courtesy of the mayor, Rabbi Abraham Wieder. Meanwhile, the playground is located at the outskirts of Monroe, New York—the town in which the village is situated—making it uncertain how the strict rules will be greeted by the larger community in the area. The tradition in the villages of Satmar Hasidic Jews is modesty. Even on the hottest of days, most residents cover up from head to toe, with unmarried men and women kept apart at all times. Women also cannot wear provocative clothes as men are not supposed to see anything that inspires inappropriate thoughts. Close: Only around 50 miles outside the largest city in the United States, the town now claims the country first sex-segregated playground ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Satmar Hasidim of Kiryas Joel, New York built the park without the help of government money .\nIt remains to be seen if area townspeople will also be welcome in the playground ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A smiling Prince Harry crouches over the body of one-ton water buffalo moments after he shot it dead on a hunting trip. This photograph has emerged less than a week after the young royal pledged to do all he could to save Africa’s critically endangered wildlife. And it also follows worldwide condemnation of another royal hunting trip just ten days ago when Prince William went boar shooting in Spain. Croucing over the body of a water buffalo: The picture was taken in November 2004, when the then 20-year-old was on a gap year trip to South America shortly before he enrolled at Sandhurst military academy . Harry, who is also known to stalk stag, is likely to face similar attention following the publication of this picture, which has not been seen before in the UK. It was taken in November 2004, when the then 20-year-old was on a gap year trip to South America shortly before he enrolled at Sandhurst military academy. The prince spent several months working on the El Remanso polo farm in Argentina. During the trip, he and his then girlfriend Chelsy Davy joined an expedition to hunt big game, staying at a private lodge in the province of Entre Rios. The ranch was owned by Count Claudio Zichy-Thyssen, one of the country’s most powerful landowners with more than 170,000 acres stocked with game. Worries: Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Charles - flanked by his two sons - warned that the imminent extinction of some of the world's most precious species would have 'dire consequences for humanity' A firm called CH Hunting organised the shooting party. The . company offers huntsmen the chance to bag red stag, wild deer, puma, . antelope, boar and birds such as doves and pigeon. But the water . buffalo, which can turn deadly if wounded, is the ‘trophy kill’ for any . Argentinian hunter. Prince William has reportedly promised to destroy all the ivory from the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge, 31, is said to want to act in the hope that it will ‘send a message’ to illegal elephant poachers and encourage other heads of state to follow suit. The priceless collection includes around 1,200 items which contain ivory – from fans and miniatures to a throne from India presented to Queen Victoria with elephant-ivory plaques. Jane Goodall, a veteran primatologist, said she had spoken to the prince and he declared he would ‘like to see all the ivory owned by Buckingham Palace destroyed’. The plan has been widely praised, with Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith saying: ‘It’s difficult to imagine a stronger symbol of the horrors of ivory than Buckingham Palace publicly destroying its own. Good for Prince William for pushing this.’ But art critic Brian Sewell called the move ‘pointless’, adding: ‘I can’t see the connection between saving elephants and destroying works of art made centuries ago.’ The collection comprises more than a million paintings, antiques and artefacts held in trust on behalf of the nation. A Kensington Palace spokesman declined to comment. At the . time, a local newspaper claimed the head of the animal in the picture, . and that of a wild boar shot by Harry, were embalmed so they could be . shipped back to the UK as a gift for the prince. It is not clear whether . this ever took place. A Kensington Palace spokesman declined to comment on the photo last night. But a senior royal aide said: ‘It would be a great shame if the publication of this picture were to detract from the efforts being made by the three princes to curb the appalling illegal wildlife trade. ‘Like his father and brother, Prince Harry has always been a strong supporter of the campaign to protect endangered species.’ Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Prince Charles – flanked by his two sons – warned that the imminent extinction of some of the world’s most precious species would have ‘dire consequences for humanity’. The heir to the throne told the meeting of international leaders in London that the ‘appalling’ illegal trade in ivory, rhino horn, tiger parts and endangered animals was ‘annihilating our threatened wildlife’. There is no suggestion that any member of the Royal Family has ever shot an animal illegally. In 1961, on an official visit to India with the Queen, Prince Philip, a former president of the World Wildlife Fund, shot a tiger at Ranthambhore, while a guest of the Maharaja of Jaipur. On the same trip the royal – once a keen big game-hunter who shot stag, pheasant and grouse until recently – killed a crocodile and six urials, a type of mountain sheep. His actions prompted widespread condemnation from British and Indian politicians. But, significantly, they were not against the law at the time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Picture was taken in 2004 when he was on South America gap year trip .\nPrince spent months working on the El Remanso polo farm in Argentina .\nHarry has pledged to do all he can to save Africa's endangered wildlife ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Charged: British student Nawal Msaad, 26, is accused of trying to smuggle £16,500 in her underwear to terrorists fighting in Syria . A student accused of trying to smuggle £16,500 in her underwear to terrorists fighting in Syria appeared in court yesterday. Nawal Msaad, 26, and her alleged co-conspirator Amal Elwahabi, 27, are the first British women charged with terror offences over the conflict. Msaad, an undergraduate from Holloway, North London, was arrested at Heathrow last Thursday as she prepared to board a flight to Istanbul with 20,000 euros wrapped in cling film in her knickers. Hours later, police swooped on Elwahabi, who stands jointly accused of being part of an arrangement in which money was made available for the purposes of terrorism. Yesterday the two women wept and hugged as they appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that the two Britons attempted to send the bundle of rolled-up notes to a suspected British jihadist fighting in Syria’s civil war. Officers from Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested Msaad at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 at 9.20am last Thursday. Elwahabi was arrested at 2.26pm at her home in Willesden, North-West London, where she lives with her two sons, aged five and seven months old. Yesterday both women spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth. Neither indicated a plea to the charge. District Judge Howard Riddle remanded the women, who are both of Moroccan descent, in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on January 31. The charges became public as police revealed that schoolgirls as young as 17 have been arrested at UK airports over suspected terrorist offences linked to Syria. The head of the Counter Terrorism Command, Richard Walton, said several teenagers had been enticed to join jihadists fighting in the war-torn country, as he warned that the conflict posed a growing threat to national security. Earlier this month, two 17-year-old . girls from London and West Yorkshire were held at Heathrow as they were . boarding a flight to Istanbul. Officers spent five days quizzing the . girls before releasing them without charge. But Mr Walton said yesterday . that other ‘boys and girls’ were being lured to join rebel forces . fighting in Syria. He said . the numbers of Syria-related terror arrests had soared, with 14 in the . first three weeks of this year – more than half the total for the whole . of 2013. He said: ‘We’ve had a number of . teenagers both from London and nationally who’ve been attempting to go . to Syria. That’s boys and girls, unfortunately. ‘It’s not just the odd one. It’s shocking that they are such young people.’ He . told the London Evening Standard it was ‘almost inevitable’ fighters . would try to mount attacks in the UK on their return. Security officials . say hundreds of UK nationals have travelled to the war-torn country . over the past two years. Hearing: A high security prison van arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court today, believed to be carrying Amal Elwahabi, 27, and Nawal Msaad, 26 . Many suspected Islamic extremists have posted messages on social media networks about their experiences in a bid to encourage other Britons to join them. One man who boasted that fighting in . Syria was ‘5-star Jihad’ because of its ‘relaxing’ nature, and posted . photos glorifying the violence, died in a battlefield clash 2,000 miles . from his Hampshire home. Ifthekar . Jaman, 23, urged fellow Britons to join him, using his Twitter account . to criticise parents who tried to stop their children travelling to . Syria. In many cases, the fanatics head there with the express intention of fighting alongside Al Qaeda. Others . leave the country intending to carry out humanitarian or medical work, . but are quickly radicalised and decide to take part in ‘jihad’. Court date: Both women spoke only to confirm their names, addresses and dates of birth. Neither indicated a plea to the charge . While it is not a crime to travel to the war-torn country, police are concerned that many who have joined the rebel forces seeking to topple President Bashar Assad have made contact with terrorist groups linked to Al Qaeda before heading back to the UK, where it is feared they could now be plotting terrorist attacks. When radicals return, security officials have to decide if they pose an on-going threat to the UK public. Options include placing them under intensive surveillance or applying for a terrorism prevention order. Mr Walton said several police operations were under way to target British ‘facilitators’ organising terrorist missions to Syria. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nawal Msaad, 26, was arrested as she prepared to fly to Istanbul .\nUndergraduate had 20,000 euros wrapped in clingfilm in her underwear .\nShe and alleged co-conspirator Amal Elwahabi are the first British women to be charged with terror offences over the conflict in Syria .\nBritosn attempted to send notes to a suspected jihadist .\nNeither entered pleas as they appeared in front of court in Westminster ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Winston Churchill urged the United States to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War, a newly released document reveals. The previously unseen memorandum from the FBI archives details how Britain’s wartime leader made his views known to a visiting American politician in 1947. Churchill believed a pre-emptive strike on Stalin’s Russia might be the only way to stop Communism conquering the West. Russian leader Joseph Stalin (left) and Winston Churchill (right) in 1945 - he urged the US to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War . The note, written by an FBI agent, reports that Churchill urged Right-wing Republican Senator Styles Bridges to persuade President Harry Truman to launch a nuclear attack which would ‘wipe out’ the Kremlin and make the Soviet Union a ‘very easy problem’ to deal with. The Russians would have been defenceless against a nuclear attack at that time – they did not successfully test their own atomic bomb until 1949. Britain and the Soviet Union had been allies in the Second World War until 1945, the year Churchill lost office as Prime Minister. But he was one of the first international statesmen to recognise the post-war threat posed by the USSR, and in 1946 made a famous speech in Fulton, Missouri, about an ‘iron curtain’ having descended across Europe as Joseph Stalin consolidated his grip on the eastern half of the continent. The FBI document shows Churchill’s belligerence towards Britain’s former wartime ally ran so deep that he was prepared to tolerate the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Soviet civilians in a nuclear strike. Churchill believed a pre-emptive strike on Stalin’s Russia might be the only way to stop Communism conquering the West . The memo claims Churchill ‘stated that the only salvation for the civilisation of the world would be if the President of the United States would declare Russia to be imperilling world peace and attack Russia’. The note continues: ‘He pointed out that if an atomic bomb could be dropped on the Kremlin, wiping it out, it would be a very easy problem to handle the balance of Russia, which would be without direction. ‘Churchill further stated that if this was not done, Russia will attack the United States in the next two or three years when she gets the atomic bomb and civilisation will be wiped out or set back many years.’ The memo is published for the first time in a book called When Lions Roar: The Churchills And The Kennedys, by award-winning investigative journalist Thomas Maier. It is due to be published in Britain next month. John F. Kennedy regarded Churchill as his hero and made him an honorary American citizen in 1963 – the first person to be given such an accolade. The two families shared friends, such as Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who married Jacqueline Kennedy after her husband’s assassination. Maier said: ‘Churchill had been a great historian of warfare. He saw the last great cavalry charge during the First World War and championed the development of tanks. ‘I think he saw a nuclear strike as just another progression of conventional warfare, until he realised there was a lot more devastation with nuclear weapons.’ Maier said Churchill was more ‘bellicose’ when out of office. After he returned to power in 1951, a nuclear attack against the USSR was never mentioned again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Britain's war-time leader urged the US to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War .\nHe urged Senator Styles Bridges to persuade President Harry Truman to launch a nuclear attack .\nHe believed a pre-emptive strike on Stalin's Russia might be the only way to stop Communism conquering the West ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No Spain striker had ever taken so long to score his first international goal but Diego Costa has finally done it, getting off the mark for his adopted country after 515 minutes in the red shirt. In a 4-0 win against Luxembourg, Costa had toiled for 70 frustrating minutes, burying his head in his Spain shirt after one horror miss, but failing to bury a single chance. It seemed the Premier League’s top scorer was going to continue saving all his goals for Chelsea, but the 26-year-old opened his international account with a scrappy second half goal in the rain at the Stade Josey Barthel. Diego Costa is surrounded by his Spain team-mates after scoring his first international goal on Sunday night against Luxembourg . Costa and fellow goalscorer Silva celebrate with their Spain team-mates as the visitors win 4-0 against Luxembourg . Spain's Paco Alcacer scores his third goal in three international games during the Euro 2016 qualifying match against Luxembourg . Alcacer (right) celebrates his goal after Silva (left) opened the scoring for Spain during the Group C qualifier against Luxembourg . Silva celebrates his goal in the 27th minute against Luxembourg as Spain cruised to the Euro 2016 qualifying match win on Sunday night . Luxembourg: Joubert, Mutsch, Chanot, Martins Pereira (Turpel, 60), Philipps, Janisch, Jans, Gerson, Holter, Da Mota Alves (Payal, 75), Bensi . Subs: Moris, Hoffmann, Schnell, Martins Santos, Laterza, Joachim, Deville, Luisi . Bookings: Holter, Jans . Goals: NONE . Spain: De Gea, Pique, Bartra, Jordi Alba, Carvajal, Busquets, Iniesta (Bernat, 72), Koke, Silva (Pedro, 71), Alcacer, Costa (Rodrigo, 83) Subs: Casillas, Albiol, Azpilicueta, Raul Garcia, Fabregas, Iturraspe, Juanfran, Cazorla, Casilla . Bookings: Costa . Goals: Silva (27), Alcacer (42), Costa (69), Bernat (88) Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland) It took Fernando Morientes just two minutes to get off the mark for Spain, the great Alfredo Di Stefano did it in 47 minutes, former Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo in 77 minutes, Spain’s all-time leading scorer David Villa in 210 minutes and Fernando Torres in 220. Costa was starting to resemble Torres in his worst days at Chelsea and he had also drawn blanks in his brief dalliance with the Brazilian national team, failing to score in two friendlies. He was mobbed by ecstatic team-mates when he finally broke his duck after Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets had seen their shots blocked, before the ball fell to Costa inside the six-yard box and he rifled it home. For the Chelsea marksman it was more relief than celebration and when he made way for Valencia striker Rodrigo with 10 minutes left, he looked as if a massive weight had been lifted from his shoulders. The goal should have come much earlier. He nearly scored on 11 minutes when he got his head to a cross from David Silva but Luxembourg goalkeeper Jonathan Joubert made the save. He then shot from distance but the shot struck a defender and bounced safely into Joubert’s hands. The Chelsea striker came into the game having had 18 shots without a single goal - in sharp contrast to nine goals from 22 shots for Chelsea. He was playing without his club team-mate Cesc Fabregas, left out of Vicente del Bosque’s team. With the provider of so many of his goals on the bench, he tried to turn provider himself for Paco Alcacer but the young Valencia striker playing alongside him failed to get on the end of Costa’s cross. After some intricate play on the edge of the Luxembourg area between Alcacer, Koke, and Andres Iniesta the ball fell to Costa and again he got his shot away well, only for Joubert to save. In Fabregas’s absence, Silva was finding himself in more central areas and he smashed home Spain’s first from the edge of the area. The Manchester City man has now scored 22 goals for Spain - of non-strikers only Fernando Hierro has scored more in Spain’s history. Costa turned out to be offside for this chance but the Chelsea striker was unaware as the linesman took his time to raise his flag . Costa turns away in frustration as he misses a sitter during the Spain game but the striker eventually got his name on the score sheet . Costa hides himself after squandering a great chance to open his goalscoring account for Spain against Luxembourg on Sunday . Costa was frustrated to not open his Spain account in the first half but was able to do so in the second as the visitors ran riot . The goal calmed Spain’s nerves but not Costa’s who snatched at his next chance, running on to Pique’s long pass but not making a clean connection with his shot. His next miss was worst. Another long ball out from the back found the forward in a central position inside the area but his attempt to lift it over the goalkeeper and into the far corner ended with his shot going well wide. Costa buried his head beneath his Spain shirt as team-mates on the pitch and on the bench looked on in disbelief. De Gea was in for the dropped Iker Casillas and he had so little to do he could have taken Roy Keane’s autobiography on to the pitch. But he was tested late in the first half, tipping Daniel Da Mota’s cross-shot just over his bar as the home side finally threatened. Luxembourg are not quite the whipping boys they once were - only two of the last six teams to visit them have come away with a victory, but against a determined Spain side coming into the game having lost four of their last six matches, they were two down before half-time. And as if to make things even worse for Costa, who by now had had seven efforts on goal, it was his strike partner Alcacer who got the second making it three goals in his first three games since his debut. In the second period Costa added the third before substitute Juan Bernat got goal number four. The Bayern Munich full-back had managed to find the net on his debut. It had taken Costa a little longer. But the striker Spain persuaded to defect from Brazil, only to see him fail to spark in his home land at the World Cup, is finally up and running. Costa falls to ground as the Spain striker tries to go around Luxembourg goalkeeper Jonathan Joubert on Sunday night . Costa nabbed his first goal for Spain on Sunday night and the Chelsea striker certainly had plenty of chances to do so in the first half ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Manchester City midfielder David Silva opens scoring against Luxembourg on Sunday night in Euro 2016 qualifier .\nPaco Alcacer, with his third goal in as many games for Spain, doubles advantage shortly before half time .\nDiego Costa, having wasted chances in the first half, finally scores his first goal for Spain 69 minutes in .\nSpain substitute Juan Bernat makes it 4-0 in the 88th minute as the visitors seal the comfortable win .\nCosta admits afterwards that not scoring for Spain was 'starting to hurt' and that he was grateful to be backed ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Brave Kurdish soldiers battling Islamic State militants in northern Syria have converted tractors and lorries into tanks by adding metal plates to create Mad Max-style road warriors. The peshmerga troops were forced to take the initiative and create their own armoured vehicles after the far better equipped ISIS jihadists repeatedly got the better of the Kurds' Soviet-era military fleet. In recent weeks hundreds of thousands of Syrian Kurds have been forced to flee across the border into Turkey, as ISIS launched an onslaught into the autonomous Kurdish territory in northern Syria. Despite the odds being against them, peshmerga forces have bravely fought back against the estimated 31,000 ISIS militants operating in Syria and Iraq - whose self-declared 'caliphate' forms an area larger than Britain with a population of four million brutally oppressed citizens. Scroll down for video . Homemade: Kurdish forces have converted tractors, farm vehicles and lorries into makeshift tanks in order to compete with the considerably better-equipped ISIS militants ravaging northern Syria . Elaborate design: Troops from the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria previously had little more than rifles and flak jackets - making them incredibly vulnerable in the face of heavily-armed ISIS terrorists . Design: The Kurdish forces have used their homemade armoured vehicles - which are bright and elaborately decorated - to keep ISIS advances in check, and in some cases even force them to retreat . Flying the flag: Despite the odds being against them, peshmerga forces have bravely fought back against the estimated 31,000 ISIS militants operating in Syria and Iraq . Strong resemblance: The converted Kurdish vehicles look similar to the heavily-armoured lorries in the 1979 dystopian action film Mad Max (pictured) In order to resist ISIS' high-tech firepower, the Kurdish forces have converted tractors and other farm equipment into heavily-armoured vehicles fitted aging Soviet-era guns. Previously troops from the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria had little more than rifles and flak jackets - making them incredibly vulnerable in the face of heavily-armed ISIS terrorists. Much of the weaponry and military equipment currently in the hands of the jihadists was gathered after thousands of members of the U.S. trained and expensively equipped Iraqi army melted away in the face of a lightning advance by just a few hundred ISIS militants in June. As the soldiers fled the scene, they left behind millions of pounds worth of top-of-the-range and barely used equipment - all of which was quickly swept up by ISIS. Since then the Kurdish peshmerga forces have carried out the defence of much of northern Syria and Iraq, despite the fact many of the militants only know how to operate clunky, decades-old Soviet-era weapons and are hugely under-resourced in terms of ammunition and protective equipment. Innovative: The peshmerga troops were forced to take the initiative and create their own armoured vehicles after the far better equipped ISIS jihadists repeatedly got the better of the Kurds' Soviet-era military fleet . Homemade: In order to resist ISIS' high-tech firepower, the Kurdish forces have converted tractors and other farm equipment into heavily-armoured vehicles fitted aging Soviet-era guns . Protection: An off-road vehicle is seen covered in bullet-proof metal, making it much harder for ISIS to destroy . Force: One place in which the vehicles have been deployed is Kobane - the small Syrian town that has been besieged by ISIS militants for a week . Brave: Kurdish peshmerga forces have carried out the defence of much of northern Syria and Iraq, despite the fact many of the militants only know how to operate clunky, decades-old Soviet-era weapons and are hugely under-resourced in terms of ammunition and protective equipment . Tough: A peshmerga soldier poses with one of the converted farm vehicles being used in the fight against ISIS . U.S.-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing civilians and wounding militants, a group monitoring the war said today. The aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no immediate comment from Washington. The United States has targeted Islamic State and other fighters in Syria since last week with the help of Arab allies, and in Iraq since last month. It aims to damage and destroy the bases, forces and supply lines of the al Qaeda offshoot which has captured large areas of both countries. The strikes in Manbij appeared to have killed only civilians, not fighters, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Observatory which gathers information from sources in Syria. The Kurdish forces have used their homemade armoured vehicles - which are bright and elaborately decorated - to keep ISIS advances in check, and in some cases even force them to retreat. One place in which the vehicles have been deployed is Kobane - the small Syrian town that has been besieged by ISIS militants for a week. The Kurdish fighters in Iraq said that although they had been promised equipment from the U.S. and European countries, but so far most of the shipments included food - something they need far less urgently than weapons. Last week, one Kobane resident told the Independent: 'Don't send us food, we don't need food...we will eat mud if we have to. Send us weapons, send us peshmerga.' But while they continue waiting for the Western weapons to materialise, the Kurdish forces are reliant more than ever on their makeshift armoured vehicles to protect their population from the murderous fanatics who pose such a threat to their existence. In recent weeks hundreds of thousands of Syrian Kurds have been forced to flee across the border into Turkey, as Isis launched an onslaught into the autonomous Kurdish territory in northern Syria. Hard to destroy: Kurdish troops were forced to take the initiative and create their own armoured vehicles. They hope to stop the advance of ISIS militants, who are armed with high-tech weapons captured from the Iraqi army . Defence: While they wait for Western weapons to materialise, the peshmerga forces are more reliant than ever on their makeshift armoured vehicles to protect the Kurdish population from murderous ISIS fanatics . Bulk: The Kurdish fighters in Iraq said they had been promised equipment from the U.S. and European countries . Power: Brave Kurdish soldiers battling Islamic State militants in northern Syria have converted tractors and lorries into tanks by adding metal plates to create Mad Max-style road warriors . Fierce fighting has been reported on the outskirts of Baghdad where ISIS militants are attempting to seize control of the Iraqi capital - despite ongoing Western airstrikes against the terror group. The fighting is taking place just one mile to the west of the city, with government forces desperately trying to hold off the militants, who allegedly killed up to 1,000 soldiers during clashes yesterday. ISIS have held a number of towns and villages close to the Iraqi capital since earlier in the year, when government troops melted away following a lightning advance in the west of the country - enabling the terrorist group to seize further swaths of territory for their so-called caliphate. Jihadists: Fierce fighting has been reported on the outskirts of Baghdad where ISIS militants are attempting to seize control of the Iraqi capital, despite ongoing Western airstrikes against the terror group (pictured) Approaching: Reports that ISIS militants are now just one mile from Baghdad came from the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East - an organisation supporting the work of Canon Andrew White . Reports that ISIS militants are now just one mile from Baghdad came from the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East - an organisation supporting the work of Canon Andrew White, vicar of the city's St George's Church, the only Anglican church in Iraq. In a message posted on Facebook, the group said: 'The Islamic State are now less than 2km away from entering Baghdad. They said it could never happen and now it almost has. 'Obama says he overestimated what the Iraqi Army could do. Well you only need to be hear a very short while to know they can do very very little,' they added. The claims were backed up by Canon White himself, who shared the message just hours after he had earlier suggested the group were approximately six miles from the centre of Baghdad. Location: The militants are understood to have had their advance halted by airstrikes yesterday at Ameriyat Al-Falluja yesterday - a small city about 18 miles south of Fallujah and 40 miles west of Baghdad. But the clashes did not force the bulk of the fighters - with many of them now having made their way to the Baghdad suburbs . On a mission: The RAF jets seek out their terror targets in Iraq - which they failed to find and bomb, again . In a message he also posted on Facebook, Canon White had said: 'The Islamic State are now within 10km of entering Baghdad. Over a 1000 Iraqi troops were killed by them yesterday, things are so bad. As I said all the military air strikes are doing nothing. If ever we needed your prayer it is now.' The militants are understood to have had their advance halted by airstrikes yesterday at Ameriyat Al-Falluja yesterday - a small city about 18 miles south of Fallujah and 40 miles west of Baghdad. But the clashes did not force the bulk of the fighters - with many of them now having made their way to the Baghdad suburbs for this morning's fighting." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Peshmerga troops converted old tractors and lorries into military vehicles .\nThey are badly out-gunned by ISIS who seized weapons from the Iraqi army .\nIn order to properly defend themselves, Kurds armoured their own vehicles .\nResult is a fleet of elaborately designed but well-defended battle buses .\nThe vehicles bear a close resemblance to the vehicles in 1979 film Mad Max ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Once it housed nuclear missiles. Now a 50ft Cold War era bomb silo has been converted into a luxury property by a pair of ambitious developers and has been put up for sale with a hefty £2million price tag. The New York State home, which boasts a runway for a private jet, hangar and spacious living quarters, looks like an innocuous log cabin at ground level but conceals a vast silo and missile launch control centre beneath. The silo, which is reinforced and was designed to withstand a direct hit from a nuclear bomb, has now been turned into a two-level residence, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open living area and kitchen. Scroll down for video . Innocuous: From the surface, the silo home looks like any other log cabin, albeit one with its own private runway, but it's a different story in the launch centre below . Ready for lift off! The vast silo rooms beneath the cabin once housed nuclear missiles and also contained a Cold War era missile launch centre . Underground . living: This cross section reveals the home's hidden space including a . missile launch control centre (right) and a vast 50ft missile storage . silo . Launchpad: The home - and the 50ft silo below - . once contained missiles similar to this one but was converted by . developer Bruce James Franscio (right, with wife Kelly) The property was developed by Bruce James Franscio and his partner Gregory Gibbons and is located in the picturesque Adirondack State Park near Lake Placid, the site of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, in Essex County. Franscio, a former pilot, said: 'Once you're inside its great to say hey, let's check out the basement, hit a code and then enter a 50ft tunnel which takes you to where the missile was.' Franscio bought the missile silo with Gibbons in the early 1990s, after it had spent 30 years underwater and needed cleaning and renovating. 'There are so many possibilities for the Silohome,' added Franscio. 'It would be great for yoga retreats, business conferences or for a community purpose, as well as an amazing home.' 'I think it would ideally suited to be a community base, as there are plenty of outdoor activities to do in the park like cycling and walking. 'I am attached the the Silohome as we spent so long working on it, but I would like to see it put to good use.' Spacious: The upper floor contains a luxury open-plan living area, complete with a granite work top and stunning views of the surrounding Adirondack State Park . Bunker: A door in the kitchen leads to a staircase down to the missile storage area where you need to enter a code to get past the reinforced metal door (right) Cold War: The vast bunker doors were intended to withstand a nuclear attack - enabling the American technicians within to hit back at aggressors if necessary . Reinforced: The huge underground silotube was designed to take a direct nuclear strike and once housed nuclear armaments within . Hidden away: From the outside, the neat log cabin home looks much like any other house and is surrounded by the beautiful Adirondack State Park . Clue: While the innocuous house doesn't give much away, the adjoining runway and hangar hint at the building's former military use . Historic: The silotube is remarkably well preserved, despite having spent 30 years underwater. Right: A plan of the subterranean part of the Silohome . Development: Bruce James Franscio and his wife Kelly say the converted property would make a fabulous home or could do double service as a community centre . Silo with a view: The isolated property boasts spectacular views of the gorgeous Adirondack State Park which is near Lake Placid in Essex County, upstate New York ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The isolated property is located in Adirondack State Park in Essex County, upstate New York .\nBeneath the cabin is a missile centre designed to withstand a direct hit from a nuclear missile .\nBruce James Franscio bought the Silohome in 1990 and converted it into a luxury home ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mottled bolete mushroom: The researchers believe that the evolution of early fungi may have stopped coal reserves from forming . The arrival of mushrooms may have stopped the formation of coal deposits we burn as fuel today. This fuel is actually the fossilized remains of plants that lived from around 360 to 300 million years ago. But at the end of that period, coal stooped forming. Now scientists believe that the evolution of fungi that 'ate' dead plants may have stopped coal deposits from forming. The discovery might pave the way for new biofuels. The evolution of fungi capable of fully digesting plants may have stopped dead plants building up into peat, and then forming coal. Coal generated nearly half of the roughly four trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity consumed in the United States in 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The evidence, presented online in the June 29 edition of the journal Science, suggests that the evolution of fungi capable of breaking down the polymer lignin, which helps keep plant cell walls rigid, may have played a key role in ending the development of coal deposits. With the arrival of the new fungi, dead plant matter could be completely broken down into its basic chemical components. Instead of accumulating as peat, which eventually was transformed into coal, the great bulk of plant biomass decayed and was released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. ‘We're hoping this will get into the biology and geology textbooks,’ said Clark University biologist David Hibbett. ‘When you read about coal formation it's usually explained in terms of physical processes, and that the rate of coal deposition just crashed at the end of the Permo-Carboniferous. Why was that? There are various explanations. 'The evolution of white rot fungi could've been a factor – perhaps a major factor. Once you have white rot you can break down lignin, the major precursor of coal. So the evolution of white rot is a very important event in the evolution of carbon cycle.’ A fern preserved in coal: This fuel is actually the fossilized remains of plants that lived from around 360 to 300 million years ago . The evolution of fungi capable of fully digesting plants may have stopped dead plants building up into peat, and then forming coal . ‘The concept of the invention of an enzyme that can break down the 'unbreakable' is really great,’ said Kenneth Nealson, of the University of Southern California. ‘The idea that a stable (inedible) form of organic carbon can become edible (and thus more difficult to bury over time), changes our perspective not only on global energy storage in the past, but on what it means for present day carbon sequestration and storage, in that sense this idea will have a big impact on our thinking about the past and the present.’ For their study, Hibbett and his colleagues focused on Basidiomycetes, which include mushroom species with the familiar cap-and-stem look that most people associate with fungi. Basidiomycetes also include brown rot fungi such as the dry rot that can destroy houses by breaking down the cellulose in the construction wood but leave the lignin untouched and white rot fungi of interest to the pulp and paper industries that can break down both types of polymers. The researchers then used molecular clock analyses to track the evolution of the enzymes back through the fungal lineages. The idea is that just as the hands of a clock move at a defined rate around the dial, genes accumulate mutations at a roughly constant rate. This rate of change allows researchers to work backwards, estimating when two lineages last shared a common ancestor based on the amount of divergence. The comparative analyses suggested that around 290 million years ago, right at the end of the Carboniferous period, a white rot fungal ancestor with the capacity to break down lignin appeared. Prior to that ancestor, fungi did not have that ability and thus the lignin in plant matter was not degraded, allowing these lignin-rich residues to build up in soil over time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Coal stopped forming 300 million years ago .\nEvolution of fungi that digest plants could be reason .\nDiscovery could help in creation of new biofuels ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Claims have been made by a prominent Iranian opposition blogger based in London which suggest Iran killed its own nuclear scientist. Earlier this month Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison after being sentenced to death for killing the Iranian scientist Masoud Ali Mohammad. But blogger Potkin Azarmehr alleges that certain anomalies in his case contribute to a theory held by many activists, that Iranian intelligence agents may have been the cause of his death. Earlier this month Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, (left) was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison after being sentenced to death for killing the nuclear scientist, Masoud Ali Mohammadi (right) The recent emergence of a passport purported to belong to Mr Fahi has increased suspicions that he was a scapegoat for the killing, while many opposition activists, such as Mr Azarmehr believe that his execution was a staged hoax. Some Iranian dissidents believe that the country has used the cover of its war with Israel to crack down on internal opponents, with some saying that Mr Mohammadi was killed because he was a supporter of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Ali-Mohammadi died in January 2010 when a remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle outside his home in Tehran went off. When Mr Mohammadi died, Iran immediately blamed his murder on the U.S, Israel and their 'hired agents.' Questions raised: The recent emergence of a passport purported to belong to Mr Fahi has increased suspicions that he was a scapegoat . State television swiftly blamed Israel for the attacks, although it has always denied any role in the scientist’s killing. But there has always been doubt Mr Mohammadi's death. A spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said at the time that Mr Mohammadi, a 50-year-old Tehran University professor, was not involved in its activities. But Western intelligence agencies have had conflicting information about whether Mr Mohammadi was contributing to the nuclear program. Iranian media broadcast a report which said Mr Fashi had confessed to travelling to Tel Aviv to receive training from Mossad before returning to Iran to plot the assassination. Paraded on TV, the kickboxer also confessed to receiving forged travel documents in Azerbaijan to travel to Israel, Iran's Press TV reported. But in a blog post, ABC News reported that Mr Azarmehr has raised questions of the authenticity of Mr Fashi's passport. The passport was presented on Iranian state television at the weekend as hard evidence that Mr Fashi had been in the pay of Israel. Explosion: The damage caused by the blast that killed Iranian scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in Tehran . Claims: A remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle outside the scientist's home in Tehran. Iran blamed it on Mossad . But Mr Azarmehr said that the Israeli passport was stamped 2003, when Mr Fashi would have been 15-year-old. But the photo was of a man in his 20s, who is looking away from the camera. The date of birth on the passport is concealed. 'No passport will be issued with such a picture, anywhere in the world,' wrote Mr Azarmehr. 'You need a headshot where you are open-eyed AND looking into the camera.' Mr Azarmehr writes: 'This is yet another question in the whole series of doubts about what Jamali Fashi's role, if any, in the assassination of Iranian particle physicist, Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was.' Mr Azarmehr claims that Mr Fashi was not a Mossad agent and may not even have been executed, reported the website. Mr Azarmehr cites his reasons by noting in earlier posts that Mr Fashi did not appear to be fearful in a video allegedly recorded right before his execution. He also says that the only official photo taken of him after his hanging shows him from far away so is not easy to make out. 'The only picture of Jamali Fashi's execution which is shown in the video above is blurred and from a distant and it can not be verified that its him. Isreal is believed to be keeping a close eye on Iran's nuclear capacity. Here is the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran, which is believed to be part of its programme . 'Given that the regime is not known for its regard for public sensitivity in seeing pictures of the dead and morbid images, why is it that in this instance they have chosen not to show his pictures?' His claims have been cited by some news services - Dubai-based news channel al-Arabiya has said that the passport displayed on Iranian television has a misplaced passport number and design features that indicate it dates from the 1990s. Tehran has accused Israel and the U.S. of assassinating four Iranian scientists since 2010 in order to sabotage its nuclear programme which the West suspects is hiding Iran's attempt to develop a nuclear weapons capability. While Israel has declined to comment on the killings, it regards Iran's nuclear programme as an existential threat and has threatened military action against Tehran. Washington has denied any U.S. role. The most recent attack on an Iranian scientist occurred in January. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan - a deputy director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility - was killed when a magnetic bomb planted on his vehicle detonated." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "London-based dissident Potkin Azarmehr made explosive claims about the death of Iranian scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi in his online blog .\nMajid Jamali Fashi, the man that Iran claimed was an Israeli spy, was executed for killing the scientist in Tehran earlier this month .\nBut Azarmehr believes that Fashi is not a Mossad agent and may never have been executed .\nEmergence of forged Israeli passport has thrown fresh doubt on the conviction ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "As a family day out, it must rank as one of the more bizarre and macabre. Men, women and children lined up in the sunshine yesterday for a chance to view the corpse of Muammar Gaddafi. The dictator’s body – on show in a . refrigerated storeroom at a shopping centre – was the sole attraction in . Misrata, once Libya’s richest city, now reduced to rubble after the . war. Public spectacle: Young children queue to see the body displayed in a meat locker in Misrata . Grisly sight: Shell-shocked Libyans look at the bloodied body of their former leader Muammar Gaddafi and take photos . Undignified end: Gaddafi's head is turned slightly to the left. There are suggestions that this has been done to hide a bullet hole in his skull . Making history: A soldier takes a photograph next to Gaddafi's body. In front are his late Defence Minister Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr and his son Mutassim . The cadaver – along with those of . Gaddafi’s son Mutassim and ex-defence minister Abu Bakr Younis – was . taken to the storeroom after the dictator was killed on Thursday. But discoloured and fast decaying, it is presenting Libya’s new rulers with one of their first conundrums: what to do with it. With residents of the country’s major . cities refusing to have the dictator buried in their midst, and calls . by Gaddafi’s wife for the body to be sent to her in exile in Algeria, . Libya’s military chiefs are even discussing disposing of it in the . Mediterranean. ‘We don’t want a shrine to him,’ one commander said yesterday. ‘He doesn’t deserve a proper burial. We need to get rid of the body the way the Americans dealt with Osama Bin Laden.’ Before the first families were . allowed into the shopping centre yesterday, a post-mortem was carried . out. The ghoulish scene didn't stop queues stretching around the block as people flocked to gawp at the toppled tyrant. In a dank, cold room in the makeshift mortuary, the former leader's body was covered by a blue blanket that left only his head exposed, hiding the bruises on his torso and scratch marks on his chest. Gaddafi's battered head had been turned to the left, to hide the bullet hole that killed him. Guards overseeing the body had handed out green surgical masks because of the awful smell. Libya's chief forensic pathologist Dr Othman al-Zintani today said an autopsy had confirmed Gaddafi was killed by a shot to the head, and he also had bullet wounds to the abdomen. Doctors completed the examination today but Dr al-Zintani would not give more details until he has given his report to the attorney general. Authorities in Libya want to establish whether he died in crossfire on the way to . hospital, as the government has suggested, or whether he was executed by the . fighters who caught him. Rebel fighters claim they captured the 69-year-old alive and then shot him. But this account differs from the National Transitional Council's version, in which Gaddafi died in a gun-fight. Grim sight: Libyans wear medical masks as they wait in line to visit Muammar Gaddafi's body in Misrata . Wearing masks because of the stench, Libyans queue to visit their former dictator's body . One rebel today claimed that Gaddafi . pleaded for his life, offering them as much gold as they wanted in . return for sparing his life. Hammad Mufti Ali, 28, told Italian . daily Corriere Della Sera that a terrified Gaddafi swore he would pay . for their children to go to school. Mr Ali added: 'At one point someone . screamed at him that instead of talking about money, as a good Muslim he . should have been praying for his soul to be entrusted to God before . dying. 'But he just kept saying he was ready to give us lots and lots of money and gold.' He said that Gaddafi was then dragged on to the truck in scenes seen around the world and 'that's where he died. 'His body just could not take it. He was losing too much blood.' Gaddafi was said to have more that . $200billion in cash and gold hidden away with some of it spread in . secret accounts across the world, including in Zimbabwe. A row has now broken out over what . will happen to the tyrant's body next, with his surviving family members . demanding it is released so he can be afforded a traditional funeral . with 24 hours. His widow Safia has also backed international demands for an inquiry into his killing. Reports last night suggested the National . Transitional Council will hand over the dead dictator's corpse to . members of his extended family. Acting prime minister Mahmoud Jibril said today that investigations into who shot Gaddafi were continuing. Final hiding place: The inside of a concrete tunnel into which Gaddafi and a small number of body guards crawled into once their convoy had been hit . No escape now: Gaddafi is surrounded by rebels waving AK-47s and walked . across the barren desert. His left arm has been wounded, possibly when . his convoy of 80 jeeps was hit by air raids . Last gasps of breath: A handgun is pointed at Gaddafi as he lays bleeding on the floor of an ambulance. The next time he was seen in public he was dead . He gave his own account of the likely events leading up to the death of the former Libyan leader. He . said: 'It seems that he was involved in a battle between the Qatari . security brigades of Gaddafi and the freedom fighters. And he was hiding . in some sort of a sewage tube. 'One of the mercenaries, he's a . Mauritanian, when he was caught he told the freedom fighters that . Gaddafi was hiding in the tube,' said Mr Jibril. 'So they went there and they brought him out and they were taking him to that truck to take him to a field hospital. 'On . their way they got in crossfire between the freedom fighters and the . security brigades. He was shot in the head. We don't know whether he was . shot by the freedom fighters or the security brigades.' A local military commander in the city of Misrata, where the force which captured him took his body, said 'over-enthusiastic' fighters took matters into their own hands when they came face to face with their former ruler. Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said: 'We wanted to keep him alive but the young guys, things went out of control.' However, few people in Libya say they are troubled by the manner of his death." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tyrant's body covered, bullet wound to head masked .\nPost mortem reveals Libyan leader died from gunshot injuries .\nCommander: We wanted him alive but things got out of control .\nWounds on body of Gaddafi's son stitched up .\nFamily demand body be handed over for burial as row over death intensifies ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A Frenchwoman denied access to her three children by her Mexican former husband, whom she won child custody over, has taken her case to an international panel in Washington. Maude Versini will today ask the Inter-American Human Rights Commission for help to see her children whom she has not seen for two years. 'I am here to ask... for justice, and for it to force Mexico to take steps so that I am at least allowed access to my children, which so far I have been denied,' Maude Versini told AFP. International help: Maude Versini, ex wife of former Mexican governor Arturo Montiel, has taken her case to seek access to her children to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission . Versini was married to Arturo Montiel, a former governor of Mexico state from 1999-2005 and an uncle of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. The couple wed in 2002, divorced in France and Mexico in 2007, and have three children aged between eight and nine. She said she won custody, and the kids were sent to see their father while on school vacations. 'Everything went well for four years, and in December 2011 they went on vacation to Mexico as usual,' said Versini. 'But then on January 1, their father phoned me and said the kids were never coming back to France.' Split: Two years ago the three children went to visit their father, Arturo Montiel, in Mexico, but they never returned home to their mother Maude Versini, in France . Earlier court rulings sided with the father in Mexico, but the mother maintains that justice has been manipulated by her ex-husband, giving her no hope of winning on appeal there. 'I think justice in Mexico state is clearly manipulated by my ex-husband,' Versini alleged. She said that she would ask the international commission to help with her rights and those of her children. 'It has been almost two years that I have had no contact with them,' Versini said, adding of her ex-husband: 'He is trying to make me pay for having left him ... but he is inflicting emotional damage on the children.' Montiel was a presidential hopeful at one point but backed off amid allegations of illicit enrichment and an investigation." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Frenchwoman Maude Versini won custody of her three children when she divorced Mexican Arturo Montiel, a former state governor, in 2007 .\nBut in 2011 the children never returned to France after visiting their father .\nVersini says she's been denied access to her three children for two years .\nShe claims her husband has manipulated the Mexican judiciary .\nDesperate to see her children, she will today present her case to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, in Washington ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "World-famous photographer David LaChapelle has captured transgender model Carmen Carrera in the nude, both as a man and a woman. The fantastical shots, which appear on two posters promoting the 2014 Life Ball for HIV and AIDS, see Ms Carrera, 28, re-enact a utopian scene, in which she appears in two versions; one as Adam and the other as Eve - both identical but for the genitalia, which are computer generated, leaving the question of whether she has male or female private parts in real life unanswered. 'I'm Adam, I've Eve, I'm me', the caption reads, a celebration of inclusion ahead of the May 31 annual Life Ball in Vienna, which is a the biggest charity event in Europe to support people with HIV. Blurred lines: Transgender model Carmen Carrera (pictured as Eve, censored) appears in photographer David LaChapelle's Garden of Eden inspired posters, which see her completely nude in a surreal, floral setting . 'Your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality,' she says of the posters. 'There are so many types of diverse people on this planet. My message is: beauty has no gender. At the end of the day beauty is beauty.' The poster was inspired by this year's Life Ball motto, 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' and borrows from 15th Century artist Hieronymus Bosch's most iconic work of the same name; a chaotic tangle of nude bodies and scenes of Heaven and Hell. Double vision: The twin posters, which promote the 2014 Life Ball, an annual AIDS event, show Ms Carrera as Eve (left) and Adam (right), both are identical but for the computer generated genitalia . Inspiration: The whimsical photo artwork will be auctioned off for charity, and borrows from 15th Century artist Hieronymus Bosch's painting 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' (pictured) - which is this year's Life Ball motto . Mr LaChapelle, 51, went with a whimsical scene, his Garden of Eden landscape punctured with foliage and phallic symbolism - Ms Carrera posing with her long golden locks falling over her bare shoulders, her breasts exposed in both the Adam and the Eve portraits, and gazing at the nude male body before her, whose head is encased in an eerie sphere. 'For me the body is more than something to be looked at as an object of sexual gratification,' explains Mr LaChapelle, discussing his blurring of gender lines. 'The body is a beautiful housing for the soul that we are celebrating in this picture.' Stunner: Ms Carrera, seen in February at New York Fashion Week, has made quite the name for herself as a successful transgender model, and says her message is that 'beauty has no gender' And it's a beautiful body indeed. Ms Carrera first shot to fame on the 2010 season of RuPaul's Drag Race but was eliminated halfway through the season, later to be snapped up by Elite Model Management. Born Christopher Roman, she started her gender re-assignment surgery in 2012, including a breast augmentation and a nose job, but as her fame has grown, she has remained tight-lipped as to whether she has had surgery on her genitalia. 'The . body is more than something to be looked at as an object of sexual . gratification. The body is a beautiful housing for the soul that we are celebrating in this picture' In a 2012 Facebook post, she wrote: 'I live my life as a female but I have not gotten my gender reassignment surgery. To be honest, I'm still thinking about that part. Me and my husband want to be able to have kids one day and once I get the surgery, I will not be able to produce DNA to create an offspring with a genetic females DNA.[sic]' She has since separated from long-term partner Adrian Torres. Change: Ms Carrera originally shot to fame as a man in 2010 when she appeared in RuPaul's Drag Race, before being snapped up by Elite Model Management and having surgery to become a woman in 2012 . Mystery: She has remained tight-lipped as to whether she has had the full gender re-assignment surgery on her genitalia, but admitted in 2012 that she was torn because she wanted the chance to have children . Ms Carrera is now keen to work on breaking down the barriers between the 'normal' modelling industry and that of transgender modelling. Speaking about models such as Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, she said: 'I want to be like those girls. 'I don't want to just be labelled as a transgender model. Why do I have to be separated? It's the modelling industry - one industry.' As she was: Ms Carrera was born Chris Roman . And she's well on her way. Thousands of fans signed a Change.org petition in a bid to get her involved in Victoria's Secret's 2013 fashion show. And while the lingerie giant never addressed the petition, she has hardly been short on work. Aside from magazine and runway appearances, it has just been announced that she will star in an eight-episode docuseries, TransAmerica, produced by supermodel mogul Tyra Banks, and scheduled to debut at the end of this year. Mr LaChapelle's two photograph artworks will be auctioned at the AIDS Solidarity Gala 2014 in Vienna, just ahead of the Life Ball. 'David’s picture does not deal with sexuality as one might think at first glance, it’s about identity and expresses that human dignity and tolerance have no limits,' says Gery Keszler, founder of Life Ball. 'We are very honored to be able to transport one of Life Ball’s central issues with these outstanding pictures.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Her genitalia is computer generated in the images, and it remains unclear whether the model has male or female private parts in real life .\nMs Carrera, 28, was born a man and had surgery to become a woman in 2012 .\nThe model is scheduled to star in a docuseries called TransAmerica this year, produced by Tyra Banks ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "In the dark: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has admitted Barack Obama did not know about the considerable problems with the new health insurance website until after its launch . President Barack Obama was in the dark about the considerable problems with the Affordable Care Act's website until after the launch of the troubled service, the US health chief has revealed. Insurance companies have been complaining about issues using the site, which crashed during a test run before the launch, but the president was apparently unaware of the technical problems. Speaking to CNN, Kathleen Sebelius, the country's Health and Human Services Secretary, said Mr Obama first learned of them 'the first couple of days after' the site went live on October 1. When asked if he knew of any of the website's problems before that, she replied: 'No, sir.' Obama’s healthcare website has come under severe scrutiny since its launch and its programmers have said they expressed concerns beforehand but were ignored by their seniors. Insider interviews and a review of technical specifications found a mind-numbingly complex system put together by harried programmers who pushed out a final product that congressional investigators said was tested by the government and not private developers with more expertise. Sebelius said a team of experts has now been drafted in from Silicon Valley to solve the issues with the site. They are being led by Jeff Zients, a former CEO and acting director of the Office of Management and Budget. Sebelius admitted the government had hoped the HealthCare.gov website had the 'A-team' working on it from the start, when asked why the experts were not brought in before its launch. 'We want new eyes and ears. We want to make sure that we get all the questions on the table, that we get all the answers and accelerator the fix as quickly as possible.' Part of the problem is attributed to 'extremely high' volume, Sebelius told CNN, with close to 20 million people using the new website in the first three weeks. Ultimately, Sebelius said the president and his team were not satisfied with the workings of the website, which they planned to be easy to use allowing consumers to compare healthcare policy plans. To date, 500,000 accounts had been created on the site, but not all of them have enrolled in healthcare plans. The President has pulled in Jeffrey Zients, left, acting Director of Office of Management and Budget, to manage a team of experts drafted in to resolve the website's problems . Defending himself: President Obama spoke about the technical problems with the healthcare website on Monday after facing two weeks of backlash over the roll out of the Affordable Care Act . Project developers who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity - because they feared they would otherwise be fired - said they raised doubts among themselves whether the website could be ready in time. They were crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers working past 10pm with energy drinks in hand. Others rewrote computer code over and over to meet what they considered last-minute requests for changes from the government or other contractors. They complained openly to each other about what they considered tight and unrealistic deadlines. One was nearly brought to tears over the stress of finishing on time, one developer said. Website builders saw red flags for months. A review of internal architectural diagrams obtained by the AP revealed the system's complexity. Problems: Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is the one tasked with the roll out and she has come under scrutiny . Insurance applicants have a host of personal information verified, including income and immigration status. The system connects to other federal computer networks, including ones at the Social Security Administration, IRS, Veterans Administration, Office of Personnel Management and the Peace Corps. President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged technical problems that he described as 'kinks in the system' in a 'website that's supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance'. He also promised a 'tech surge' by leading technology talent to repair the painfully slow and often unresponsive website to make ti work the 'way it should for everybody'. Adding more options: Following the slow responses on the website, the programers added 'apply by phone' options . 'There's no sugarcoating it. The website has been too slow. People have been getting stuck during the application process. And I think it's fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than I am,' he said. The online system was envisioned as a simple way for people without health insurance to comparison-shop among competing plans offered in their state, pick their preferred level of coverage and cost and sign up. For many, it's not worked out that way so far. Pushing through: The President said that a 'tech surge' is under way, but new reports reveal that programers had concerns before the website launched . Unresolved problems led to visitors experiencing cryptic error messages or enduring long waits trying to sign up. Congressional investigators have concluded that the government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, not private software developers, tested the exchange's computer systems during the final weeks. That task, known as integration testing, is usually handled by software companies because it ferrets out problems before the public sees the final product. The government spent at least $394million in contracts to build the federal health care exchange and the data hub. Those contracts included major awards to Virginia-based CGI Federal Inc., Maryland-based Quality Software Services Inc. and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. CGI Federal said in a statement Monday it was working with the government and other contractors 'around the clock' to improve the system, which it called 'complex, ambitious and unprecedented.' The flood of computer problems since the website went online has been deeply embarrassing for the White House. The snags have called into question whether the administration is capable of implementing the complex policy and why senior administration officials - including the president - appear to have been unaware of the scope of the problems when the exchange sites opened. Senator Mitch McConnel, the leading . Republican in the Senate, described the launch as a 'failure' on Sunday, . adding he doesn't believe the government can 'get the job done . correctly'. The administration acknowledged on Monday that a planned upgrade to the website had been postponed indefinitely and that online Spanish-language signups would remain unavailable, despite a promise to Hispanic groups that the capability would start this week. The government has now tweaked the website's home page so visitors can view phone numbers to apply the old-fashioned way or window-shop for insurance rates without registering first." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Kathleen Sebelius said Obama found out a couple of days after launch .\nProgrammers previously claimed they raised alert prior to site going live .\nWebsite supposed to be easy for users to compare, choose health insurance .\nBut since going live on Oct 1 it has been plagued with problems ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "author] . Tearful: Gordon Ramsay has admitted he cried after his New York restaurant, The London, lost both its Michelin stars . With his impassioned outbursts in the kitchen, Gordon Ramsay has been known for reducing others to tears. But the celebrity chef reveals he was the one reaching for his tissues when his New York restaurant was stripped of both its Michelin stars. Gordon Ramsay says he was 'very emotional' after The London lost its prestigious two-star rating last year. Michelin withdrew the much-desired stars and branded the food served at the posh Manhattan eatery as 'erratic'. During his appearance on a Norwegian television show, the 47-year-old chef said: 'I started crying when I lost my stars. It's a very emotional thing for any chef. 'It's like losing a girlfriend. You want her back.' The downgrading of The London came just months after Ramsay's contract for the Art Deco dining rooms at Claridges came to an an end. Following a decline in ratings for his Channel 4 show, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, the celebrity chef has also decided not to renew his contract. But Ramsay, who owns 12 restaurants around the capital, can at least console himself with the fact his other restaurants worldwide currently hold a total of 14 Michelin stars. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, in Chelsea, has held three Michelin stars since 2001. Petrus in Belgravia, Maze in Mayfair and Savoy Grill in Covent Garden also boast one Michelin star each. Internationally, Gordon Ramsay at The Trianon Palace, France, holds two stars, while The London in West Hollywood and Gordon Ramsay at Conrad Tokyo both have one star. Michelin stars have been awarded for more than 100 years by critics in The Michelin Guide. One star is considered 'very good', while two is 'excellent' and three is rated as 'exceptional cuisine'. Stripped: The London NYC has lost both Michelin stars . Nightmare ends: Ramsay will not renew his Channel 4 series, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The London diner stripped of Michelin stars following 'erractic' standards .\nDowngrading came just months after contract with Claridges ended .\nRamsay has also not renewed Channel 4 contract after falling ratings for Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Extraordinary pictures of British jihadists boasting of fighting alongside Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria emerged yesterday. At least 17 suspected Islamic extremists have posted messages on social media networks about their experiences in the war-torn Middle East state – in a bid to encourage other Britons to join them. One referred to fighting in Syria as ‘5-star jihad’ because of its ‘relaxing’ nature, and photos glorifying their hate-filled mission 2,000 miles from their homes in London and Portsmouth have been posted online. Scroll down for video . Five-star: Mohammed el-Araj, left, from West London, who died during an ambush on Assad forces . One image of a British fighter called Abu Qa’qaa shows how he could carry extra ammunition in his beard. Another shows a combatant wearing a balaclava and holding an assault rifle. Security sources believe up to 350 UK citizens have joined Islamic extremists in deadly combat in Syria. Four – including the son of a London antiques dealer – were killed in two recent incidents. MI5 is becoming increasingly concerned about the threat posed by extremists who return to Britain from Syria, and might carry out an atrocity here. British brigades: Abu Qa'qaa with bullets in his beard . One group of eight recruits from the UK are fighting with an Al Qaeda-linked militia in the north of the country. They are taking part in skirmishes on the border with Turkey and some are venturing 100 miles inland in operations around the rebel-held city of Ar-Raqqah. The group is called the British Kataa’ib, meaning British Brigades. As well as operating social media accounts that detail their activities, some of the group also operate blogs and even participate in question-and-answer sessions with supporters, often urging others to join them ‘while the path is clear’. All members of the group use pseudonyms. They have, for the most part, been careful to avoid showing their full faces in pictures. But inquiries have revealed some identities and connections in London and Portsmouth. Ifthekar Jaman, who calls himself ‘Turab’ online, has posted a series of messages that describe his involvement with Al Qaeda-linked groups in the country. He lived in Southsea, Portsmouth, before flying to Turkey in May, and making his way across the border to Syria to wage jihad. Jaman is 23 and is known in Syria as Abu Abdur Rahman Al-Britani or Abu Abdur Rahman Al-Bengali. In his posts, Jaman – whose parents are originally from Bangladesh – refers to dying as a martyr. On September 30, he said: ‘Any brother hoping to come, then come. Alone or with a group. Both are good. No money is required when you come. The path is open now.’ On September 21, he said: ‘There are people who think that the jihad in Syria is 24/7 fighting but it’s much more relaxed than that. They’re calling it a 5-star jihad.’ Yesterday Jaman’s distraught mother Hena Choudhury told the Mail that she had thought her son was in Turkey studying. Soldier: One of the group's British fighters holding a machine gun . Speaking from her three-bedroom terrace house in Portsmouth, she added tearfully: ‘I don’t know what’s going on but I’m scared for his life.’ His father Enu Miah, who runs a local takeaway, said his son was a ‘normal and educated young man’. He added: ‘It’s a difficult time for the family. He’s been in touch over the phone and we’re hoping he will come back soon.’ The director general of the Security Service MI5, Andrew Parker, has warned of the growing threat posed by jihadists travelling to and from Syria. The relaxing Middle East: A Briton poses with large-calibre ammunition . Three men, believed to be radicalised Muslims from London, died in an explosion as they attacked forces loyal to President Assad near Aleppo. The fourth was shot two weeks later. One of the men has been named as Mohammed el-Araj, 23, of Ladbroke Grove, West London, the son of an antiques dealer. He also used the name Abu Khalid. A Briton calling himself Abu Hujama al-Britani was also killed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The messages are encouraging other Britons to join them .\nOne referred to Syria as '5-star jihad' because of it is relaxing .\nOne image of a British fighter called Abu Qa’qaa shows how he could carry extra ammunition in his beard .\nAnother shows a combatant wearing a balaclava and holding an assault rifle .\nTo see the full Newsnight interview with Ifthekar Jaman click here ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A woman was thrown out of a French opera house after cast members objected to her wearing a Niqab (file picture is not of the woman involved) France's Socialist government today pledged to toughen up its anti face-covering law after a veiled Muslim woman was ejected from a major Paris opera house. In an incident which has divided opinion in the city's liberal arts community, cast members performing La Traviata 'objected strongly' to the presence of a woman in the audience wearing a niqab-type veil. 'A singer spotted her in the front row during the second act,' said Jean-Philippe Thiellay, director of the Bastille Opera, which was opened by Socialist president Francois Mitterand in 1989. 'Some performers said they didn't want to sing,' said Mr Thiellay, who confirmed that she was kicked out. There has been a ban on Muslims covering their face in public in France since the introduction of a law in 2011. Women living on housing estates on the outskirts of major cities like Paris are regularly criminalised with a fine, but this is the first incident of someone being ejected from an artistic venue. So far unnamed, she is believed to be a well-off woman from a Gulf State, and was attending the performance with a friend. Referring to a security guard, Mr Thiellay said: 'He told her that in France there is a ban of this nature, asked her to either uncover her face or leave the auditorium. 'The man asked the woman to get up, they left. It was unpleasant getting her to leave. 'But there was a misunderstanding of the law and the lady either had to respect it or leave,' Scroll down for video . But other opera lovers in a city historically renowned for its tolerance were less impressed. 'What possible harm could a woman sitting quietly in the audience with face covered do to anyone?' said Guy Laurent, a regular at the Bastille Opera. 'The woman would clearly have felt utterly humiliated by what happened – French culture should be more tolerant. Cast members performing La Traviata at the Bastille Opera opera house in Paris objected to the veiled woman in the audience. It is not suggested that either of the performers pictured were among those who complained . There has been a ban on Muslims covering their face in public in France since 2011. It is not suggested that either of the performers pictured here on stage at the opera house were among those who complained . A singer spotted the veiled woman in the front row of the opera house which was opened by Socialist president Francois Mitterand in 1989 . 'It is not the job of theatres to enforce petty laws.' The incident happened on October 3, but it is only now that it is becoming a national polemic. Technically the woman now faces a fine of just over £180, although there is not thought to have been any police involvement. The woman and her friend were not refunded any of their ticket price. Choice: Security at the Bastille Opera opera house in Paris asked the woman to uncover her face or leave . A spokesman for France's Ministry of Culture today said it was 'producing a new set of rules' to make sure the so-called 'burka ban' was better enforced in theatres, museums and other public institutions. France,which is home to some five million Muslims, was the first European country to ban the full-face Islamic veil in public places. Belgium followed suit soon afterwards, but there is no veil ban at all in Britain, despite calls by a minority of right wing MPs for one." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cast 'objected strongly' to woman in the audience wearing a niqab-type veil .\nSecurity guard asked her to either uncover her face or leave .\nBan on covering the face in public in France was introduction in 2011 .\nThe incident has divided opinion in the city's liberal arts community ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A man is accused of flinging dildos out of his car with teenage girls nearby in multiple instances, then lingering in his vehicle to watch them. Konrad Peters, 28, a Milwaukee resident, was arrested and is accused of exposing children to harmful materials, The Smoking Gun reported. Peters is accused of being involved in three separate instances in West Allis involving the dildos. His alleged victims range in age from 13 to 15 years old. Busted: Konrad Peters is accused of being involved in tossing dildos from his car in three separate instances . A court filing obtained by The Smoking Gun said '33 dildos and multiple sex toys' were discovered. A search warrant obtained by the website revealed that two girls told police September 8 that in a September 4 incident, a black car 'would drive past the alley they were walking down and slow down as it drove by them.' At one point, the car 'stopped about 100 feet in front of them,' the warrant said. 'The driver of the vehicle opened the driver side door and placed an unknown object on the ground. The driver then shut the door and proceeded to drive past the girls.' The two girls inspected and found it to be a 'giant purple dildo' and told the police the man who put it there 'was sitting there staring at them from his care with the driver's side widow rolled down,' the warrant said. The dildo was gone the next day, the girls told police. West Allis police, whose headquarters are seen here, arrested Peters. He is accused of exposing children to harmful materials . The day after the girls spoke to police, a third girl told police of a similar instance, in which a male driver 'threw an item out of the driver's side window, which rolled slightly underneath the car. The driver parked [...] and waited for [the victim's] reaction to the item that was thrown out of the car window. She noted the item was wrapped in clear plastic wrapping tape and was in the shape of a dildo. ' A fourth girl spoke to police on October 8, saying earlier that day she saw a driver fling a dildo out of his car. During her walk home, the girl 'walked past her house, because she was scared and didn't want him to know where she lived,' the warrant said. The dildo was photographed by the girl, and told her father what earlier happened during her walk. He reportedly looked at a garage security tape and later drove around to find the car. West Allis police identified Peters, the warrant said. Peters reportedly contacted his lawyer and did not speak to them. 'All female juvenile victims were shown photo arrays to see if an identification could be made,' the warrant said. '[The third victim] positively identified Konrad Peters as the male party who she observed tossing the sex toy out of his car.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Konrad Peters, 28, a Milwaukee resident, was arrested and is accused of exposing children to harmful materials .\nPeters allegedly dropped dildos out of his car in three separate instances in West Allis .\nHe is accused of flinging dildos out of his car with teenage girls nearby, then lingering in his vehicle to watch them .\nHis four alleged victims range in age from 13 to 15 years old .\nA court filing said '33 dildos and multiple sex toys' were in his house ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The £2million police review of the Madeleine McCann case will examine calls from psychics which were previously ignored. Detectives are studying around 100 logs of calls that were discounted because the callers said they were psychics or had dreamt about the high-profile investigation. Critics said the decision to include information from ‘supernatural’ sources was a waste of resources. Scroll down for video . Mystery: The evidence has emerged as Gerry and Kate McCann prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of their daughter's disappearance tomorrow . Police were inundated with calls about Madeleine after she disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal on May 3, 2007. Crimestoppers set up an international number and sent the information they received to Leicestershire Police, the McCann family’s home force, and to Portuguese police. But Leicestershire Police reportedly . asked Crimestoppers not to forward information from psychics, or calls . based on dreams about the case. Missing: Madeleine aged three, left, and in . Scotland Yard's computer-generated age-progression picture of how she . might look now, at the age of nine . Some 100 call logs were not passed on because of the request, Sky News reported. But they have now been sent to the Scotland Yard team reviewing the case. Kate . McCann's book about Madeleine's disappearance has sold nearly 400,000 . copies and raised up to £1million for the fund to find the missing . child. Mrs McCann . thanked supporters for buying her account of how her daughter went . missing on holiday in Portugal, which was published in hardback a year . ago. She said: 'The book has done amazingly well. That's thanks to the general public, and I'm really really grateful. 'Not only obviously has it helped Madeleine's Fund, more importantly it's got people engaged again. 'There's more awareness now, there's more information still coming in now. 'For . a long time we had wanted to correct things that were incorrect, just . so people could be better informed, and therefore the search enhanced.' Her . husband Gerry added: 'It's put everything in the right context. So much . in this case has just been taken as snippets and taken out of context. 'It's a properly considered record of what we've gone through, and Kate's done a brilliant job.' Mr . McCann said sales of the book, simply entitled Madeleine, are 'close to . 400,000' and it may have generated as much as £1 million for the . couple's fund. A paperback edition with a new epilogue will be published on May 10. The information will be examined and entered into the police computer for the first time to ensure no detail has been missed. But it is considered unlikely that any serious investigation will result unless the leads are corroborated by other evidence. Peter Kirkham, a former detective chief inspector with the Metropolitan Police, said he was sceptical about the ability of psychics to help police investigations. ‘As soon as you have a high-profile case you get a range of people coming forward,’ he said. ‘I’m certainly not aware of any case that’s been solved by psychics. ‘You can’t waste resources no matter . how emotive a case may be.’ US crime author Pat Brown said in a Twitter . message: ‘This “review” just gets stupider and stupider.’ Madeleine vanished days before her . fourth birthday from an apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz . while her parents, Kate and Gerry, had dinner with friends in a nearby . tapas restaurant. The review team has sifted through . more than 40,000 pieces of information, including files from the . Portuguese police investigation and from the private detectives used by . Madeleine’s parents. It has identified 195 potential new . leads, but Portuguese police have refused to reopen the case because . they say there is no new evidence. Mr and Mrs McCann said the fact the Metropolitan Police were reviewing the case had made their lives ‘much more bearable’. In a statement to mark yesterday’s . five-year anniversary of her disappearance, the couple said: ‘It’s hard . to define succinctly how it feels to have reached five years without . Madeleine – impossible, heart-breaking, frightening, exasperating, . incomprehensible. ‘Sometimes it feels like forever and at other times, just like yesterday.’ Scotland Yard said: ‘We can confirm we are in close dialogue with Crimestoppers to ensure that all material in their possession – from any source – is shared with us.’ May 3, 2007Kate and Gerry McCann leave their daughter Madeleine and her two-year-old twin brother and sister Sean and Amelie in bed in their apartment and head for dinner at a nearby tapas restaurant.9pmThe couple check on them regularly and at around 9pm, Mr McCann finds nothing amiss when he returns to their room in the seaside resort at the Ocean Club in Praia Da Luz.10pmMrs McCann goes to check on them again and finds the shutter slid up, the bedroom window open and Madeleine gone.May 4The police begin hunting for Maddie.May 15Robert Murat is officially named a suspect by police in Portugal.June 17Portuguese police say Madeleine's friends and family may have destroyed vital evidence in the first few hours after her abduction. September 7Detectives make Mr and Mrs McCann 'arguidos' in their daughter's disappearance.April 7, 2008Three Portuguese detectives fly to Britain to re-interview the seven friends on holiday with the McCanns when Madeleine vanished. July 17Mr Murat receives £600,000 in libel damages from four newspaper groups over 'seriously defamatory' articles connecting him with the child's disappearance.July 21The Portuguese authorities shelve their investigation and lift the 'arguido' status of the McCanns and Mr Murat. Is she alive? There have been no confirmed sightings of Madeleine McCann since she disappeared on May 3, 2007. The original Portuguese police team believed she died in a ‘tragic accident’. Kate and Gerry McCann have always insisted there is no evidence to suggest she is dead, and British police now believe ‘there is a possibility she is alive’. Where is she? There have been reported sightings all round the world, ranging from the credible to bizarre psychic visions. Of those investigated, none have been confirmed as Madeleine. Who is responsible? Three people were officially named as arguidos, or suspects, in the investigation - Kate and Gerry McCann and British expat Robert Murat. All three were formally cleared when the investigation was shelved and have won libel cases against newspapers and broadcasters which falsely claimed they were involved in Madeleine’s disappearance. The McCanns believe Madeleine was taken by an abductor. Convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett allegedly said he saw the girl twice before she vanished and claimed she was stolen to order by a gypsy gang, but denied he was involved. He died in 2010. Are there new leads? British . police have identified almost 200 new lines of investigation from the . Portuguese case files and the McCanns’ own private detectives. They have refused to reveal details. Why was this not done before? Portuguese . officers were convinced Madeleine was dead and have admitted publicly . that they did not fully investigate other theories, including many of . the sightings. What else was missed? Police . did not set up effective searches and did not alert the Spanish border . for 12 hours, allowing a potential abductor to escape with Madeleine . undetected. Even a basic . check of the other guests at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz was . not completed for 48 hours, by which time many potential witnesses had . left. Gratitude: The McCanns thanked Scotland Yard for their review and the public for the support they had received for their campaign . What about forensic evidence? Police did not seal off the McCanns’ apartment until 10am the next day, by which time the McCanns, their friends, resort staff, concerned helpers and police officers had all potentially contaminated forensic evidence. Samples were taken and tested for blood and DNA but were found to be so degraded and contaminated that the results were inconclusive. Will the case be solved? British police want the case reopened but public opinion in Portugal has not been supportive of the McCanns and there may be little interest in raking over a five-year mystery which has already damaged the country’s tourist industry. Even if the case is reopened, the reality remains that blunders in the first few days after Madeleine’s disappearance may mean the McCanns will never know what happened to their daughter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is five years since Madeleine went missing in Portugal at the age of three .\nKate McCann said the family were 'probably as positive' as they had been in a long time about finding their daughter .\nMet Police released a new age-progression picture of Madeleine last week ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A rare fish known for gnawing through men's testicles while they are out swimming has been found in the River Seine in Paris. The sharped-tooth Pacu is a Piranha-style creature with a variety of nicknames, including 'The Nutcracker'. Mainly found in steamy South American waters, it is known for gliding below male swimmers and taking a nibble out of their most sensitive organ, sometimes allegedly ripping it off and swallowing it. On it's way here? The piranha-like Pacu could soon be in the UK . A fisherman in Paris called the river police when he reeled in the frightening looking fish, which can weigh as much as 25 kilos, last Friday morning. 'He sent us an image of the picture through his smart phone and it turned out to be a Pacu,' said a police spokesman. 'It is a fish with a very dangerous bite!' The Pacu, which is of Brazilian Indian origin, is technically a vegetarian, but tends to be attracted to male genitalia for unknown reasons. A fishing competition on the river some years ago - today, when a Pacu turns up in strange places, it is usually because the owner of an exotic aquarium has dumped one . There have been unconfirmed reports of fishermen in Papua New Guinea having their manhoods ripped off by the fish. When one was found in Denmark last month, Copenhagen University professor Peter Rask Moller said: 'All we suggested was that swimmers keep their pants on until we know if there are more of these fish out in our brackish waters.' When Pacu turn up in strange places, it is usually because the owner of an exotic aquarium has dumped one. Pacu grow quickly in captivity and, unlike goldfish, will outgrow aquaria, so owners release them into whatever pond they can find locally . 'Pacu are commonly kept in aquaria because they are fairly docile, but look like piranhas,' Peter Moyle, a fish biologist, told the Los Angeles Times last month. 'They grow quickly in captivity and, unlike goldfish, will outgrow aquaria, so owners release them into whatever pond they can find locally.' The Seine is nowadays considered too dirty for swimming in, and police said that the chillier weather would soon ensure that fish like the Pacu would not survive." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A fisherman in Paris called the river police when he reeled in the frightening looking fish .\nThe Pacu is of Brazilian origin, technically vegetarian and can weigh as much as 25 kilos .\nOnefound in Denmark last month - swimmers advised to keep their pants on by .\nCopenhagen University professor Peter Rask Moller .\nWhen it turns up in strange places, it is because the owner of an exotic aquarium has dumped one there ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The taxman is facing fresh embarrassment after it emerged that thousands more workers were sent tax statements that were in fact incorrect. The blunder comes at a time when HM Revenue and Customs is requesting new powers to take unpaid taxes directly from taxpayers’ bank accounts. Every year, around five million workers are found to have under or overpaid through the Pay As You Earn system. IT blunder: HM Revenue & Customs has admitted some of the five million workers who received an incorrect tax bill in 2013/14 may have again received a 'miscalculated' bill . This can be for a variety of reasons, including because they have moved jobs or taken a second income. The Government must contact each one with a new tax statement telling them how much they must either claw back, by changing their tax code, or how much they must reimburse them. Now HMRC, which has a history of blunders, has admitted thousands of these were miscalculated – an error they were alerted to after being contacted by concerned workers. It said ‘thousands’ of statements sent out to customers showed ‘an incorrect overpayment or underpayment’ during 2013-14. In an email sent to accountants and staff, it added: ‘We currently do not know the scale of the issue, but some large employers are involved, so several thousands of employees may be affected.’ HMRC advised recipients of the email to tell taxpayers who questioned their bills ‘not to repay any underpayment’ – and not to cash any cheques reimbursing them until the error had finally been rectified. The leaked letter said they were ‘very sorry’ about the incorrect calculations and they were ‘urgently investigating these cases’. Revealed: A memo sent to senior staff at HMRC, based in central London, (pictured) admitted that mistakes had been made . The miscalculations are believed to have been caused by incomplete information from employers – something the Government had hoped to limit through its new £270million ‘Real Time Information’ (RTI) programme. The system forces employers to report the amount of money paid to staff on a more frequent weekly or monthly basis, in a bid to ensure changes to employees’ status are quickly updated. But experts said the latest mishap showed there were still major flaws with the system. Stuart Phillips, chief executive of financial advice firm The Private Office, said: ‘This is very bad timing for HMRC. ‘They should only be given more powers if they can prove they can confidently deliver accurate information. This clearly calls into question their ability to do so and their faith in the real-time system.’ Jason Piper, of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, said it was further evidence that the ‘real-time’ system had been implemented too quickly without sufficient planning or resources. Bad timing: The blunder comes at a time when HM Revenue and Customs is requesting new powers to take unpaid taxes directly from taxpayers’ bank accounts . He added: ‘Yet again, we are seeing errors in the operation of PAYE. Public patience is wearing thin with government IT failures and one like this, which hits so close to home for taxpayers, is bad news for a department trying to extend the reach of its powers into every aspect of our collective financial lives based on the power of its computer systems.’ The Treasury has outlined a string of new powers for HMRC in recent months in a bid to clamp down on tax avoidance. This includes a controversial proposal to allow the taxman to raid people’s bank accounts for money owed without gaining permission from a court first. The ‘direct recovery of debt’ would enable HMRC to confiscate unpaid tax direct from the bank and building society accounts of debtors who owe at least £1,000 and who have been contacted at least four times by HMRC to pay. The taxman would leave at least £5,000 in debtors’ bank accounts. A spokesman for HMRC said: ‘The majority of the errors have happened because an employer failed to make a final payment statement for the 2013-14 tax year, meaning our records were incomplete despite reminders that these submissions had to be made. ‘We are sorry this has happened and we aim to issue corrected calculations in the next few weeks.’ He said no one had been asked ‘for a penny’ as a result of the error and they would receive a new statement within six to eight weeks. While HMRC did not yet know how many people had been affected, it would be fewer than 100,000, the spokesman added." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thousands more workers were sent tax statements that were incorrect .\nBlunder comes as HMRC requests new powers to take unpaid taxes directly from bank accounts .\nEvery year, around five million workers are found to have under or overpaid .\nGovernment must contact each one with a new tax statement .\nBut now HMRC has admitted thousands of these were miscalculated .\nBelieved to have been caused by incomplete information from employers ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He has not yet reached his 18th birthday. But Mohammed Islam, from Queens, New York, has already made a fortune estimated at as much as $72million - from trading stocks on his lunch breaks at school, according to New York magazine's Monday issue. The 17-year-old, who started dabbling in penny stocks at the tender age of nine, spends most of his breaks at Stuyvesant High School trading oil and gold futures, and small to mid-cap equities. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Multi-millionaire: Mohammed Islam (pictured in a Facebook photo), 17, from Queens, New York, has already made an estimated $72million - from trading stocks on his lunch breaks at Stuyvesant High School . Professional: The teenager (center, in glasses), who started dabbling in penny stocks at the tender age of nine, spends most of his school breaks trading oil and gold futures, and small to mid-cap equities . Life of luxury: Outside of school, Mohammed (left, in an Instagram shot) often takes his friends out to dine at Morimoto on 10th Avenue, where they feast on $400 caviar, expensive dishes and fresh-squeezed apple juice . Outside of school, he often takes his friends out to dine at Morimoto on 10th Avenue, where they feast on $400 caviar, expensive dishes and freshly-squeezed apple juice. During an interview for the magazine's 10th annual 'Reasons to Love New York issue', Mohammed refused to disclose his exact net worth, but he admitted it was in 'the high eight figures' and provided bank and financial paperwork to back that up. The successful teenager revealed he had used his incredible wealth to purchase a BMW - which he does not yet have a license to drive - and rent a Manhattan apartment. However, his parents, who are immigrants from the Bengal region of South Asia, will not yet allow him to move out of their family home in Queens, according to the New York Post. Mohammed has also taken to social media to show off his well-funded, lavish lifestyle - regularly posting videos of him partying, playing poker and dancing with numerous women on Instagram. His hard-earned cash has certainly been beneficial to his parents. 'My dad doesn't work now and I tend to help out with things, and futures gives me that incentive,' said the student. School: During an interview for New York magazine, Mohammed refused to disclose his exact net worth, but he admitted it was in 'the high eight figures'. Above, Stuyvesant High School, where he traded stocks . Lavish: Mohammed has also taken to social media to show off his well-funded, lavish lifestyle - regularly posting videos of him partying, playing poker (pictured) and dancing with numerous women on Instagram . Birthday fun: The teenager revealed he had used his wealth to purchase a BMW - which he does not yet have a license to drive - and rent a Manhattan apartment. Above, a clip from a video on Mohammed's Instagram . This photo, also posted on the student's Instagram, shows two women holding up bottles of champagne . But despite its advantages, Mr and Mrs Islam are not overly keen on their son's interest in trading. 'My dad doesn't like [finance] that much,' Mohammed, who has written the phrase, 'More money, less problems', on his Instagram profile, said in an ISSUU interview. 'He says he is ok with me trading, but my mom is skeptical about the market. But they see it as, if I am good at it, then why not?' A year after he started experimenting with penny stocks, Mohammed was introduced to further financial markets by his cousin. He has since developed a 'life-long passion' for trading. 'What makes the world go round? Money,' he said. 'If money is not flowing, if businesses don’t keep going, there’s no innovation, no products, no investments, no growth, no jobs.' On his LinkedIn profile, the student said he rose to success while trading stocks during his lunch breaks because he 'followed the market, hunted for opportunities and used everything from fundamental analysis to technical analysis and price action to speculate in the markets'. After having high returns in penny stocks, he moved on to small-mid cap equities, then derivatives, before feeling out the futures market and specializing in oil and gold, he said. He added he has now developed 'a passion for understanding the markets and a passion for making money', and trades 'mainly based on volatility and volume'. Let me take a selfie: Mohammed has the phrase, 'More money, less problems', written on his Instagram profile. Above, a female reveller is pictured taking a selfie in another video on Mohammed's Instagram . Speech: Speaking of his passion for trading stocks, Mohammed (pictured giving a speech), who trades 'mainly based on the volatility and volume' of gold and oil, said: 'What makes the world go round? Money' During his interview with New York magazine's, Mohammed revealed his biggest inspiration in the finance world has been Paul Tudor Jones. Jones, 60, the billionaire founder of Tudor Investment Corporation, a private asset management firm and hedge fund, ranks as the 108th-richest American, according to Forbes. Mohammed said that while he had been 'paralyzed' by his losses when he first started trading, he quickly learned from Connecticut-based Jones's ability to get back into the game again and again. 'I had been paralyzed by my loss,' he said. 'But [Jones] was able to go back to it, even after losing thousands of dollars over and over.' Inspiration: Mohammed revealed his biggest inspiration in the finance world has been Paul Tudor Jones (pictured), the founder of Tudor Investment Corporation, a private asset management firm and hedge fund . Speaking to Business Insider, he added: 'Jones’s personality and technique are what make him so successful and I aspire to become even one per cent of the man he is. 'He went through obstacles, yet still came out on top' And despite his massive fortune, Mohammed has no plans to give up trading just yet. The teenager said he and his trader friends hope to start a hedge fund in June - when he is old enough to get his broker-dealer license - and intend to make a billion dollars by next year. This, of course, will all be done while attending college. 'It’s not just about the money,' said Mohammed, whose ultimate goal is to pave a path in the financial industry that will enable him to become a reputable hedge fund manager. 'We want to create a brotherhood. Like, all of us who are connected, who are in something together, who have influence.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mohammed Islam, 17, started dabbling in penny stocks at the age of nine .\nHe trades stocks on lunch breaks at New York's Stuyvesant High School .\nHas made 8-figures trading - rumored to be as much as $72million .\nHas bought BMW and Manhattan apartment .\nHe cites his inspiration as billionaire hedge-funder Paul Tudor Jones, 60 .\nMohammed's parents are immigrants from Bengal region of South Asia .\nStudent hopes to start hedge fund next year and make $1bn with friends .\nOn his Instagram profile, he has written: 'More money, less problems'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Massive opposition to giving more money to Scotland – and overwhelming support for a new English Parliament is revealed today in a survey of voters in England and Wales. The results suggest solid support in England for David Cameron’s claim that new home rule powers for Scotland must be matched by similar measures in the other three home nations. The Prime Minister’s ‘English votes for English laws’ proposal struck a chord south of the border, with two in three English voters saying MPs representing Scottish seats at Westminster should be banned from voting on issues such as health and education. A mere one in five oppose the move. Scroll down for video . But the Survation poll for The Mail on Sunday underlines the dangers facing Mr Cameron in trying to satisfy both Scots and non-Scots voters. Although most people in England believe Mr Cameron and fellow party leaders Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were panicked into the eleventh hour Scots giveaway by fears Alex Salmond was heading for a shock victory, they believe they cannot go back on their word. The three party leaders are judged to have been wrong to make the commitment to devolve more powers to Scotland by a margin of two to one. A total of 70 per cent say it was a ‘panic’ decision against 16 per cent who say it was wise. And if they try to ram through the Scottish reforms after the next General Election – as they have promised – they could face a public backlash. A majority of English voters say they want their own referendum before more of their cash is transferred from Westminster to Edinburgh. The survey also shows that former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considered to have saved the day for the UK – and the chief villain is fellow Scot, tennis player Andy Murray. Some 21 per cent of English voters say Murray’s support for independence means they are less likely to cheer him at Wimbledon. By contrast, the favourite moment for English voters was the Queen’s gentle nudge to Scots to ‘think carefully’ before voting to quit the UK. Most people in England believe David Cameron and Ed Miliband were panicked into the eleventh hour Scots giveaway by fears 'Yes' was heading for a shock victory . More than seven in ten say the Barnett formula, whereby Scots receive around £1,600 of public money per head more than those in England, is unfair with only one in six regarding it as fair. The English votes for English laws issue could have a dramatic effect on the future occupancy of 10 Downing Street. Nearly half say it would make it impossible for a Scots MP to become prime minister, with one in three disagreeing. Several Scots representing Scottish parliamentary constituencies have served as prime minister, including Gordon Brown and Alec Douglas-Home. Tory MP John Redwood’s call for the creation of an English Parliament is supported by six in ten. But despite the heated controversy over the referendum, English voters are adamant there are far more important matters. Immigration is far and away their biggest worry, followed by the economy, jobs, health and schools and fighting terrorism – with constitutional reform well down the list. Nearly nine in ten people in England are relieved that Scots decided against cutting ties with Britain. Well over half believe Scotland will always be part of the UK, while only one in four say it will break away eventually. Survation interviewed 1,081 people online on Friday." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two in three English voters say MPs in Scottish seats should be banned from voting on English laws at Westminster .\nA mere one in five oppose the move, which would see home rule powers handed to Scotland matched in England .\nA total of 70 per cent say decision to hand powers to Scots was made during a 'panic', and only 16 per cent disagree .\nThe majority of English voters want their own referendum before more of their cash is transferred to Edinburgh .\nOne in five English voters say Andy Murray’s support for independence means they are less likely to support him ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Horrifying surveillance footage has revealed a teenage girl being beaten up at a juvenile detention center by female guards. Shannon Linn Abbot, 33, can be seen restraining the girl before body-slamming her against a concrete wall, throwing her to the floor and sitting on her upper body for more than ten minutes. Another woman sits on the girl's legs to keep her down. The girl is finally allowed to get up from the ground where she staggers to her feet looking dazed and is given an ice pack for her swollen face at the Florida detention center. Scroll down for video of the attack . Secret abuse: The two guards at the Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility in Florida were caught on CCTV slamming a teenage girl off a concrete wall . Shock: The guard then spins round and throws the girl to the floor with the full force of her weight . A police report said the 15-year-old did not appear to be resisting guards. The girl told authorities that she had been restrained for being disruptive in class. During the time that she was pinned to the floor, several employees walk through the room and casually stop to chat to the guards sitting on top of the teenager. One staff member even pulls up a seat and appears to try to converse with the girl while she is still restrained on the floor. When the girl is finally allowed to stand up she is given an ice-pack, according to the police report, as her eye is swollen shut. Although Abbott was arrested after the abuse on August 9, she posted bail and returned to her job the following day - before the Department of Juvenile Justice stepped in this week and asked for her to be removed from contact with children. Abbot, who was a guard at the Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility, was charged with battery causing great bodily harm. No charges were brought against the other guard who has not been identified. Arrested: Shannon Linn Abbot, 33, was charged with battery after her unprovoked attack on a minor in August - but she was back at work the following day before the Department of Juvenile Justice stepped in . Oblivious: The two female guards pinned the girl to the floor with the full force of their weight for more than ten minutes while a number of employees casually walk past and stop for conversations . Chat: Another employee pulls up a chair and appears to have a discussion with the 15-year-old while she is restrained . Injured: The 15-year-old can be seen staggering to her feet on CCTV at the juvenile facility in Florida . Unseen: The girl was given an ice pack after the attack as her eye had swollen shut. No one reported the incident until she called the hotline . The center is privately run and is under investigation following the abuse. Wansley Walters, from the DJJ, told the Miami Herald: 'We are deeply concerned that the . incident, as depicted in the video... contradicts its description to us . by officials representing the facility. 'We are also troubled that the . facility did not officially report the incident to DJJ until two days . after it occurred, and only when the victim called the [Department of . Children & Families] abuse hotline. This lapse is inexplicable.' Ms Walters added that the incident made her 'sick' and the fact that other employees did not appear to see the incident as anything extraordinary caused great cause for concern." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shannon Linn Abbot, 33, body-slams teenage girl against concrete wall at Florida facility .\nAbbot charged with battery but returned to her job before Department of Juvenile Justice had her removed this week .\nNo one reported incident at Milton Girls Juvenile Residential Facility until the girl phone abuse hotline and investigation found videotape ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He’s the controversial civil rights campaigner whose colourful past includes accusations of bigotry, racism and anti-Semitism. Now cable news network MSNBC is reportedly handing Reverend Al Sharpton the 6pm primetime slot in a move bound to cause a storm. Rev Sharpton, 56, has been guest hosting the slot for three weeks, after radio host Cenk Uygur had a six-month try-out that failed. Controversial: MSNBC is reportedly handing civil rights campaigner Reverend Al Sharpton, 56, the 6pm primetime slot in a move bound to cause a storm . The former Democratic presidential candidate is set to become the only black host of a U.S. primetime cable news show. Sharpton's profile rose in the late 1980s when 15-year-old Tawana Brawley was discovered sitting in a bin bag outside a New York flat. She claimed to have been raped by a group of white men in a racist attack and Rev Sharpton hit out at her alleged rapists - but doctors found no physical rape evidence. A grand jury decided not to press charges and the court decided that she had made up her story - but Rev Sharpton still believes her. Fame: Rev Sharpton, speaking when the Tawana Brawley case was ongoing in 1988, became well-known in the late 1980s when he helped the 15-year-old . There was uncertainty over who would fill the 6pm MSNBC slot when Keith Olbermann left in January and the network shuffled it's primetime lineup. ‘We never told Cenk what to say or what not to say' MSNBC president Phil Griffin . Mr Uygur was given the slot and his ratings were solid but . failed to satisfy the channel’s president, Phil Griffin, who decided to . give Rev Sharpton a try-out. Mr Uygur said he turned down a new contract including a weekend show because he thought Mr Griffin had come under political pressure. He believed he had upset White House officials - and was seen as the fiercest MSNBC host who criticises President Obama and Democrats. Mr Uygur claimed Mr Griffin told him MSNBC was part of the 'establishment' and 'you need to act like it'. Previously: The former 6pm host was Cenk Uygur, pictured, whose ratings were not bad but failed to satisfy the channel's president, Phil Griffin . Mr Griffin denied he had fallen to political pressure. ‘We never told Cenk what to say or what not to say,’ he told the New York Times. But he explained producers found Mr Uygur’s aggressive body language and demeanour were making it tougher to book guests. ‘I didn’t agree with everything said on the show,’ White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told the New York Times. ‘But (I) certainly didn’t have any problem with it.’ Other controversial and unsuccessful MSNBC hosts include Jesse Ventura and Michael Savage. Mr Savage was fired for his on-air comments suggesting gay people should die of Aids." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He'll be only black host of a U.S. primetime news show .\nBosses weren't happy with outgoing host Cenk Uygur .\nSharpton known as civil rights campaigner ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Landmarks across the world were lit up overnight to welcome the arrival of Britain's future King. The London Eye adopted a patriotic red, white and blue colouring, while the fountains in Trafalgar Square ran blue to signify that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a baby boy. Niagara Falls was also lit up in blue, providing a stunning spectacle for those who gathered to watch the famous waterfall on the U.S.-Canada border. Scroll down for video . Tribute: The London Eye was coloured red, white and blue to celebrate the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son . Tribute: The Eye was one of many landmarks which changed colour last night after the announcement . Dramatic: The thunderstorm over London last night providing an apt background on the historic night . It was first announced that Kate and William's son had been born around 8.30 last night - allowing sights to Britain to light up in celebration as soon as dusk fell. The BT tower in Fitzrovia, central London displayed a message broadcasting the news to Londoners as soon as it was revealed. The London Eye, on the south bank of the Thames, was illuminated in red, white and blue throughout the night. The iconic landmark stood out against the dramatic sky as thunderstorms flared above Britain. Tower Bridge was another famous London . sight which turned blue for the night to tell passers-by about the birth . of a healthy 8lbs 6oz boy. Announcement: The news that Kate had given birth to a boy was revealed on the BT tower in Fitzrovia . Marker: The fountains in Trafalgar Square will be coloured blue for the rest of the week after the Royal birth . Vista: The fountains shone electric blue in front of the National Gallery as celebrations continued . Skyline: Tower Bridge also broadcast the news that a boy had been born by using blue lights . Sight: Outside London, Blackpool Tower shone blue overnight to mark the future King's arrival into the world . Trafalgar Square's fountains were lit with blue lights last night, and London mayor Boris Johnson said they will be lit for the next six days in celebration of the royal birth. 'Huge congratulations to the Duke and Duchess on the birth of their first child who will, by virtue of being born in this great city, be a Londoner through and through,' he said. 'I am sure millions of Londoners will be raising a glass today to toast this wonderful news.' London's Natural History Museum, of which Kate is patron, is celebrating the birth of the new prince by lighting up its main Waterhouse building blue at sunset every night for three nights. Michael Dixon, director of the museum, said: 'I send the Duke and Duchess my best wishes and I am very much looking forward to welcoming another member of the royal family to the museum.' Spectacular: Niagara Falls, the world's most famous waterfall, also took on a blue hue for the occasion . Huge effort: The waterfall, which stands on the border between Canada and the U.S., made an extraordinary sight . Skyscraper: In Toronto, the CN Tower was lit up in blue for the benefit of the child's future subjects in Canada . Parliament: Ottawa's government buildings and the Peace Tower were lit up in blue as well . The public rejoicing at the birth of a new Prince, whose name has not yet been revealed, was not confined to the UK. Other countries which share the British Royal family, such as Canada and New Zealand, also shared in the celebration of the historic moment. Perhaps the most spectacular sight came at Niagara Falls, where lights were used to colour the whole waterfall blue for a boy. The falls' 6million cubic feet per minute glowed blue, to the delight of holidaymakers on the scene. Destination: Christchurch Airport shared in the celebration by turning all its lights blue today . Anticipation: Landmarks in Auckland were alternating pink and blue after Kate went into labour yesterday . In Canada, other landmarks to have been lit up in blue including Canada's CN Tower and the parliamentary buildings in Ottawa. New Zealand's Christchurch Airport was also shining in blue, while landmarks in Auckland alternated pink and blue after Kate went into labour but before the sex of the baby was known. Others chose a more unusual tribute to the future King - the crews of HMS Lancaster and HMS Kent spelt out 'A BOY' by standing in formation on the deck of their ship after the announcement was made. On the high seas: Sailors on HMS Lancaster posed up in the shape of the word 'BOY' for this aerial photograph . Unorthodox: The crew of HMS Kent formed themselves into the words 'A BOY' after the happy news was announced . It's official! As is traditional, the news of the birth was announced via an easel outside Buckingham Palace ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "London Eye illuminated in red, white and blue as it stands out against thundery sky .\nFountains in Trafalgar Square run blue as Tower Bridge is also lit up with blue to celebrate birth of a boy .\nNiagara Falls also coloured blue to signify that Kate gave birth to a future King yesterday afternoon ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A Nepalese farmer who was bitten by a venomous snake took revenge by sinking his teeth into the reptile and killing it. Mohamed Salmo Miya was farming near his village southeast of Kathmandu when he encountered the deadly common cobra, said district police chief Uma Prasad Chatrubedi. 'A farmer in Bardanga village has killed a white cobra with his teeth out of anger,' he said. Cobra: There are 20,000 cases of snake bites in Nepal a year, causing around 1,000 deaths (file photo) 'The snake bit him while he was working in his paddy field on Tuesday evening and the man chased it and killed it.' Miya was treated at a local clinic and is recovering at home. 'I was very angry after the snake bit into me. Then I followed the snake, grabbed it and bit it to death,\" the 55-year-old told the Nepali-language Annapurna Post. 'I could have killed it with a stick but I was mad with anger and wanted to take revenge. I killed it with my teeth.' Mohamed Salmo Miya was farming near his village south-east of Kathmandu when he encountered the deadly common cobra . Nepal has a wide variety of poisonous and non-venomous snakes, which are particularly active during the summer monsoon, including the Indian rock python, which can grow up to 33 feet long, and the deadly king cobra. Conservative estimates suggest that there are 20,000 cases of snake bites in Nepal a year, almost all in the Terai southern plains, causing around 1,000 deaths. The six-and-a-half-foot common cobra, which accounts for the majority of bites, is worshipped by Hindus in some parts of Nepal." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Enraged snakebite victim grabs cobra and kills it with his teeth .\nFarmer survives to tell of extraordinary encounter in Kathmandu, Nepal .\nAdmits he was 'mad with anger' when he bit into reptile ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden has attacked Britain's new anti-terror legislation . Fugitive CIA worker Edward Snowden caused fury last night by attacking Britain for introducing emergency legislation to foil terrorist plots. His critics said the new surveillance Bill was being pushed through Parliament today largely because of his treachery in leaking Britain’s spy secrets. Snowden, who has become one of the world’s most wanted men, said the measures to allow the security services and police to monitor the public’s phone, email and internet records ‘defied belief’. He is wanted for treason after stealing classified documents from the US National Security Agency. The defence contractor, a computer specialist at an intelligence centre in Hawaii, leaked highly damaging revelations of attempts by state spy agencies – including Britain’s GCHQ and MI5 – to monitor citizens’ private information. After he revealed how intelligence agents had access to data compiled by the likes of Google and Yahoo, some of the internet giants – under pressure from civil liberties groups – became reluctant to co-operate with the Government and say they may withhold crucial intelligence. David Cameron insisted last week that new snooping laws were urgently needed because Snowden had compromised the ability of the spy agencies to keep track of dangerous extremists. Last night, in an interview with the Guardian newspaper conducted in Russia where the 31-year-old has been granted temporary asylum, Snowden blasted the Government for passing emergency laws in peace time. He said: ‘We don’t have bombs falling. We don’t have U-boats in the harbour.’ He added that the move to introduce anti-terror legislation so quickly mirrored the way the US brought in the Protect America Act in 2007 after the NSA lost cooperation from telecom and internet companies. ‘The NSA could have written this draft,’ he said. ‘They passed it under the same sort of emergency justification. They said we would be at risk. They said companies will no longer cooperate with us. [They said] We’re losing valuable intelligence that puts the nation at risk.’ Snowden also questioned why the Home Office had introduced new laws following a judgement by the European courts that declared some existing surveillance measures invalid. Communications firms are obliged by a 2006 EU directive to store records such as who a person called, where from and when for at least a year. But this was ruled unlawful by the EU Court of Justice in April and companies had told the Government that, if they did not pass the new law, they would begin destroying crucial phone records. Snowden has become of the world's most wanted men after he stole classified documents from the NSA . Snowden said: ‘Is it really going to be so costly for us to take a few days to debate where the line should be drawn about the authority and what really serves the public interest? ‘If these surveillance authorities are so interested, so invasive, the courts are actually saying they violate fundamental rights, do we really want to authorise them on a new, increased and more intrusive scale without any public debate?’ He said the British government had been silent in the year since he had exposed the scale of surveillance by the NSA and GCHQ. Snowden said: ‘Yet suddenly we’re told there’s a brand new Bill. And we don’t have time to debate it, despite the fact that this was not a priority, this was not an issue that needed to be discussed at all, for an entire year. It defies belief.’ The Government has justified the legislation amid intelligence fears that Islamist militants are plotting to blow up a transatlantic airliner having developed a stealth bomb undetectable to airport scanners. There are mounting concerns that Al Qaeda’s top bomb-maker Ibrahim Al-Asiri has developed a non-metallic bomb that can be hidden inside human bodies or electronic devices. Civil liberties groups have cast doubt on Government claims that the Bill will not increase the powers of the surveillance agencies. But Tory MP Julian Smith said: ‘Edward Snowden and the Guardian continue with their crackpot conspiracy theories and we should take no lessons from them. ‘This will protect our country from paedophiles and technologically savvy terrorists. This legislation is proportionate and couldn’t come fast enough given the threats our country is under.’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Edward Snowden causes fury for attack on Britain's new surveillance bill .\nDefence contractor wanted for treason for leaking spy agency documents .\nDavid Cameron claims new laws necessary because of Snowden's leaks .\nComes amid concern of new bomb making threats from Al Qaeda ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ambulance authorities have been ordered to review their response times after it took more than 23 minutes for paramedics to arrive at the home of a three-year-old found underwater in a bath. Parents of Emmerson Boyle, also known as Emmy, have claimed the delayed response by paramedics prevented their daughter's from surviving when she was found in a bathtub last month at her home in Gowanbrae, in north-west of Melbourne. Paramedics arrived at the scene more than 23 minutes after the first 000 call. Victorian ambulance target response time is 15 minutes. A spokeswoman for the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority attributed the length of time taken to respond to the emergency call to an error in the priority coding by the triple zero operator. Authorities are reviewing why it took paramedics from Victoria 23 minutes to respond to three-year-old Emmerson Boyle's drowning . After failed attempts of revival, Emmy died on September 2 at her family home in Gowanbrae - northwest of Melbourne . The initial call for assistance was received from Gowanbrae at about 4.39pm on September 2. Emmy's mother, Pauline Boyle, told the Herald Sun, she left her daughter in the bathroom as she quickly ran downstairs to grab the three-year-old's favourite pink towel. On her return, Emmy was in the bathtub. 'I saw her hair under the bubbles. I immediately grabbed her out of the bath,' she said. Mrs Boyle found the toddler lying facing upwards in the bath under the water, immediately pulling her out and flagging down her neighbour for help. Mrs Boyle and her neighbour, a fireman of 25 years experience, called an ambulance and tried to revive Emmy. However, the phone disconnected before the neighbour could report the incident to the operator and he made the second call minutes later. An ambulance in Preston, about 14km away, was reportedly sent before ESTA call-takers realised there was an error in the assigned priority of the call. A closer crew in Moonee Ponds, about 9km away, was then sent. It has been confirmed that the incident was incorrectly listed as Priority 1 instead of the highest code Priority 0. Emmy (above) with her parents Pauline and Rohan Boyle . Family and friends paid tribute the three-year-old online. Emmy was due to turn four this Sunday, on October 19 . Grieving parents, Pauline and Rohan Boyle, said ambulances need to respond faster. 'We live 14 minutes from the CBD. It would have been quicker for John and me to jump in the car and drive to the hospital ourselves,' Mrs Boyle told the Herald Sun. 'As parents we'll have to carry this burden now that our daughter might not have had the highest chance of survival.' Mrs Boyle said the family was not blaming paramedics but will never know if a quicker response could have saved their daughter. 'The best thing we can do moving forward is to ensure that no other families have to wait the time we waited for assistance,' Ms Boyle told reporters on Tuesday. 'Look at the photo of our daughter and see it's not a statistic, we're dealing with people's lives.' Emmy's father Rohan Boyle said Victoria's ambulance response times had gone backwards. 'The system did work eight years ago. They had eight-minute response times,' Mr Boyle said. ESTA chief operations officer, Julia Oxley, said this is a 'these are very sad circumstances' and a review is underway. 'An initial error in coding this event as Priority 1 instead of Priority 0 for two minutes and 43 seconds contributed to delays in dispatching the closest ambulance,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'ESTA and Ambulance Victoria representatives have met with them to discuss in detail what happened and we are gathering more information to answer their questions. 'ESTA is also conducting a review of what happened and why. If we identify any ways we could practically improve how we respond to calls like this, we will make those changes.' Ms Oxley said the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has also been informed of the case. Emmy Boyle was found floating in a bathtub at her family home. A funeral was held for her on September 9 . Ambulance Victoria's general manager, Tony Walker, said 'this is an incredibly sad case'. 'A preliminary review indicates that the first call to triple zero came just before 4.40pm,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'Unfortunately, the call taker was unable to establish the reason for the call before the call ended and three attempts to call back were unsuccessful.' About two minutes later, a second separate call was received by ESTA and the home address and nature of the case was attained by the operator. 'A fire crew trained to deliver CPR and defibrillation and several Advanced Life Support and MICA paramedic crews were dispatched under lights and sirens,' Mr Walker said. 'The first ambulance arrived at 5.03pm. The first ambulance had been dispatched under lights and sirens from eight kilometres away at 4.46pm. 'Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of bystanders at the scene and fire fighters and paramedics the young child was not able to be resuscitated. 'Ambulance Victoria and ESTA's review into the case is continuing and it is also the subject of a coronial enquiry.' Premier Denis Napthine said the government had increased funding to the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority but realised there was a need to continue improving the process. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said ambulance response times are the worst they've been and the government needed to accept there was a crisis. 'To be just 14 minutes from the CBD and have to wait 23 minutes for an ambulance is not good enough, it's unacceptable,' he told reporters. 4:39.57pm . On Tuesday, September 2, an ESTA ambulance call-taker received a call from a landline phone in Gowanbrae. The call dropped out with no voice contact while being transferred by the Telstra operator to the ESTA call-taker. 4:41.35 . An event was correctly created as a Priority 2 event based on no caller information being available and the call-taker made three attempts to call the number back but was unable to get through. 4:41.57 . A second call was received by a second ambulance call-taker. There were only two calls for an ambulance received (not multiple) plus a further one after Metropolitan Fire Brigade of Victoria were on site to check how far off the ambulance was. 4:43.28 . The second ambulance call-taker updated the event to Priority 1 at this time. This was incorrect as the event should have been Priority 0. 4:45.31 . While an ambulance was dispatched from Preston, the correct coding would have allowed an ambulance that was 4.46km closer to be dispatched (Moonee Ponds) and would also have triggered a MFB crew to be sent sooner. 4:46.15 . The ambulance event was updated to the correct Priority 0 coding. Closer paramedics and ambulance unit were dispatched. 4:49.16 . Fire units arrived on scene first. 5:03.35 . The first ambulance arrived on scene and it is understood CPR instructions were provided by the call-taker throughout the call." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Emerson Boyle, also known as Emmy, was found underwater in a bathtub at her family home .\nThe initial 000 call was made from in Gowanbrae - northwest of Melbourne at 4.39pm on September 2 .\nBut the call disconnected and a second call was made a two minutes later .\nParamedics arrived more than 23 minutes after the first 000 call and 21 minutes after the second call .\nIt has been confirmed that an error in priority coding of the incident caused the delay ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She says she doesn’t feel a day over 70, but the oldest person in Britain celebrated her 112th birthday today. Gladys Hooper said the secret to her longevity is ‘living a straight life’ and keeping active. She has only just taken the title of Britain’s oldest person after the death of 114-year-old Ethel Lang on Thursday, who was who the last person in the UK born during the reign of Queen Victoria. On finding out the news, Mrs Hooper, who lives in the Isle of Wight, said: ‘I am very surprised, I thought I was just the oldest person on the island.’ Scroll down for video . Milestone: Britain's oldest woman Grace Hooper turned 112 today, left, and right, Mrs Hooper at 21 . Mrs Hooper, who has a son, four grandchildren and six-great-grandchildren, added: ‘I have always been busy, I prefer being busy than being idle. ‘I have always lived a straight life, never done stupid things, I have never gone beyond the limit. I have always been active, I think always being active keeps you young. I have done what I wanted to do and helped others as much as I could. I do not feel anything like the age I am, I do not feel any different to when I was 70.’ The great-grandmother has certainly achieved a lot in her lifetime. Born in 1903 in Dulwich, south-east London, and brought up in Rottingdean, near Brighton, she became a concert pianist in London and often performed with bands in dance halls. In the early 1920s, she also started what is thought to have been one of the first car hire firms, Autodrive, and turned down a request from the founder of Hertz to be his managing director. Gladys Hooper looks at previous years' birthday cards, with three generations of her family - her son Derek (top left), granddaughter Christine (top right) and great-grandsons Matthew (front left) and David (front right) She later ran Kingscliff House School, which is now Brighton College. The theme of aviation has also run through her lifetime. She was born the same year the Wright brothers built the first successful aeroplane, and was close friends with Amy Johnson, the pioneering aviator who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Her husband Leslie, whom she married in 1922, was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and in the RAF in the Second World War. Her 84-year-old son Derek Hermiston is a retired pilot. After her husband died in 1977, Mrs Hooper moved to the Isle of Wight and now lives in an apartment in her son’s house in Ryde, a town on the coast. His wife Veronica, 68, said: ‘She has done an awful lot. She is a very strong lady, a very amazing person.’ She added: ‘We are very proud of her and we have watched her go on and on, she doesn’t change. Mrs Hooper, dressed as Red Riding Hood aged four, left, and sitting on her father, William Nash's knee, right . ‘She lost her last sister three months ago, the youngest one. There were six of them altogether – five girls and one boy – she was the oldest and the longest. ‘Gladys told me that she had a very difficult birth, she came out with a misshapen head and the midwife said “I do not think she will do much”. But she was brilliant at maths and music and proved the midwife wrong.’ Mr Hermiston said she is still mentally very fit, adding: ‘I am very proud of her, she does very well since she was 100. She is a really nice person who has done a lot of good things for others during her war service.’ Members of her family travelled from Brighton, Derby and even Canada to be with her for her big day. Mrs Hooper said her special treat for the day would be to have ‘a nice birthday cake’. The oldest person in the world is thought to be Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman who turned 116 in March last year." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gladys Hooper said the secret to her longevity is ‘living a straight life’\nThe new oldest person in Britain celebrated her 112th birthday today .\nTaken the title after the death of 114-year-old Ethel Lang on Thursday .\nMrs Hooper has a son, four grandchildren and six-great-grandchildren ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Graphic footage of a police officer shooting a man eleven times outside a suburban home - killing him - has been released a day after the officer was cleared of wrongdoing. Attorneys for Ernesto Duenez Jr., 34, showed the video, which was recorded by a camera in the cop's patrol car on June 8, 2011, at a press conference in Oakland, California on Wednesday. It shows police waiting for Duenez, who was wanted in connection with a domestic violence incident that day, to arrive at a friend's home. They swoop on the home once he arrives in a pickup truck. Duenez, a passenger in the truck, can be seen climbing across the seats and opening a door as Manteca police officer James Moody runs towards the vehicle with his gun pointed. Scroll down for video: Warning - Graphic content . Horrifying: Ernesto Duenez Jr. can be seen climbing out of a truck as officer James Moody reaches for his gun . Gunned down: The officer, who thought Duenez had a throwing knife, fires 14 shots, hitting him 11 times . Police have claimed the officer saw a knife in the man's right hand and feared he might throw it or charge at him in the frantic, fast-paced exchange. Duenez's family's attorney says he was unarmed. On the video, Moody is heard shouting: 'Drop the knife now!' and 'Hands up! Hands up, Ernie! Don't you move, Ernie, don't you move or I'll shoot you!' The officer is seen firing 13 bullets in 4.2 seconds as Duenez moves to get out of the car. He was shot 11 times - once in the head, eight times in the body and twice in the extremities - and four were while he was on the ground. He died of gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen. Graphic: A bullet wound can be seen in his back. Four of the bullets were shot as Duenez was on the ground . Shock: Duenez's wife runs outside after hearing the gunfire and screams at police officer Moody . Heartbreak: She is seen leaning over her fatally wounded husband as more police arrive on the scene . On the video, a bullet wound can be seen in Duenez's back as he rolls around on the ground clutching his chest. His wife, Whitney Duenez, then runs from the home, screaming at the police officer, who tells her to stay back. She runs to her wounded husband and sobs over his body. The video also shows that it was not until after more officers arrived on scene and attempted to move Duenez that they realised his foot was caught in the seatbelt, the Manteca Bulletin reported. The video was obtained by John Burris, an Oakland attorney who filed a wrongful-death federal lawsuit against Manteca Police and Moody in July, through the . discovery process in the case. He released it at the news conference a day after the San Joaquin County district attorney's . office decided that Moody had been legally justified in shooting the man. Fight: Attorney John Burris released the footage at a media conference in Oakland a day after the San Joaquin County District Attorney's office determined that Moody's shooting was justified . Struggle: Ernesto Duenez, Sr., right, embraces his wife Rosemary Duenez as daughter Sabrina, left, reaches to comfort her mother as a video of their son is played . Police said they later found an . eight-inch 'throwing knife' with a four-inch blade in the bed of the truck. Moody, who has been on . the police force for 12 years, had believed he was in danger, the San Fransisco Chronicle reported. And video experts for the district attorney's office said it did look as though Duenez had a knife in his hand at the start of the footage. Yet they lost sight of it and did not know how it ended up in the bed. He had allegedly been involved in a domestic disturbance that day with his wife and witnesses claimed he was carrying the knife and was known to carry a gun, but none was found at the scene. Burris said that Duenez had not been armed and was trying to surrender. He added that even if there was a knife 'he made no aggressive movements toward the officer'. Devastated: Duenez's friends look on as the video, filmed in June 2011, is played on Wednesday . Sadness: Left, Duenez's mother Rosemary and her lawyer John Burris. Right, his wife Whitney Duenez . The attorney said he has asked the U.S. Justice Department to open an investigation and pursue murder charges . against 40-year-old Moody. 'We have communicated to the Department of Justice that this man should be prosecuted for murder,' Burris said. 'He should be held accountable just like anyone else would be held accountable when they engage in this kind of barbaric conduct.' In the report, the district attorney said Duenez was a gang member who served three prison sentences for drug, stolen vehicle and assault with a deadly weapon charges. Burris added that the man was in violation of his parole. The graphic video has been posted on a Facebook group, Justice for Ernest Duenez, adding: 'We once again ask for your help in seeking justice! We need a public outcry!' Victim: Ernesto Duenez, 34, died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen . Missed: Duenez, who police said was a gang member who had served 3 prison terms, leaves behind a son . Burris added on Wednesday: 'This family seeks retribution. They want this man prosecuted for this conduct and I’m certainly going to do whatever we can with the Department of Justice as well as the US Attorney’s office to see if we can make that happen.' Duenez's mother, Rosemary Duenez, 58, said at the news conference that she wanted to release the video after she realised police 'would never deliver us justice'. 'People need to see what happened,' she said, the Chronicle reported. 'They need to know what we see, and what we're fighting for.' Manteca Police would not comment on the shooting due to the lawsuit. Moody has returned to active duty. VIDEO: Ernesto Duenez Jr. shot dead by officer James Moody ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ernesto Duenez Jr. killed on June 8, 2011 by police officer James Moody .\nDA's office: Moody was justified as he thought Duenez had a throwing knife .\nBut Duenez family's attorney says he was unarmed and is now fighting for murder charge against the officer .\nMoody is now back on active duty ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two daycare owners have been arrested after one allegedly repeatedly beat a three-year-old girl, eventually killing her, while the other watched and did nothing. Savannah Cross died on Tuesday after she was left to languish in the care of strangers after her mother, a stripper, had not picked her up from the in-house daycare in Phoenix, Arizona since Thanksgiving. Ryan Reed, 27, told police he repeatedly hit, kicked and grabbed the girl at the home, while Allison Clement, 28, failed to report the abuse or seek medical aid, police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump said. 'Abuse': Ryan Reed, left, allegedly repeatedly beat a toddler in his care while Allison Clement watched . On Monday night, Reed stomped on the child's stomach while she was on the ground and she curled up and spent the rest of the night in that position, the Arizona Republic reported. Throughout the night, Reed heard Savannah groaning but only called authorities at 7am on Tuesday when he found her unresponsive, police said. She died on the way to hospital. Crump added that Savannah's injuries were so severe that it will take further investigations to discover what killed her. Investigators found the girl was covered in bruises on both side of her body. They were at different stages of healing, suggesting long-term abuse, Maricopa County Superior Courts documents noted. Victim: Savannah Cross, 3, died after Reed allegedly stomped on her stomach following months of abuse . She had been in the care of Reed and Clement since July. Her 27-year-old mother, Ashley, returned sporadically to visit the child and pay the couple, Crump said. The girl's father said he had also left his daughter as he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder and feared he might hurt her - but he had no idea she was being left at the strangers' home. Stephen Cross, a former marine who lives in Colorado, said Savannah's mother told him the child was only with babysitters when she went to work. 'If I would have known that she was being left with complete . strangers for weeks on end, I would have been down there in a skinny . minute to get my daughter,' he told CBS5. Abandoned: Savannah's mother Ashley, left, had not collected her from the daycare since Thanksgiving, while her father, Stephen, right, could not care for her as he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder . Innocent: Other relatives said they were unaware Savannah had been left at the daycare for weeks on end . The girl's grandmother, Cathy Cross, . added: 'You don't drop your kids at daycare and never come back except . to pay them. What is that, paid abandonment? What is that?' Family friend Frank Warneka told ABC15 he lived with Savannah and Ashley until a month ago, but knew the . woman often did not pay her childcare bill. 'They [Reed and Clements] sent a note home to Ashley saying she owned them $1,200,' he said. 'I called them and said Ashley . doesn't live here anymore and that they should call CPS because it isn't . their responsibility to take care of Savannah. 'I think Ashley thought she loved Savannah, but I don't think she knows how to love anything.' Regrets: Cross, pictured with Savannah as a baby, said he wished he had known she needed him . Scene: The couple advertised their 'babysitting' service on Craigslist and had two children of their own . Ashley has not been charged but Crump said more charges may be filed after the medical examiner's office reports back to police. 'If there is any of these injuries that may . have been long term or extended than we might hold somebody else . responsible,' he said. It is believed the couple advertised their daycare services on Craigslist. A child-care facility only needs a license if it is caring for four more children other than their own. Investigators found three children and two belonging to the couple at the home. The children have been taken into the custody of Child Protective Services." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ryan Reed 'stomped on Savannah Cross' stomach while she was in his care'\nHe 'ignored her groans throughout the night' and she died the next day .\nHe 'previously beat her as fellow daycare owner looked on and did nothing'\nGirl's mother had not picked up her daughter since Thanksgiving ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Kyle Edmund has broken into the world's top 150 players for the first time after winning his first Challenger Tour title in Hong Kong. While the attention of British tennis fans was focused on Andy Murray's efforts to claim the Australian Open crown, 20-year-old Edmund was celebrating a significant victory. The Yorkshireman did not drop a set in his five matches at the second-tier event and was an impressive 6-1 6-2 winner over 89th-ranked Japanese player Tatsuma Ito in the final. British No 3 keeps his eye on the ball at the Australian Open, has just won his first Challenger title . Kyle Edmund was overpowered by Steve Johnson in straight sets in the Australian Open first-round . The victory helped Edmund climb 44 places in the rankings to 148 and continued his fine start to the season after he successfully came through three qualifying rounds at the Australian Open. He said in the South China Morning Post: 'He (Ito) is very experienced and I knew I had to take it to him and play my own game. Luckily, this was the best I played all week and it was ideal that it came in the final.' No British man won a Challenger title last season, with Edmund reaching his first final in his last event of the year in Yokohama before losing to Australian John Millman. Edmund has played his way into contention for Great Britain's Davis Cup tie with USA in Glasgow next month . Edmund cemented his position as the British number three behind Murray, who has returned to the top four courtesy of his run in Melbourne, and world number 102 James Ward. Edmund's form has also furthered his case to be named in Britain's Davis Cup team for next month's World Group clash with the United States in Glasgow. First he will attempt to push his ranking closer to the top 100 and has headed back to Australia where he will play in this week's tournament in Burnie. James Ward, the British No 2, lost in the first round of the Australian Open but is up to 102 in the rankings ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Kyle Edmund rises to 148 ranking after beating Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-2 .\n20-year-old didn't drop a set winning his first Challenger Tour title .\nEdmund joins Brits Andy Murray (4th) and James Ward (102nd) in top 150 .\nGreat Britain face the USA in the Davis Cup in Glasgow next month ." } ]

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