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As popular attractions such as the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt are devoid of tourists, numbers of visitors to Spain and Portugal are on the up

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HOUSANDS of tourists are flocking to our sunny shores as escalating terror attacks around the world put tourists off travelling to what had become traditional hotspots.

Demand for destinations such as Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey have fallen significantly following lasts year’s terror attacks where a Russian passenger plane was brought down over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 onboard and then the murder of 38 tourists at the Sousse beach resort in Tunisia, 30 of them British.

Thanks to the British Foreign Office classifying Spain, Portugal

and Cyprus as safe havens, demand for these locations has risen 20% so far this year. Whilst it does not advise against visiting other tourist destinations such as Istanbul and Tunisia, its website does warn that “the threat from terrorism remains high… you should take extra care in public places - particularly those visited by foreigners.”

Whilst this is great news for hoteliers here in Spain, The Association for British Travel Agents (ABTA) has warned that demand is outweighting supply so is advising travellers to make reservations sooner rather than later.

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ONALD Trump has said he unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the U.S. presidential candidate as “divisive, stupid and wrong” for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.

Cameron criticised Trump in the British parliament over his call for the ban on Muslims and suggested that the New York billionaire, who is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, would unite Britain against him if he visited. “It looks like we’re not going to have a very good relationship, who knows?” Trump told Britain’s ITV television station in an interview aired on Monday when asked how ties would fare if he won the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8.

“Well number one, I’m not stupid, okay. I can tell you that right now. Just the opposite. Number Two, in terms of divisive: I don’t think I’m a divisive person. I’m a unifier, unlike our president right now,” Trump said, referring to Barack Obama.

Cameron’s spokesman said the prime minister stood by his original comments.

The United States is Britain’s closest ally. U.S. companies are the biggest foreign direct investors in Britain and the so- called ‘special relationship’ with Washington has been the cornerstone of British diplomacy since World War Two. Trump’s often controversial comments on everything from Muslims and women to the future of NATO and relations with Russia have drawn criticism from Berlin, Paris and other European capitals.

But neither Germany’s Angela Merkel nor France’s Francois Hollande have gone as far as Cameron in chiding Trump who, if he wins in November, would be in charge of the world’s most powerful nation and largest economy from January 20 next year.

Cameron will work with whoever is elected U.S.

president and is committed to maintaining the special relationship, the prime minister’s spokesman said.

“DIVISIVE, STUPID AND WRONG” “The PM has made his views on Donald Trump’s comments very clear. He disagrees with them,” the spokesman said. “He continues to believe that preventing Muslims from entering the U.S. is divisive, stupid and wrong. He stands by his comments.”

The spokesman refused to answer questions on who Cameron would like to see win in November but said there was no telephone call or meeting planned with Trump, adding: “If one is proposed we will consider it.”

On a more conciliatory note, Cameron has said Trump deserves respect for making it through the gruelling Republican primary process. The Times newspaper also reported last month Cameron had ordered diplomats to attempt to repair relations with Trump.

“I hope to have a good relationship with him but it sounds like he’s not willing to address the problem either,” Trump told ITV. Trump also criticised London’s newly elected Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan for making “very rude statements”.

Trump had initially welcomed Khan’s election and said he would make an exception in the event of a ban on Muslims for him entering the United States, drawing a sharp reply from Khan.

“Donald Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both our countries less safe - it risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of the extremists,” Khan said.

Responding to this criticism in the ITV interview, Trump said: “He doesn’t know me, never met me, doesn’t know what I am all about. I think they are very rude statements. Frankly, tell him I will remember those statements. They are very nasty statements. It is ignorant for him to say that.”

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HE campaign for the forthcoming referendum on whether the UK should remain in the EU is now in full swing. Alongside the furious fact-slinging, voters have already witnessed moments of personal invective, with partisans on both sides considering that the end justifies the means.

But the best, often rarer feature, of referendums is the ability to expand public knowledge and bring new groups or issues into the public sphere. There were great hopes that politics could benefit from putting Europe into the heart of the national conversation. Even London’s former mayor Boris Johnson, speaking in 2014, argued that a referendum would allow Britons to focus not on “the feud – so toxic, so delicious, so gloriously fratricidal – but on what is actually right for the country.”

Studies show that British citizens are among the least informed in Europe about how the EU works. This information deficit reflects the complexity of Brussels policy-making as well as the tendentious way many Eurosceptic media outlets report the EU. The referendum campaign itself has hardly captured the imagination – one poll showed that 29% of Britons don’t even know which side UKIP leader Nigel Farage is on.

A defining feature of this referendum is the near-daily skirmishes over which side’s estimates about jobs or growth are accurate. In March, the bone of contention was the Treasury’s report on Brexit, which as commentators pointed out used a figure of costs per household not per capita, making for a bigger and scarier figure.

It’s a similar story this month with immigration, as shown by the furore over EU migration figures that the Office of National Statistics was accused of hiding by focusing on those staying for more than 12 months.

PERSONALITY POLITICS Yet one lesson from the initial period of campaigning is that the dominant focus rests on personalities and public spats, typified by the outbursts of Johnson.

In reality, it was probably naive to think that the campaign could avoid becoming personal. The cabinet was always likely to be split: it was merely a question of who and how many would rebel against the prime minister’s renegotiation.

By taking personal charge of the negotiations with the EU, David Cameron became the lightning rod for eurosceptic dissatisfaction.

There is also an inevitable contradiction between Cameron’s flirtation with hard euroscepticism prior to renegotiation and his transformation into a passionate EU supporter following the deal reached in February 2016. The anti-Cameron momentum within the Brexit camp is further fuelled by the ambivalence of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Unlike the 1975 referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community, today it is not the case that both main parties have leaders equally committed to remaining.

The net result is that the debate being played out before British voters is what comedian Stewart Lee describes as a “cynical battle of big beasts, not beliefs”.

Swamped by facts, voters are still going into the EU referendum with an information deficit Author Andrew Glencross

AVOIDING THE DELUGE There is a very real danger that the referendum is not enhancing citizens’ understanding of the costs and constraints of EU membership. This is not just because of the ideologically biased interpretations doing the rounds. There is also a lazy, elite attitude of disdaining opposition to the EU, as if criticisms of it are only the product of wilful ignorance. Symptomatic of this attitude is the resort to expressions such as “wanting an outward-facing Britain” by the remain camp, implying they have a monopoly on defining internationalism.

In the final weeks of the campaign, politicians will no doubt ratchet up the rhetoric, lapped up by the media to help fuel their narrative of personal rivalry and party splits. So it is essential that there be a counterbalance – a shift in the debate from a deluge of facts and forecasts to one that picks apart the guiding principles of European integration.

In addition to the ESRC’s UK in a Changing Europe project – which is funding a free, massive open online course on the referendum that I am part of to make sense of the issues surrounding this crucial vote – there are a number of websites

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and news organisations providing superb fact-checking resources, including The Conversation.

But countering misinformation only goes so far. If this referendum is to have a positive legacy, campaigners on both sides need to help voters understand the linkages and trade-

offs inherent in allowing the UK to trade globally or regulate migration.

Whether inside or outside the EU all voters can benefit from knowing more about how international politics works in the 21st century.

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EU CHIEF CALLS BORIS JOHNSON’S EU-NAZI COMPARISON ‘ABSURD’ European Union President Donald Tusk has waded into the British debate on EU membership by deriding ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson for comparing the bloc’s aims to those of Adolf Hitler.

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USK said even though the EU had stayed on the side-lines of the British referendum campaign on whether it should leave the EU, “when I hear the EU being compared to the plans and projects of Adolf Hitler I cannot remain silent.”

Johnson has argued that the 28-nation bloc was creating

a super-state that mirrors the attempt of the Nazi leader to dominate the European continent.

“Such absurd arguments should be completely ignored if they hadn’t been formulated by one of the most influential politicians of the ruling party,” Tusk said in Copenhagen.

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British celebrities back remaining in EU BRITISH actors Benedict Cumberbatch (pictured), Keira Knightley, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Helena Bonham Carter are among more than 250 celebrities from the arts world who have signed a letter urging Britons to vote to remain in the European Union.

Some of Britain’s best-known artists, musicians and writers are also signatories to the letter in the Guardian newspaper published last week that warns of the country becoming “an outsider shouting from the wings” if Britons vote to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum. “Britain is not just stronger in Europe, it is more imaginative and more creative.

Our global creative success would be severely weakened by walking away,”

they said.

The letter was coordinated by “Stronger In”, the official campaign to persuade voters to stay in the EU that is also backed

by Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron’s governing Conservative Party is deeply split over the issue. Other signatories to the letter include singer Paloma Faith, designer Vivienne Westwood and writer John Le Carre. The move by “Stronger In” is likely to be seen as an attempt to broaden the EU debate beyond economics and immigration.

Though opinion polls have given sharply different pictures of public opinion, betting odds on Friday indicated a 79 percent implied probability of Britain voting to say in the EU.

its always cantankerous relationship with the EU and the campaign has been getting increasingly edgy.

In Britain, the EU institutions and its leaders in Brussels have long been seen as the source of all things bad related to the bloc. Because of it, Tusk and others have taken a hands-off approach in a campaign that is also vital to the future of the EU itself.

DOOMED ATTEMPTS That changed for Tusk when Johnson, the most prominent British politician on the “leave” side, said the past 2,000 years of European history have been dominated by doomed attempts to unify the continent, including those of Napoleon and Hitler.

“Boris Johnson crossed the boundaries of a rational discourse, demonstrating political amnesia,” said Tusk.

Britain’s “stay” camp described Johnson’s comments as a desperate effort take the focus off the economic impact that such a rupture would create and shift it to the more populist theme of sovereignty issues.

By evoking World War II, Johnson reminded much of the country of its “finest hour” — the moment that Britain acted as the bulwark to halt Nazi tyranny — and he stressed the value of sovereignty over being part of a multinational effort to run Europe’s affairs.

Tusk said, however, that “the EU still remains the most effective firewall against the ever-dangerous and often tragic conflicts among the nations of Europe.”

“The only alternative for the Union is political chaos, the return to national egoisms,” Tusk said.

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The queen said her “ministers will uphold the sovereignty of parliament and the primacy of the house of commons (lower house of parliament)”.

But it was the lack of a specific Sovereignty Bill, mooted by Cameron earlier this year, which triggered criticism from a former senior minister who said the government has “been watering down key elements of their legislative programme”.

“To compound that, now it appears the much vaunted Sovereignty Bill ... has been tossed aside as well,” Iain Duncan Smith said in a statement.

Asked about whether such a bill would ever be introduced, Cameron’s spokesman said work was “under way”. He denied that the referendum had forced the government to soften its agenda.

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HEN receptionist Nicola Thorp (right) was told by her employer that she had to wear high heels to work, she pointed out that her male colleagues were not required to do so. When she refused to conform to the company’s dress code policy, she was sent home from her job without pay. The media got hold of the story, public outcry ensued and the firm at the centre of it has now changed its policy.

Unfortunately there is more at play here than an absurd dress code policy. There is a long and complicated history of women’s dress codes in the workplace – especially in the corporate world. Women are scrutinised far more than men for what they wear and high heels epitomise the lose-lose nature of getting the dress code right.

Speaking out against the policy, Thorp said: “There is a history behind high heels that has a sexualised element to it.” And she’s right. High heels are a powerful symbol in our culture. In advertising and the media, we are continually bombarded by images of women wearing them. Heels play a key role in fetishising women’s bodies, and camera shots in films and magazines that focus on a woman’s legs, lips and feet all contribute to this. In popular culture women are often represented as passive objects, judged on their looks rather than their abilities.

SCRUTINY Women in public life also continue to be endlessly scrutinised for the way they dress.

More column inches are devoted to discussing the dress codes of women political leaders than to scrutinising the sartorial choices of men in equivalent positions of power and authority.

And stilettos are seen as an important symbol of power for women, a marker of high status, despite their impracticality and physical strain that they put on a woman’s body. The fact that US presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, opts for “nearly flat shoes” is even deemed worthy of comment.

The treatment of former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is another example of how damaging the scrutiny of women’s dress can be to their professional image.

As Gillard explained in her recent autobiography, throughout her leadership her body shape and clothing were considered newsworthy in ways, which did not apply to male counterparts.

Cameras were trained on her bottom; news reports focused on her choice of clothes; and a situation when she tripped over in India was reported frame-by-frame in a front page spread of a leading Australian newspaper. In the early stages of her political leadership she ignored negative coverage of her image, assuming that eventually it would eventually subside, but then later realised that it had “morphed into a judgement of who she was as a person”.

DRESSING FOR SUCCESS? But as Thorp found out, the power of high heels at work is not confined to media celebrities and politicians. It has always pervaded the workplace. Office desks in the 1950s were designed with modesty panels that hid the upper part of the legs of the secretary or receptionist who sat behind them but also revealed her shoes and feet.

Then the power dressing trend in the 1980s involved businesswomen wearing

Wearing heels to work is a game women have been losing for decades Author Emma Bell an exaggerated masculine style of dress, pinstripe suits with shoulder pads – but still paired with killer heels – as a way of signalling that their career ambition was equal to that of men. The “dress for success” advice books written for working women at this time recommended they wear high heels as a way of commanding attention and overcoming their height disadvantage in comparison to men, for example when meeting a man for the first time and shaking hands.

Over several decades, researchers have shown that workplace norms surrounding the body are implicitly masculine. And the result is that women’s bodies at work are implicitly (if not explicitly) seen as different and abnormal, inherently sexual, suspicious and disruptive. Women learn from an early age to discipline their bodies through diet, exercise, clothes, make up and shoes. To a greater extent than men, they must show that they can manage their bodies at work in a way that is culturally acceptable.

“TOO SEXY” All too often, women are either accused of appearing “too sexy” for work through their clothing choices, or excessively masculine.

Studies of female professionals show that in sectors like banking and finance, women often feel scrutinised and made to feel out of place. Whether they wear a plain dark suit or a “too bright” dress, women report that they find it almost impossible to blend in and not be the focus of male comments.

US journalist Barbara Ehrenreich captured this well in Bait and Switch, her account of corporate America today. Early on, she meets with an image consultant to improve her chances of getting a white-collar job. The consultant tells her that her appearance is “too authoritative” and that she doesn’t look “feminine enough”.

The image advice she reads encourages a “somewhat mannish appearance” but “if you go too far in the masculine direction… you somehow err again”.

So, on the one hand, high heels are suggested as a way for a woman to gain height and look more like a man. But on the other, they are used to highlight a woman’s sexuality and emphasise her femininity. Finding a balance between these competing expectations is impossible, not to mention the costs they have on women’s bodies. Whether they form part of a dress code or not, wearing high heels at work is a game women cannot win.

This article was originally published on The Conversation.

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WO centuries after his Prussian ancestor rallied with the Duke of Wellington to win the Battle of Waterloo, Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher’s direct descendant is desperate for Britain and the Germans to work together again to forge a reformed EU. Lukas Graf Bluecher von Wahlstatt is the great, great, great, great grandson of the Prussian field marshal of the same family name, whose alliance with Wellington at Waterloo in present-day Belgium defeated Napoleon, securing peace in Europe.

Speaking from his family home in Bavaria, Bluecher said he shares the dissatisfaction of many Britons with the EU but wants Britain to help reform the bloc rather than retreat into isolation and fond contemplation of its history.

“It’s time for a redesign, and we would just love to have the input of the Brits and not have them turn the other way,” said Bluecher, 59. British friends, he said, told him their heads told them to stay in the EU but their hearts said ‘leave’.

“For me it’s the other way around,” he said.

“My head says ‘go’ - it’s become very difficult, it’s maybe as many of the Brits say, easier to leave than to renegotiate. But the heart says ‘no, for God’s sake please stay and force us to change.’”

Britain votes in a June 23 referendum on whether to remain in an EU which critics say is stifling the economy with red tape and undermining national sovereignty. Polling firm TNS said on Tuesday the campaign to get Britain out of the bloc has taken a threepoint lead over the “Remain” campaign.

Germany’s political establishment favours

Britain staying, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling last month for “an economically strong and prosperous Britain in the European Union”. Some fear British departure would skew the centre of balance of the Union to the south with its weaker economies.

Asked what his field marshal ancestor - to whom he bears a striking resemblance with his broad shoulders and receding grey hair would make of Europe and the Brexit debate today, Bluecher, a start-up entrepreneur, replied: “I think he would have said ‘let’s march forwards!’”

A portrait of “Marshal Forwards”, as he was known to his troops, hangs proudly on the panelled wall of his family home; adjacent to it, an antique clock, mounted with a bird of prey.

At Waterloo, on June 18, 1815, Wellington found himself in a dire position until the arrival of the Prussians, whose support helped win the battle that proved a turning point in the development of state systems in Europe.

Wellington and Bluecher held central command during the battle but also relied on commanders in the field to take critical decisions - a lesson from which the Prussian’s ancestor believes Europe can learn today.

EU “DESIGN FLAW” To address what he called a design flaw in the EU’s “over-centralised” construct, Bluecher said “we need to allow for more diversity rather than trying to put everything under the Brussels hat.”

“On a continent this size, you cannot possibly attend to all the necessary details from a central point,” he added. “The USSR tried that

Lukas Bluecher poses in front of a painting of his great, great, great, great grandfather Gebhard Leberecht von Bluecher, Fuerst von Wahlstatt, the Prussian field marshall who fought with the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the last time the Germans and the British fought together in a major military operation, during a Reuters TV interview at his home in Eurasburg near Munich, southern Germany.

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with communism. We all know how well that worked. It went down the drain in no time.”

Instead, Europe needs to cater to what he calls the “strong cultural identities of our regions”, Bluecher said, arguing that a failure to do so had led to the rise of the far-right National Front in France and the Alternative for Germany party here.

TOP UK COURT RULES AGAINST EXPATS OVER EU REFERENDUM VOTING Britain’s Supreme Court has rejected a bid by two Britons who live abroad to vote in next month’s referendum on European Union membership. British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years are not eligible to cast a ballot in the June 23 vote.

A London-born World War II veteran who lives in Italy and a Scottish lawyer who lives in Belgium argued the 15-year cut-off was arbitrary and unfair.

But the Supreme Court has denied the pair permission to appeal lower court judgments that the rule did not amount to an unjustified restriction on their freedom of movement and right to vote.

Judge Brenda Hale said the court had “considerable sympathy” for the applicants, but would not strike down the 15-year rule.

While he said Britain often focused too much on its “glorious past”, Bluecher argued that in trying to move on from Germany’s Nazi history and Napoleon’s wars, much of continental Europe has “forgotten where it came from”.

He said comments from Boris Johnson, the leader of the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, that efforts by Napoleon to unify authority in Europe had ended tragically were “unfair if not silly” as they focused only on the negative.

“His innovations did not go under, even though he did go under,” he said of Napoleon, pointing to the Napoleonic Code, with its stress on clear and accessible law, as an achievement.

It was essential for Germany to keep Britain in the EU, such that three leading powers Berlin, Paris and London - could bear the load of leading a Union born of determination to halt conflicts that have ravaged the continent.

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RCHAEOLOGISTS are excavating the remains of the Curtain, a 16thcentury playhouse where some of the Bard’s plays were first staged, before a new apartment tower sprouts on the site.

Unexpectedly, the dig has revealed that the venue wasn’t round, like most Elizabethan playhouses but was in fact rectangular.

Which has come as somewhat of a surprise, given that the best-known fact about the Curtain is that Shakespeare’s “Henry V” was first staged there and the play’s prologue refers to the building as “this wooden O.” “This is palpably not a circle,” Julian Bowsher, an expert on Elizabethan theatres, said during a tour of the site Tuesday.

The discovery has made Bowsher rethink some of his ideas about Tudor playhouses.

He now suspects that the Curtain — unlike the more famous Globe and Rose theatres — were not built from scratch, but converted from an existing building. “Out of the nine playhouses that we know in Tudor London, there are only two that have no reference to any construction,” he said — including the Curtain. “It’s beginning to make sense now.”

So where does that leave “Henry V”? Heather Knight, senior archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology , said the play may still have premiered at the Curtain in 1599, but without the prologue. “There’s a school of thought now that says prologues were actually a later addition,” she said.

A GOLDEN ERA FOR LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY The Curtain’s remains were uncovered in 2011 on a site earmarked for development in Shoreditch, a scruffy-chic, fast-gentrifying

Excavations at theatre where Shakespeare worked uncovers a surprise London’s relentless building boom has dug up another chunk of the city’s history, one with a surprise for scholars of Shakespearean theatre. area on the edge of London’s financial district.

Archaeologists began excavating intensively last month, before construction of a 37-story luxury apartment tower and office complex named with a nod to its heritage -The Stage.

They will keep digging until the end of June, and visitors can book tours of the excavations as part of events to mark this year’s 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

The site’s developers have promised to keep the foundations of the historic theatre on public view and to build a visitor centre to display some of the archaeologists’ finds.

These include clay pipes that were used to smoke tobacco introduced to Britain from North America in the 16th century and a bird whistle which may have been used as a theatrical special effect. It could have featured in the scene in “Romeo and Juliet” performed at the Curtain in which the heroine reassures her lover that “it was the nightingale, and not the lark” that he’d heard.

Knight says the Curtain site “has probably the best preserved remains of any of the playhouses we’ve looked at.”

The dig has uncovered the outline of a rectangular venue about 100 feet (30 meters) by 72 feet (22 meters) that could hold about 1,000 people. Workers have uncovered sections of the theatre’s gravel yard, where “groundlings” who had bought cheap tickets stood, and segments of wall up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) high.

The new building that will rise on the site where apartments are being offered starting at 695,000 pounds is part of a construction boom, fuelled by London’s sky-high property prices, that is transforming large tracts of the city. In the process, it is creating something of a golden era for London archaeology.

Nearby, work on the new Crossrail transit line has uncovered everything from 14th-century plague victims to Roman sandals.

Knight says the Curtain dig is filling in the picture of one of the oldest and leastknown London playhouses, which served as a base for Shakespeare’s troupe, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, between 1597 and 1599.

“This will give us real insight into these early playing spaces,” Knight said. “It will

help us understand the type of building that playwrights were writing for as well as performing in.

“It will also help us understand what type of audience was attending performances in these buildings. And also it’ll fill in those gaps that are missing from the historical record.”

Angelina Jolie to teach at London School of Economics on women in conflict HOLLYWOOD actress Angelina Jolie is to join the London School of Economics (LSE) as a visiting professor on a new masters course on women, peace and security, the school has announced.

The LSE said the course, which starts next year, is the first of its kind globally and will be run by the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security which was launched last year by Jolie and Britain’s former foreign secretary, William Hague. “It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women’s rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict,” Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), said in a statement.

“I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from the students, as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the United Nations.” Hague will

also be joining LSE as a visiting professor.

The Oscar-winning actress and Hague have become an unlikely double-act on campaigning to end sexual violence against women in conflict. The partnership was sparked by Jolie’s 2011 directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey” that was set against the backdrop of the 1992-95 Bosnian war in which an estimated 20,000 women were believed to have been raped.

The pair co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative in 2012 to rally global action on such crimes, increase the numbers of perpetrators brought to justice and ensure better support for survivors.

They co-hosted the first global conference on the issue in London in 2014. Hague said the new course would help underpin their work by developing research to help tackle the culture of impunity.

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O’Leary is one of the most vocal business leaders urging voters to back continued European Union membership in a June 23 referendum. “After 9/11, after every crisis Ryanair is selling cheaper fares, we keep people flying. So the fact is it would have a downward effect on our pricing for six to 12 months, but we will keep people flying,” O’Leary told reporters. “The longer-term effect though is we will invest less in the UK, we will certainly switch some of our existing UK investment into other European counties because we want to continue to invest in the European Union and it will be bad for air travel and British tourism.”

James Stamp, UK head of transport at KPMG, said one of the concerns over a potential Brexit was that it could put people off investing in bases and airlines in the UK while the UK renegotiates trade and traffic agreements. In addition, EU laws on free movement of labour give low-cost airlines greater flexibility in moving around staff and aircraft. “However, change brings opportunity and low cost airlines have always been able to capitalise on that,” Stamp added. For example, O’Leary said a Brexit may put some downward pressure on aircraft prices and there is always an opportunity for Ryanair to stock up in such a downturn, though its current supply of Boeing planes covers it to 2023.

TICKET PRICES Rival airline boss Carolyn McCall of Britain’s easyJet has also backed EU membership,

saying it helps keep fares down.

“Consumers have benefited greatly from deregulation and from lower prices and from a massive expansion of routes,” McCall said earlier this week after easyJet reported results. British air fares could rise sharply in the longer term if a vote to leave threatened Britain’s access to EU air services agreements, O’Leary said. However, he said the “Remain” campaign should be cautious about “apocalyptic scenarios”. While extraordinary volatility would undoubtedly follow for six to 12 months after a Brexit, fundamental economics would then take over and sterling would recover, O’Leary said.

Ryanair is spending around 25,000 euros (19,840 pounds) on advertisements calling on its customers to vote to stay in the EU, he said, and would step up that marketing drive closer to the referendum date. “Most of the contribution being made by Ryanair is through our email, our customer base, advocating aremain vote because we fundamentally believe it’s in the UK’s best interests to remain in Europe,” O’Leary said.

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WOMAN FACES DEPORTATION FROM UAE FOR CHECKING HUSBAND’S PHONE A WOMAN was fined and ordered to be deported from the United Arab Emirates for breaching her husband’s privacy by checking his cell phone to see if he was cheating on her, Gulf News reported.

The unnamed Arab expatriate was fined 150,000 dirhams ($40,843) by the criminal court in the emirate of Ajman, the Englishlanguage newspaper said.

Her lawyer told the paper she had accused her husband of having an affair. She admitted she had accessed his phone without his permission and transferred photos to her device, the lawyer added.

The husband lodged a complaint with the court which convicted her on Thursday last week under a cybercrime law which penalizes “the invasion of privacy of another person” using information technology, the paper said.

It said the couple were in their 30s but gave no other information.

British delivery driver jailed for plot to kill U.S. troops A DELIVERY driver who plotted to kill U.S. troops based in England by staging road accidents to lure soldiers from their cars and then attack them with knives and possibly a homemade bomb has been jailed for life.

In a message to a suspected accomplice in Syria, Junead Khan (right), 25, a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, told how he had missed an opportunity to kill Americans on his rounds in Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire in central and eastern England.

“When I saw these U.S. soldiers on the road it just looked simple but I had nothing on me or would’ve got into an accident with them and made them get out the car,” he wrote.

In sentencing at London’s Kingston Crown

Court, Khan, who was convicted last month of preparing terrorist acts and planning to fight with IS in Syria, was jailed for life and told he would serve at least 12 years in prison. His uncle Shazib Khan, 23, who was also found guilty of planning to join IS, was given a 13-year jail term. Police said they had recovered British and U.S. flags stolen from a diner near Junead Khan’s home in Luton, north of London, which they believe were potentially to be used for a symbolic act during the attack.

“Junead Khan’s ambition was to attack an innocent U.S. soldier on our streets. He sought inspiration from terrorist videos, bomb-making guides and contacts in Syria,” said Commander Dean Haydon, head of London police’s Counter Terrorism Command.

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SPANISH journalist working in Colombia for almost two decades has disappeared while reporting a story on the illegal drugs industry and is feared kidnapped by Marxist rebels operating in the area, military sources said on Sunday.

Salud Hernandez, a journalist with Spain’s El Mundo and local newspapers, disappeared close to the town of El Tarra in the northern province of Norte de Santander on Saturday.

It is thought that Hernandez has been kidnapped by the National Liberation Army (ELN), the second biggest rebel group in Colombia, which has continued taking people hostage even while it seeks a peace accord with the government.

“I order priority and dedication from the armed forces in establishing where the journalist Salud Hernandez is,” President Juan Manuel Santos said from his Twitter account.

The armed forces have activated a search operation for her in the area, according to a Tweet by the

military.

Hernandez is known for her opinion columns that have been highly critical of Colombia’s insurgent groups.

Colombia has been in peace talks with the bigger rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), since the end of 2012 and the ELN recently agreed to begin talks with the government.

Santos has said that no negotiations will start until all hostages are freed by the group.

The 2,000-strong ELN has increased oil pipeline bombings in recent months and continued kidnappings, in what many see as an attempt to pressure the government into talks.

Inspired by Cuba’s 1959 revolution, the ELN has battled a dozen Colombian governments since it was founded by radical Catholic priests in 1964.

While many Colombians are suspicious of peace talks with both groups, they are tired of the violence that has killed more than 220,000 aand displaced millions over more than half a century.

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UDISTS have lost a seven-year legal battle for access to a popular tourist resort beach on Spain’s southwestern tip.

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Spanish Federation of Naturism against local government legislation prohibiting nudists to use beaches within the historic port city of Cadiz. The federation had argued that nudism could be considered a fundamental right to freedom of ideology as defended by Spain’s constitution.

The court disagreed, saying in a ruling Friday that local authorities of Cadiz had the power to “manage properly the use of its services, equipment, infrastructure, facilities and public spaces.” It said the federation had failed to make a convincing case that nudism was “at this moment, an accepted practice by the majority of beachgoers.”

The ruling applies to the beaches that fringe the ancient city but nudists are permitted to use a beach outside city limits.

The federation had argued that Cadiz’s city council had tried to roll back “the social progress” Spain had made in recent decades by allowing nude beachgoers to be fined up

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FAMED U.S. war photographer James Nachtwey (above) has been awarded Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias communications and humanities prize.

Nachtwey was described as an “insightful witness of human suffering,” in a statement from organizers Thursday who classified him as one of the worlds most renowned and respected photojournalists and war photographers.

The 68-year-old, of Syracuse, NY, has been a

contract photographer with Time Magazine since 1984 and was a member of Magnum photo agency from 1986 until 2001. He has covered wars and conflicts in Central America, the Middle East and Africa.

The 50,000-euro ($56,000) award is one of eight handed out yearly by a foundation named for Crown Princess Leonor. Others include the arts, sport and scientific research.

The awards are presented each fall in the northern city of Oviedo.

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A police official in the north-eastern town of Catalayud has confirmed Spanish media reports that a 40 year old man called police to report that his two daughters were locked inside a car, but when police attended the scene they discovered that the man’s two cats were locked inside his house.

The Heraldo de Aragon newspaper said a complaint was filed against the unidentified man after he admitted inventing the story for a quick response time. False calls leading to emergency services deployment in Aragon region carry fines of 150,000 euros to 600,000 euros.

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Spain bans killing in controversial bull-lancing festival A BULL-LANCING festival known as “Toro de la Vega” (Bull of the Plain) which has spurred controversy in Spain will take place as usual in September but participants will no longer be allowed to kill the bull, Spanish authorities ruled on Thursday.

During the festival, which dates back to 1534 and is held yearly in Tordesillas, in central Spain, hunters on horseback with lances and on foot chase the bull through a pine forest before killing it.

The event had become a symbol for opponents

to bull-fighting, Spain’s traditional spectacle, which has suffered from the economic crisis as well as reduced subsidies from new left-wing administrations in many towns.

Jose Antonio de Santiago-Juarez, a senior official in the Castilla y Leon region, where the Toro de la Vega takes place, said that the decision was made in order to protect the event and avoid an outright ban.

“What we have done today is to protect 500 years of tradition. The other alternative was to entirely ban it,” he told a news conference.

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Bush who had begun dating a new girlfriend Maria Korotaeva, had returned home after a trip to find Mayka in his home wearing pyjama’s. After a heated argument it is alleged that Mayka shot him three times; twice in the head and once in the arm before fleeing the scene in one of the victim’s cars.

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SPANISH JOB AGENCIES TRIAL PANIC BUTTONS TO WARD OFF ABUSE SPAIN’S publicly managed employment agencies will be equipped with panic buttons to help staff deal with abuse from frustrated job-seekers, unions said. The scheme is due to be rolled out as a pilot this month, the civil servants’ union CSI-F said in a statement, highlighting Spain’s struggle to redress one of its most deepseated economic problems even after two years of growth.

Staff at Spain’s state-run employment agencies were at the frontline of threats and assaults, CSI-F said, adding that 80 percent of the 391 abuses recorded in 2015 by civil servants in customerfacing positions were from those in job centres. It did not detail how this particular segment compared to a year earlier. But overall threats and assaults on civil servants, including those working in

Spanish priest pleads for divine intervention to repair road A SPANISH priest says he has given up hope that local authorities in his parish of Xestoso in the northwest of the country will fix the potholes in the roads so he has asked for divine intervention.

Luis Roldan Patino celebrated Mass on a pitted road Sunday and splashed holy water to bless it. Each pothole is now marked with a wooden cross on the roadside so drivers can slow down before hitting them, he said.

Roldan Patino told journalists that “just like we can pray to the Lord for rain” he is pleading for divine intervention to fix the road because “it’s going to be the only way to do that.”

He said the authorities are “blind to the situation and we feel totally abandoned.”

PLANE CRASHES AFTER HITTING VULTURE IN SPAIN, 3 KILLED SPANISH authorities say three French people were killed when the light aircraft they were flying crashed in a small northern town after reportedly colliding with a vulture.

A Navarra regional government statement said the two men and one woman died when the plane dived into a small plot between two houses in Arbizu on Thursday.

The statement Friday said an eyewitness saw the plane colliding with a vulture before crashing.

The government said the plane was flying from Coimbra in central Portugal to Dax in southern France.

It said no one in the town was injured although several residents were treated for shock.

other departments such as healthcare, jumped 33 percent from 2014 to 539, it said. The numbers do not include cases recorded by staff working in prisons.

Spain’s employment ministry - which is behind the panic button scheme, according to the union - could not immediately be contacted for comment.

While unemployment has fallen sharply from a peak of nearly 27 percent at the height of Spain’s economic downturn, it still runs at 21 percent of the workforce. Many jobs created in the past year have been short-lived, temporary contracts. The percentage of long-term unemployed, or those out of work for a year or more, has jumped the most in the euro zone since 2008.

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HOUSANDS of Spaniards marched in downtown Madrid to mark the fifth anniversary of a protest movement that led to the creation of Podemos, now Spain’s third most-popular political party.

The Democracy Now platform had urged people to “occupy squares in all the world’s cities on Sunday” to protest austerity, corruption, high unemployment and a lack of transparency in government.

Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square became the scene of a protest that lasted 28 days in 2011, sparking a movement that spread across Spain and similar “Occupy” sit-ins in cities across the world.

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The protests by those calling themselves “Indignados,” or people angered by Spain’s existing political parties, led to the emergence of Podemos, which will vie for power in a June 26 election.

In a bid to break the political deadlock that Spain has endured since an inconclusive December vote resulted in no parties able to form a government, Podemos on Friday announced an alliance with the smaller United Left party under the name Unidos Podemos, which means “United We Can.” Polls and analysts have said the alliance could get more votes and parliamentary seats than the center-left Socialists.

Spain has been in a political stalemate, governed by a caretaker government with Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy as prime minister since the Dec. 20 vote, when newcomers Podemos and Ciudadanos upset the longstanding dominance of the Popular Party and Socialists who came second.

National students’ union leader Ana Garcia, 29, who was at Puerta del Sol, said millions of ordinary people expressed their anger on May 15, 2011 and said “no to paying for Spain’s financial crisis.”

“We were not going to pay through cuts to our education, health care and human rights,” Garcia said.

Organizers posted images late Sunday of well-attended marches in cities including Barcelona, Bilbao and Malaga, as well as Paris — all re-enacting the events of five years ago.

Speaking at a political event in northeastern Barcelona, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz acknowledged that “those who once occupied Sol” had ushered in a new era with fresh faces elected to parliament, but emphasized that change needed to be achieved by democratic elections and not through blocking streets.

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Activists scale Madrid building to protest US trade talks GREENPEACE activists have scaled an emblematic Madrid office building to hang a banner protesting a free trade deal being negotiated between the U.S. and European Union.

Greenpeace said the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, threatens to undo many health, social and environmental protection measures.

Many activist groups oppose the talks and criticize the secretive manner in which they have been conducted.

Greenpeace said they should be held under the umbrella of

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S matadors face half-ton bulls this month during Madrid’s most important annual series of bullfights and Pamplona gears up for its chaotic July bull runs down cobblestoned streets, tensions are building between anti-bullfighting forces and the traditions’ defenders, who have launched Spain’s first pro-bullfight lobbying group.

At least 17 Spanish cities and towns have slashed municipal funding for bullfights and bull runs or passed measures condemning or banning them since the new leftist Podemos party won its first seats in local and regional elections a year ago.

The party finished third in an inconclusive December election that splintered the country’s traditional two-party system into four. It will be repeated June 26, when Podemos could overtake the No. 2 centreleft Socialists.

the United Nations or as part of climate change talks.

Proponents argue that TTIP tariff reductions and regulation changes would give a much-needed boost to businesses. The activists hung the banner reading, “No to the TTIP” from one of the two Gate to Europe towers that lean toward each other on Madrid’s Plaza de Castilla.

Greenpeace activists hang a banner on one of the two Gate to Europe towers in Plaza de Castilla, Madrid. Photo: Paul White, AP

Bullfight tensions rise with new political landscape

By ALAN CLENDENNING

BANNED Bull spectacles are expected to be banned this summer on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca by the regional Balearic Islands parliament ruled by a coalition including Podemos - six years after north-eastern Catalonia prohibited bullfights but enshrined as cultural heritage bull runs and events featuring bulls running around with flaming balls of wax or fireworks affixed to their horns.

Animal rights activists say the gory fights are among the planet’s most blatant forms of animal cruelty, with bulls lanced and finally stabbed through the heart. Matadors are praised for killing with a single stab, though some don’t succeed in finishing off the animal with repeated thrusts. Foreign tourists attending fights for the first time often leave stunned.

“Now that the political scenery has changed, there is a window of opportunity at the local level to promote the anti-bullfighting agenda,” said Antonio Barroso, an analyst with the Teneo Intelligence political risk consulting firm. “The far left has gained political power and this tends to be an issue leftist voters care about.”

But the new Fighting Bull Foundation of breeders, matadors, ring workers, groups of aficionados with thousands of members and event organizers is pushing back with a prominent Madrid law firm that has filed five challenges so far this year to decisions against bullfighting by four Spanish municipal governments and one provincial

The running of the bulls in Pamplona

Shouting matches often erupt between bullfight supporters and protesters at bull events. A May 2 confrontation captured on video at a small Catalonian town turned ugly when two animal rights activists taking video were beaten up by three men and a woman.

The crowd cheered and applauded after one attacker grabbed an activist’s camera and hurled it into the bullring, shattering it.

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It’s also pressing for criminal charges in five municipalities against animal rights protesters who disrupted bullfights, mostly by jumping into the rings.

An appeal is planned for the Mallorca ban after its anticipated approval in June or July.

The foundation also has requested that Spain’s Constitutional Court act quickly on an appeal against the Catalonia ban filed in 2010.

Fighting Bull Foundation co-founder Juan Pedro Domecq, a famed breeder from a family

renowned for producing wine, sherry and top-grade Spanish ham, said the bullfighting community had felt under attack with no one to defend it. Besides the legal effort, the foundation is promoting bullfighting as an essential part of Mediterranean culture plus the economic benefits it generates in a country with 20 percent unemployment.

“Now you are not going to be able to attack bullfighting for free,” Domecq said. “It will have consequences. Before the foundation existed, there were no consequences.”

The assailants were arrested, and the AnimaNaturalis animal rights group called this week for Catalan regional police to boost security to protect activists planning to video a weeklong bull event starting Saturday.

“We think a minority of the pro-bull sector uses violence to defend their ideas,” said AnimaNaturalis director Aida Gascon. “But it’s very common for the hardcore fans to try to prevent us from recording.”

Jose Miguel Soriano, a partner with the Cremado & Calvo-Sotelo law firm representing the foundation, condemned the assault as “a repulsive act” by people “who don’t represent the bullfighting sector.”

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U.S. Senate passes bill allowing Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia

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HE U.S. Senate has passed legislation that would allow victims of the Sept.

11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages from Saudi Arabia, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto.

The Saudis, who deny responsibility for the 2001 attacks, strongly object to the bill and have threatened to sell up to $750 billion (£518.7 billion) in U.S. securities and other American assets in retaliation if it becomes law.

The “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act,” or JASTA, passed the Senate by unanimous voice vote. The U.S. House of Representatives must now take it up, where no vote has yet been scheduled. If it became

law, JASTA would remove the sovereign immunity, preventing lawsuits against governments, for countries found to be involved in terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. It would allow survivors of the attacks, and relatives of those killed in the attacks, to seek damages from other countries.

OVERDUE In this case, it would allow lawsuits to proceed in federal court in New York as lawyers try to prove that the Saudis were involved in the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, a co-sponsor, said the bill is overdue

and that, because it only applies to attacks on U.S. soil, does not risk lawsuits against the United States.

“Today the Senate has spoken loudly and unanimously that the families of victims of terrorist attacks should be able to hold the perpetrators, even if it’s a country, a nation, accountable,” Schumer told a news conference.

Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, also a sponsor of the bill, said JASTA does not target the Saudis, although he alluded to a still-classified section of a report on the Sept. 11 attacks that Saudi critics say might implicate Riyadh.

“We have yet to see the 28 pages that have

not been yet released about the 9/11 report, and that may well be instructive,” Cornyn said at the news conference.

Other lawmakers who have seen the 28 pages have said releasing them would quiet such rumours.

Cornyn said it was up to the court to decide whether the Saudis were liable. “I don’t believe that this will be destructive of the relationship that we have with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” he said.

The Obama administration has said it opposes JASTA and that President Barack Obama would veto it. Asked if Senate Democrats would back a veto, Schumer said he would vote against Obama.

RUSSIA WILL ACT TO NEUTRALISE U.S. MISSILE SHIELD THREAT T HE United States switched on the $800 million missile shield at a Soviet-era base in Romania on earlier this month saying it was a defence against missiles from Iran and so-called rogue states.

But, speaking to top defence and military industry officials, Putin said the system was aimed at blunting Russia’s nuclear arsenal. “This is not a defence system. This is part of U.S. nuclear strategic potential brought onto a periphery. In this case, Eastern Europe is such periphery,” Putin said. “Until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly welloff and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defence are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralise emerging threats to the Russian Federation,” he said.

A ballistic missile defence shield, which the United States has activated in Europe, is a step to a new arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, vowing to adjust budget spending to neutralise “emerging threats” to Russia.

ARMS RACE Coupled with deployment in the Mediterranean of U.S. ships carrying Aegis missiles and other missile shield elements in Poland, the site in Romania was “yet another step to rock international security and start a new arms race”, he said.

Russia would not be drawn into this race. But it would continue re-arming its army and navy and spend the approved funds in a way that would “uphold the current strategic balance of forces”, he said.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said that the shield would not be used against any future Russian missile threat. Frank Rose, deputy U.S. assistant secretary of state for arms control, warned at the time that Iran’s ballistic missiles could hit parts of Europe, including Romania. Putin said the prospect of a nuclear threat from Iran should no longer be

taken seriously and was being used by Washington as an excuse to develop its missile shield in Europe.

The full defensive umbrella, when complete in 2018 after further development in Poland, will stretch from Greenland to the Azores. It relies on radars to detect a ballistic missile launch into space. Sensors then measure the rocket’s trajectory and destroy it in space before it re-enters the earth’s atmosphere. The interceptors can be fired from ships or ground sites.

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EDERAL Judge Claudio Bonadio charged Fernandez, her former economy minister Axel Kicillof and former central bank chief Alejandro Vanoli with “unfaithful administration to the detriment of public administration,” according to court papers. The accusation is that the central bank took billions of dollars worth of money-losing positions in the futures market ahead of a widely expected devaluation of the Argentine peso.

Fernandez, who heads a large faction of the Peronist party, stepped down in December at the end of her second term. Her successor, Mauricio Macri, won the presidency on a platform of ditching currency controls that he said were strangling the economy. Since lifting the controls in mid-December the peso has weakened by about 30 percent to 14.1575 per U.S. dollar.

Fernandez last month accused the Macri government of political persecution after testifying in court about the central bank’s dollar-buying operations. The transactions referred to in the case involved $5 billion

to $17 billion, according to court papers published by Argentina’s Judicial Information Center (CIJ). “It’s impossible to believe that a financial operation of this size ... could have been carried out without the approval of the highest executive level of the national government,” the ruling said.

Fernandez is revered by millions for the generous welfare programs she offered while in office and reviled by others for economic policies such as nationalizing businesses and placing heavy-handed controls on the economy. “The indictment was not unexpected, but politically, it creates noise,” said Ignacio Labaqui, who analyses Argentina for emerging markets consultancy Medley Global Advisors. “Peronism is going through a leadership crisis and this could make the divisions within the party more acute.”

The indictment of Fernandez came a day after the president of neighbouring Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, was suspended from office by the Senate while she is tried on charges of breaking budget rules.

WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON DIES AT 116 THE world’s oldest living person, 116year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones (pictured above on the occasion of her 113th birthday), has died in New York City, a research group said. Jones’ death now makes Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, a 116-year-old woman in Italy, the oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group. Jones, who was born in the southern U.S. state of Alabama in 1899, was the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves. After graduating from high school she moved north in 1922 to New

Jersey and then New York, where she worked as a housekeeper and childcare provider, according to Guinness World Records and the Vandalia Senior Centre in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, where she lived. Jones, who retired in 1965, had said that lots of sleep is the secret to her longevity and that she had never smoked or drank alcohol.

The oldest verified person was Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days, the research group said.

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GERMAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SPEND 93.6 BILLION EUROS ON REFUGEES BY END 2020 Germany’s government expects to spend around 93.6 billion euros by the end of 2020 on costs related to the refugee crisis claims German magazine Der Spiegel, citing a draft from the federal finance ministry for negotiations with the country’s 16 states.

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HE figure is likely to stoke concerns, particularly among growing anti-immigration movements, on the impact of new arrivals on Europe’s largest economy, which took in more than a million people last year, many from Syria and other war zones.

The numbers arriving have fallen this year, helped by a deal between the European Union and Turkey that was designed to give Turks visa-free travel to Europe in return for stemming the flow of migrants.

German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel said the finance ministry’s calculations included the costs for accommodating and integrating refugees as well as tackling the root causes for people fleeing from crisis-stricken regions.

Officials based their estimates on 600,000 migrants arriving this year, 400,000 next year and 300,000 in each of the following years, the report said, adding that they expected 55 percent of recognised refugees to have a job after five years.

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HE U.S. aviation lawyer who won compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing and is now seeking $330 million (227 million pounds) from Russia for the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 in 2014, says Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held responsible.

Jerry Skinner, who is leading Australian law firm LHD’s compensation claim against Russia and Putin in the European Court of Human Rights, says he is confident of success but admits the case, like that of Lockerbie, may take years.

The Malaysian Airlines’ Boeing 777 crashed in eastern Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board, including 28 Australians.

The aircraft, which was en-route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded in its final report.

Skinner said he had no personal issue with Putin, but that the Russian president had opened himself to liability through his extensive control over the Russian state.

“Nothing happens in Russia that he doesn’t approve of, therefore vicariously he’s responsible,” Skinner told Reuters in an interview on Monday in Sydney.

Skinner said evidence from witnesses, videos, photographs, radar, air traffic

A spokesman for the finance ministry declined to comment on the figures but pointed to on-going talks between the government and states, saying they would meet again on May 31 to discuss how to divide up the costs between them.

The report said that 25.7 billion euros would be needed for jobless payments, rent subsidies and other benefits for recognised asylum applicants by the end of 2020.

LANGUAGE Another 5.7 billion euros would be needed for language courses and 4.6 billion euros would be required for measures to help migrants get jobs, it added.

The annual cost of dealing with the refugee crisis would hit 20.4 billion euros in 2020, up from around 16.1 billion euros this year, the report said.

The federal government and the states are at odds over the costs of the refugee crisis and how much Berlin should pay out.

Migrants queue at the compound outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs (LaGeSo) as they wait for their registration in Berlin, Germany September 21, 2015. Photo: Reuters

Germany’s states have long complained they cannot cope with the refugee influx and related costs and the report in Der Spiegel said states expected to face costs of 21 billion euros this year, rising to around 30 billion euros per year by 2020.

It said the states expected the federal government to bear half of the costs related to refugees but added that the federal finance ministry thinks Berlin is already shouldering more than that and does not think the states’ calculations are justified.

Lockerbie lawyer seeks $330 million from Russia for MH17 disaster control tapes supported his compensation case. “All of that stuff is available and even without the Russian’s contribution I am confident in saying that it was the Russians who caused this event to occur,” he said.

The LHD lawsuit is on behalf of 16 victims from Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia, and 33 next of kin. Each claimant is seeking $10 million in damages.

PRESSURE Skinner won similar compensation for the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 which was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people.

Skinner said international political pressure was needed to uncover the truth behind the downing of MH17. “I’m hopeful that the Australian government gets involved. We need the leverage of one of the governments whose hands are clean,” he said.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop echoed the sentiment for an independent investigation.

“However painful and however difficult and

traumatic it is for them to deal with the loss of their loved ones aboard MH17...we will work very hard to ensure that a system is set up, a mechanism is set up, to hold those responsible for this atrocity to account,” she said.

Convoy of MH-17 victims on Eindhoven Airbase and inset: Julie Bishop, Australia’s Foreign Secretary

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DIAPER DRAMA Oregon man’s conviction for not changing diaper overturned AN Oregon appeals court has wiped away a father’s criminal conviction for not changing his son’s diaper for at least 14 hours, overturning a jury’s verdict that the man was guilty of mistreatment.

The ruling by a three-judge panel found prosecutors in Lane County, south of Portland, failed to prove the dad, James Christopher Hickey, had failed to perform a diaper change for the boy on repeated occasions.

As a result, evidence of a “single untimely diaper change was not sufficient to allow a jury to find” Hickey had not protected the child from future “bodily harm,” the Oregon appeals court ruled in a 10-page opinion.

The 5-year-old boy, who has autism spectrum disorder and a condition that makes him incontinent, had to wear a diaper because he was not toilet trained, according to court records.

Hickey put his two children, ages 4 and 5, to bed at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2012, in the town of Springfield.

They climbed out of their bedroom window and were found the next morning by passing motorists, who called sheriff’s deputies, according to court records.

The 5-year-old boy’s diaper was heavily soiled, prompting a sheriff’s deputy to change it as the boy, according to the deputy’s testimony, “writhed in discomfort.”

At that point, it had been at least 14 hours since Hickey put the child to bed, so the boy’s diaper had gone unchanged for at least that long and his skin was badly irritated, according to the appeals court opinion.

The appeals court, while overturning Hickey’s felony conviction of mistreatment, let stand his conviction on two counts of second-degree child neglect. Hickey served two years in prison in the case, including on the conviction that was overturned, but has since been released, said his public defender, Erica Herb.

“There was a lot of stuff that came out at trial that showed my client is not a bad person and is not a bad dad,” she told Reuters by telephone. She added that she did not know if Hickey would sue prosecutors for damages over his conviction.

Lane County prosecutors could not immediately be reached for comment.

A billion dollar business Smugglers earn billions from migration into Europe

Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias, Lesvos, Greece

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EOPLE smugglers made just under €5 billion (3.45 billion pound) from the wave of migration into southern Europe last year, a report by international crime-fighting agencies Interpol and Europol reveals.

Nine out of 10 migrants and refugees entering the European Union in 2015 relied on “facilitation services”, mainly loose networks of criminals along the routes, and the proportion was likely to be even higher this year, the report said.

About 1 million migrants entered the EU in 2015. Most paid 3,000-6,000 euros so the average turnover was likely between €3 billion to €6 billion, the report said.

MONEY LAUNDERING To launder the money and integrate it into the legitimate economy, couriers carried large amounts of cash over borders, and smugglers ran their proceeds through car dealerships, grocery stores, restaurants or transport companies.

The main organisers came from the same countries as the migrants, but often had EU residence permits or passports.

“The basic structure of migrant smuggling networks includes leaders who coordinate activities along a given route, organisers who manage activities locally through personal contacts, and opportunistic low-level facilitators who mostly assist organisers

and may assist in recruitment activities,” the report said.

Corrupt officials may let vehicles through border checks or release ships for bribes, as there was so much money in the trafficking trade. About 250 smuggling “hotspots”, often at railway stations, airports or coach stations, had been identified along the routes - 170 inside the EU and 80 outside.

The report’s authors found no evidence of fighting between criminal groups, but larger criminal networks slowly took over smaller opportunistic ones, leading to an oligopoly.

In 2015, the vast majority of migrants made risky boat trips in boats across the Mediterranean from Turkey or Libya, and then travelled on by road. Around 800,000 were still in Libya waiting to travel to the EU, the report said.

But increasing border controls mean air travel is likely to become more attractive, with fraudulent documents rented out to migrants and then taken back by an accompanying facilitator, the report said.

Migrant smuggling routes could be used to smuggle drugs or guns, and there was growing concern that radicalised foreign fighters could also use them to enter the EU, it said.

But there was no concrete data yet to suggest militant groups consistently relied on or cooperated with organised crime groups, it added.

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EU to make it easier to suspend visa-free travel amid immigration worries

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HE EU is in politically sensitive talks with Turkey on relaxing travel requirements for Turks seeking to visit Europe for up to three months and with no right to work. The 28-nation bloc is planning the concession to Ankara as part of a deal whereby Turkey agrees to take back migrants who reach Greece from its shores, but some EU states are anxious about opening up to a mainly Muslim nation of 79 million people.

UPGRADE To assuage such concerns, the EU is to implement plans to upgrade a mechanism that allows it to suspend the visa waiver with any of some 60 countries that have such agreements in place. The plan enjoys broad backing among the 28 states and in the European Parliament.

As well as Turkey, the EU is also working on easing travel rules for citizens of Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo. Countries which already

European Union interior ministers have backed plans to make it easier and faster to suspend visafree travel with any third country, amid deepening public concern about the scale of immigration into the bloc. enjoy visa-free travel include Japan, the United States, South Korea, Venezuela, Israel and Canada. “Visa liberalisation brings great benefits but there also are risks. It is designed for short stays of tourists or for business travel,” said Klaas Dijkhoff, migration minister for the Netherlands, which now holds the

bloc’s rotating presidency.

Under the plan, Dijkhoff said, the suspension mechanism will become easier to invoke in cases where the more liberal visa regime is abused.

Currently the mechanism can be triggered if a country experiences a sharp increase in

overstays, asylum applications or readmission refusals over a six-month period from a non-EU state that has had its travel rules relaxed.

Last month Germany and France proposed to expedite the procedure and the ministers are expected to approve the shortening of that period to two months.They also intend to speed up the procedure for approving any suspension request.

The plan also adds “substantial increase of risks to the public policy or internal security” as grounds for suspending visa-free travel.

The changes will apply to the countries of Europe’s Schengen zone, which comprises most but not all EU member states and several non-EU countries such as Norway and Switzerland.

Britain and Ireland are not affected as they are outside the Schengen area. Immigration is a key issue in the campaign for Britain’s June 23 referendum on whether to leave the EU.

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Historic 1493 letter on Columbus voyage is returned to Italy T HE letter, an 8-page litany of Columbus’ impressions about the people, flora and fauna of the Americas had been sent to Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, but was stolen and replaced with a forgery at Florence’s Riccardiana library which up until a few years ago no one noticed.

BEQUEATHED The stolen original, which had been sold to a rare book collector in Switzerland in 1990, was then purchased by another collector at a Christie’s auction in 1992 in New York. It was finally bequeathed to the Library of Congress in 2004 by the estate of its final owner officials said last week.

The United States has returned to Italy a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 about his discovery of the New World that was stolen from a Florence library and unwittingly acquired by the Library of Congress.

“Five hundred years later, it did the same trip (as Columbus), round-trip,” Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini told a press conference in Rome with the U.S. ambassador by his side to announce the letter’s return.

U.S. Ambassador John Phillips declined to identify the estate that gave the letter to the Library of Congress, saying the investigation

Spanish Crown Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia examine a historical document during a visit to the New York Public Library Monday in New York IN 2009. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Budweiser renames itself ‘America’ to inspire drinkers

was still ongoing. But U.S. officials said both the final owner and the Library acquired the letter in good faith, assuming its provenance was legitimate.

The auction price was 400,000 euros but Italy’s carabinieri art squad estimates its true value at 1 million euros ($1.13 million).

The head of the Riccardiana library, Fulvio

Stacchetti, said the letter was likely substituted with a fake in 1950-51, when the Riccardiana loaned the letter to national library authorities in Rome. He said that was the only time the document had left the Riccardiana, and that it would have been impossible for it to have been substituted with a fake while it was home because the reading room is so closely monitored.

The letter is one of about 30 authentic, reprinted copies of Columbus’ original letter and is known as one of the Plannck II copies.

Carabinieri art squad officials said they determined the version that was in the Riccardiana was a fake because the print style and page size were incompatible with the original.

A reprinted copy of Christopher Columbus original letter written in 1493 about the discovery of the New World is displayed during a press conference in Rome. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

WHAT could be more American than standing in a backyard at a barbecue while holding a beer on the Memorial Day weekend in the United States? Budweiser thinks it has the answer: Holding a beer called America.

The brewer has announced it will rename its eponymous Budweiser brew as “America” from May 23 through to the Nov. 8 presidential election to “inspire drinkers to celebrate America.” During that period, cans and bottles of the beer will be adorned with U.S. icons such as the Statue of Liberty, phrases from the Pledge of Allegiance and lyrics from “America the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner.” The change will coincide with the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The marketing effort sent both Budweiser and “America” trending on Twitter in the United States, with social media users reacting in befuddlement and amusement.

“Pretty cheeky for Budweiser to rename its beer ‘America’ considering it’s now a Belgian company,” tweeted T.C. Sottek (@chillmage), the managing editor of technology news website Verge.

Budweiser is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, which is based in Belgium.

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Berlin cracks down on Airbnb Government bans homeowners from renting out flats on Airbnb - here’s why.

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NYONE planning a weekend getaway to Berlin may find that there are limited holiday apartments available. Why? Berlins City government has banned its residents from renting out their flats to tourists through Airbnb and Wimdu.

The move comes as a result of acute housing shortages; unprecedented population growth and rising rents, which has seen rents, increase by more than 56% over the last six years, add to that the arrival of 90,000 migrants over the last two years and an expected to growth of 250,000 by 2019 this overwhelming influx of people has left city planners scrambling to find stock fast.

To address the problem city officials plan to build an additional 220,000 dwellings over the next decade however to deal with the current shortfall of stock Berlin’s parliament has outlawed holiday rentals which over the past few years has been highly profitable for owners but in-turn has increased rental rates.

The decision obviously has not been welcomed by home owners and has been described as an ‘infringement of property rights’ but Stephan von Dassel, deputy mayor for

Berlin’s district of Mitte, one of the architects behind the new law has responded “If you have to decide between tourists or families, then of course it’s the people who live here we have to take care of first. “ And it seems berlin is not alone other cities around the world are also taking action against vacation renting, Amsterdam is currently engaged in trying to limit Airbnb rentals, too. City authorities have implemented that vacation flats can only be let out at the times when the owners are on holiday.

FRANCE TAPPING FUEL STOCKS AS STRIKES CAUSE GAS SHORTAGES FRANCE has begun using its fuel reserves to deal with gasoline shortages caused by strikes and protests over a divisive labour reform.

The head of the group overseeing France’s petroleum industry, Francis Duseux, said that the government has approved the use of fuel stocks for the past two days.

Duseux said there are about three months of reserves. He acknowledged “the situation is tense” but attributed it to panic buying.

Riot police forced striking workers out of a fuel depot early Wednesday in Douchy-les-Mines in northern France that had been blocked for several days, Sud union member Willy Dans said on BFM television.

Unions have blocked depots and refineries around France to try to force the government to abandon a bill that weakens worker protections.

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EACONS are ordained clerics who sit just behind priests in the Church hierarchy. They can officiate at baptisms, funerals and weddings, but are not allowed to celebrate Mass, hear confessions or anoint the sick. The role is reserved for men, who, unlike priests, can be married. During a recent question-and-answer session with nuns, the pope was asked if a commission could be created to study whether women might also serve as deacons. “It would be good for the church to clarify this point. I agree,” the pope replied, setting off a mammoth debate that spilled out into the media on whether Francis was poised to rock the Church and crack open the all-male clergy.

But 24 hours after Francis’s comments, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi moved to head off any such speculation.

“One has to be honest. The pope did not say that he had any intention of introducing ordination for female deacons, much less priestly ordination for women,” he told Vatican radio. “It would be mistaken to reduce the many important things that the pope said to the nuns to this single question.” The Church teaches that women cannot become priests because Jesus willingly chose only men as his apostles. However, St. Paul refers in the bible to a deaconess called Phoebe, leading liberal Catholics to argue that there is clear precedent for women to play a much more important role in Church life.

RESISTANCE Conservative Catholics would certainly put up fierce resistance to any such a move, eager to preserve clear and separate roles for men and women within the Church. After his election in 2013, Pope Francis swiftly ruled out ordaining women priests. However, he stirred concern among traditionally minded Catholics over what they perceive as his liberal leanings on a range of other issues, from divorce to the use of contraception. Earlier this year, he overturned

Vatican plays down expectations over women as deacons in the Church The Vatican has played down expectations that Pope Francis might be ready to ordain women as deacons after he had raised hopes among liberal Catholics by promising to set up a commission to study the issue. centuries of tradition that banned women from a footwashing service during Lent, upsetting conservatives and delighting women’s rights activists. Church liberals had hailed his call for a commission to look into the question of deacons. “I can’t underscore enough how ground-breaking this is for the Church,” said Father James Bretzke, Professor of Moral Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. “It’s clear that Pope Francis, I believe, is trying to move towards institutionalizing a greater leadership and service role for women in the Church,” he added in emailed comments. The Vatican did not say when the promised commission would be set up or what it would be asked to do.

PAKISTAN CITY READIES ITSELF FOR THE ONSLAUGHT OF SUMMER P AKISTANI grave digger Shahid Baloch is taking no chances. Like many people in the port city of Karachi, he was caught out by the severity of last summer’s heat wave which killed more than 1,300 people, and has hired a digger to excavate three elongated trenches big enough for 300 bodies.

“Thanks to God, we are better prepared this year,” said Baloch, 28, who works with three brothers at the vast Karachi cemetery run by the charitable organisation Edhi Foundation.

When the heat wave struck in the summer of 2015, hospitals, morgues and graveyards in the city of 20 million people were overwhelmed, and drug addicts, day labourers and the elderly were the biggest victims of the searing heat.

Temperatures hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit), their highest since 1981 and above normal summer levels of around 37C (99F).

Intervention by the army and charity groups staved off an even worse disaster, locals said, but the crisis exposed the shortcomings of Pakistani emergency services in coping with environmental disasters that scientists say will become more common in the future.

Pakistan’s meteorological office is not predicting a repeat of last year’s extreme conditions, but, like Baloch in the cemetery, officials are preparing for the worst just in case.

“It will not get out of control the way it happen last year,” said Karachi Commissioner Asif Hyder Shah, adding that nearly 60

hospitals now have spare capacity for 1,850 heat wave patients.

Last summer patients slept on ward floors and long queues formed outside Karachi’s main state hospitals at the peak of the heat wave.

Shah said nearly 200 first response centres have been set up across the city, offering basic heat-stroke treatment to swiftly stabilise patients. There are also 700 makeshift relief centres, dishing out drinking water and rehydration salts.

“This will save lives. It’s a comfort,” said street vendor Muhammad Mahmood, 32, after downing a cup of water at one centre. Next to him, children in school uniforms queued to quench their thirst.

Edhi Foundation, at the heart of efforts to limit the suffering caused by the heat wave last year, said it was expanding its huge fleet

of ambulances, anchoring extra shelves in its morgue freezer and buying ice machines to keep patients and corpses cool.

Last summer, the Edhi morgue ran out of freezer space after about 650 bodies were brought in the space of a few days.

Ambulances left decaying corpses outside in sweltering heat.

UNDER-INVESTMENT HAMPERS PLANS Similar macabre scenes plagued Karachi’s cemeteries, where grave diggers refused to work in the baking sun and charged up to five times normal rates for burial plots.

“People were not able to buy those graves,” said Faisal Edhi, managing trustee of the Edhi Foundation. “They buried their dead in their relatives’ graves.”

Efforts to prepare for extreme heat have been

limited by decades of under-investment in Pakistan’s crumbling electricity grid and water infrastructure, leaving the sprawling city vulnerable in times of crisis.

The problem last year was compounded by power cuts which left people unable to cool themselves with fans and air conditioners, particularly affecting those unable to afford generators.

Some Pakistani politicians pinned some blame on the provincial government and K-Electric, the company that supplies electricity to Karachi, for the high death toll. K-Electric did not respond to requests for comment.

Some Karachi residents said much would depend on whether any future heat wave struck during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, when under Pakistani law it is illegal to eat and drink in public places.

Abdul Qayyum Soomro, religious affairs adviser to the chief minister of Sindh province, said officials will meet clerics to discuss whether a fatwa, or religious edict, should be issued allowing people to break the fast for health reasons.

Commissioner Shah said the subject was “extremely sensitive” among a devout population.

“If things get really bad, I may abandon the fast since God says life is most precious,” said a fruit vendor selling mangoes and bananas from a push cart.

Last year, his five-year-old son fell ill from the heat but was only treated at the third hospital they visited. The first two, including Karachi’s biggest, were full.

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Spain snubs British Foreign Secretary S PANISH authorities refused to allow entry of a British Military aircraft carrying Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (pictured right) through its airspace last week, in yet another show of its aggression towards Gibraltar and its long-running dispute between Spain and the UK over Gibraltar Spanish authorities are believed to be aware that the flight was carrying the Foreign secretary but instead refused entry and forced the plane to detour over Portuguese airspace.

PROTECT Ironically Hammond, who was heading to Gibraltar to meet with residents to discuss the impending June 23 referendum, warned Gibraltarians that should they vote to leave the EU, the UK would no longer be able to protect its interests and Madrid has warned that should Britain leave the EU it would look to establish a blockade of the territory similar to the one imposed by General Franco.

The refusal of British military aircrafts into Spanish airspace heading to Gibraltar has been a bone of contention for many years, although both Spain and the UK (Gibraltar as an overseas territory is deemed part of the UK) are both NATO members, Spain has refused to allow any British Military planes entering its airspace since 1989 if their departure or destination point is Gibraltar.

British Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell said “It is shameful that Spain is treating a NATO ally in this fashion, yet all we do is to send diplomatic notes or call in the Spanish Ambassador,” he said.

RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION: Art exhibition showcasing three Royal Academicians A MAJOR art exhibition is being organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture. This exhibition, entitled ‘Lines and Colours – The Royal Academicians’ will showcase the works of Royal Academicians: Anne Desmet, Barbara Rae and Ann Christopher.

These three renowned international artists have ties with Gibraltar, having been in the past adjudicators for the Gibraltar International Art Exhibition.

Their collective art varies in style and their artworks have all been exhibited in museums and art galleries worldwide. Among the exhibits will be memorabilia of their time in Gibraltar for the aforementioned international competition as well as artworks in various mediums, including mixed media on paper, carborundum prints, wood engravings, etchings and bronze sculptures. This will be an exclusive opportunity for the local community to see this collection of works in a unique exhibition.

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The GSD’s style FIFA told to of cut-throat politics is reconsider Gibraltar membership to the not conducive good application of Gibraltar The response by the Gibraltar Social Democrat party to Minister Albert Isola’s statement on his Declaration of Members’ Interests form demonstrates that they are lazy, reckless and negligent in their approach to Gibraltar politics.

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INISTER Isola (pictured left) has already set out that his declaration in 2014 (and subsequent 2016 declaration) is correct as it reflects his interest in the Fiduciary Group which owns Artnell Associates Ltd, a firm that provided limited professional Director services. There was therefore no need for Mr Isola to disclose his professional activity in respect of that company on his personal Declaration of Interest form. There has therefore been no failure by Mr Isola to disclose anything that should have been disclosed.

The GSD have therefore been lazy in just repeating their original nonsensical allegations for the purposes simply of trying to tarnish Mr Isola in their usual venemous fashion.

What is clear is that the GSD continue to be negligent and reckless about whether their allegations also tarnish Gibraltar.

Already Spanish press reports of their statements have suggested that a Gibraltar Minister has hidden an interest in a Bahamanian entity when this is blatantly untrue and not the case. The allegations are being used to try to damage Gibraltar generally and not just the Government.

VENOM The venom with which the GSD are prosecuting the issue, despite the answers already provided demonstrating there is nothing to pursue, is blatant and demonstrates a complete lack of judgment on the part of those in the ‘new’ GSD making decisions about how to conduct the public affairs of Gibraltar.

The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC MP, said: “I have been hugely impressed by the number of people who have been in touch with Albert Isola, other members of the Government and with me directly to condemn the manner in which the GSD has so disgracefully conducted itself in making these baseless allegations against Albert. We have received some truly touching messages of support and empathy from the widest cross section of the Community as a whole and the Financial Services fraternity in particular.

All are incensed at the manner in which the GSD has been so reckless in making these unfounded allegations against Albert and their negligent lack of 2 concern for how they will be exploited against Gibraltar generally.

To see them repeat the whole set of allegations again in a press statement this morning, even after Albert has already clarified that his interests have been properly disclosed in his Declaration of Interests form, is even worse but helps to usefully illustrate just how bloody-minded the GSD are being about this matter: not caring about the truth and just seeking to misrepresent the facts. People will see through this. The Gibraltar public is too clever to be duped by Mr Feetham and the GSD on an issue relating to Albert’s probity and professional conduct. In fact, it says something about how reckless and negligent the GSD are that they haven’t appeared to notice that the allegations they make relate to conduct by Mr Isola covering the periods when both Daniel Feetham and Eliott Phillips have been his partners at Isola & Isola. I therefore have no hesitation in reasserting my full and unstinting confidence in Albert and in his having properly disclosed his interests. The GSD are entirely wrong about this as they are about so much else: the cut-throat way that they do politics is not conducive to working together for the good of Gibraltar.”

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The entrance to the tents, rides and other attractions is near the arch by the Three Boat Fountain (Fuente de los Tres Barcos), where the Monday street market is usually held. These festivities commemorate the reconquest of Marbella by the Catholic Kings in 1485. Both tourists and citizens enjoy all the charm of a traditional and colourful Andalusian festival.

n The Silver Beats, Teatro Salon Varietes, C/ Emanicipación, s/n, Fuengirola 28 May 8pm, 29 May 7pm

Rehearsals are underway for the one act play, “Background Artiste” written by Stephen Smith and directed by Andrew Gommersall.

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For the golfers the events begin on Saturday 4th June with a Stableford Individual Golf Tournament at Aloha Golf Club. For only €75 players can enjoy this beautiful course with the opportunity to win €10,000 worth of prizes including prizes on every hole.

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The “Butterfly Children” Golf & Ball is also supported by professional golfer Miguel Angel Jiménez who, every year donates a unique piece of golfing memorabilia to be auctioned during the gala dinner as well as many other luxury golf items and prizes.

All in all, two fantastic events put together for a great cause: to support those suffering one of the most painful conditions known to medicine: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) or Butterfly Skin. With skin so fragile it is comparable to the wings of a butterfly, just the slightest touch can cause a serious blister, making hugs and everyday human contact difficult. With many differing degrees, the condition can also affect the body internally, leading to severe physical pain and disability.

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Across Spain fiestas take place in towns and villages with the towns of Granada and Toledo being the most famous across the region however celebration in Seville, Cadiz & Casabermeja (Malaga) are equally as impressive.

The Corpus in Cadiz is one of the largest festivals held in the city and is a big part of the Cadiz tradition. During the festivities, the streets of Cadiz, particularly those near the cathedral are elaborately adorned and filled with aromatic plants – namely rosemary, lavender and thyme – making a glorious aromatic carpet.

The focal point of the procession is the famous processional custody divided into three sections the main body ‘ Cogollo’ one of the greatest jewels of Cadiz, carved in 1664 by local goldsmith Antonio Suarez Cadiz, measures three and a half meters high and weighs a staggering 390 kilograms, being the highest in Spain the second body or intermediate, which is an image of the Risen Christ, and the third body or higher, holding the dome, complete with an allegorical image of the Faith. Another very important part of the Custody is the Zocalo, the work of Bernardo Cientolini in 1692, and finally the truck, carved in 1721 by Francisco Arena.

Paraded through the narrow streets of the city the procession

Corpus Christi procession in the pretty white village of El Gastor

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High Low Chg. % Vol. s Lloyds Banking 73.0800 72.4200 73.5850 72.6900 +0.91% 86.13M s Barclays 183.8000 181.4000 184.8500 180.4500 +1.32% 20.19M t Glencore 128.0250 129.7000 132.6250 127.2250 -1.29% 19.17M t Marks & Spencer 410.10 444.70 417.70 403.50 -7.80% 18.58M s HSBC Holdings 448.300 434.250 449.100 440.400 +3.24% 14.46M s Vodafone Group PLC 228.6250 226.7000 229.2000 227.8750 +0.85% 14.23M t Tesco 165.0000 171.0000 171.5250 165.0000 -3.51% 13.69M BP 362.3500 357.8000 363.1000 360.8000 +1.27% 10.88M s t Taylor Wimpey 204.80 210.30 211.90 203.70 -2.66% 9.70M s RBS PLC 255.400 245.300 255.700 246.450 +4.12% 7.68M

Top Gainers Name s RBS PLC s HSBC Holdings s ICAG SA s EasyJet s Standard Chartered

Top Losers Last Chg. 255.400 +10.100 448.300 +14.050 547.16 +16.00 1,558.500 +40.500 548.500 +12.500

Chg. % +4.12% +3.24% +3.01% +2.67% +2.33%

Name t Marks & Spencer t Intertek Group t Tesco t Randgold Resources t Taylor Wimpey

Last 410.10 3,158.00 165.0000 5,720.00 204.80

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The European Union has announced it will refrain from imposing immediate fines on Spain and others despite their failure to meet budget targets, opting instead to give them additional leeway to get back on track.

The EU’s executive had been expected to impose sanctions on Spain for not meeting EU-prescribed limits for a fourth year running. Action against Portugal had also been expected.

Instead, the European Commission said it “will come back to the situation” in July.

The EU wants countries to keep their budget deficits below 3 percent of their annual GDP and has sets targets for those not meeting the limit on how to get there. One of the reasons behind Europe’s sprawling debt crisis of the past few years is that the limits were often ignored.

Though countries can be fined up to 0.2 percent of their GDP if they fail to implement measures to meet the limits, no country has yet been fined.

“This is not the right moment, economically or politically, to take that step,” said EU Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici.

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The decision to postpone judgment could be convenient for Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, ahead of June 26’s general election. Even after skirting deficit limits for years, Rajoy has said he still plans to implement tax cuts, raising the specter of more clashes with the EU on deficit reduction.

Deferring any sanctions is set to fuel accusations that the EU Commission has no teeth when it comes to enforcing strict economic rules.

Moscovici insisted though, that despite the delay, the Commission was “resolved to have rules respected.”

Justifying the postponement until July, he noted that Portugal and Spain are “two countries that have got through tough crises — unemployment rates are very high still.”

Both, he added, have “made significant efforts to reform.”

The Commission also gave Italy some leeway after encouraging economic statistics and commitments from Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to bring the budget back in line.

It said it will have a new report on Italy by November.

Most Active Stocks Overall, the average deficit in the eurozone is to fall to 1.9 Name Last Prev.

High Low Chg. % Vol. percent of GDP, down from 6.1 percent in 2010 during the height of the economic crisis. s Santander 4.399 4.186 4.406 4.234 +5.09% 33.25M s BBVA 6.034 5.788 6.034 5.838 +4.25% 20.77M s Banco Popular 2.333 2.191 2.345 2.216 +6.48% 14.20M s Bankia 0.812 0.787 0.813 0.788 +3.18% 11.81M s Caixabank 2.614 2.489 2.627 2.515 +5.02% 11.07M s B. Sabadell 1.676 1.628 1.681 1.641 +2.95% 9.14M s Telefonica 9.458 9.228 9.461 9.275 +2.49% 5.96M s Iberdrola 6.179 6.100 6.188 6.123 +1.30% 3.72M s Repsol 11.768 11.510 11.912 11.610 +2.24% 3.56M s Sacyr 1.826 1.742 1.829 1.762 +4.82% 3.54M

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Top Gainers Name s Banco Popular s Santander s Caixabank s Sacyr s BBVA

Spain’s debt now worth more than value of the economy

Top Losers Last 2.331 4.396 2.614 1.828 6.030

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Bank of Spain figures show that the country’s public debt is now worth more than the value of the economy.

The bank has announced that Spain’s public debt stockpile stood at 1.09 trillion euros ($1.23 trillion) in the first quarter of the year. That represents 101 percent of the country’s annual GDP — 1.08 trillion euros — in 2015.

The government estimates the debt ratio will be 99.1 percent of GDP at the end of 2016.

Spain’s public debt has risen consistently since the beginning of the country’s economic crisis in 2008.

Spain emerged from a double-dip recession in late 2013, ending a five-year period that saw some 3.5 million jobs lost.

It now is one of the European Union’s strongest-growing economies.

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OME 250 foreign banks employing thousands of people are based in London, making it one of the world’s major financial centres and a rival to New York.

Speaking at the Reuters Regulation Summit Bailey said this could change if Britain voted to come out of the EU in a June 23 vote.

“We need a banking system to support the domestic economy but I am afraid we don’t have a God-given right to have anything in terms of international. That decision will be taken by many actors over time,” Bailey said.

The EU provides rules for banks, insurers and asset managers that provide a “passport” for them to operate freely across the bloc’s single market. This includes banks from outside Europe, such as the United States and Asia.

“What matters to them a lot is having the passport. If you are a non-EU firm operating in London, then having the passport is important,” Bailey said.

Over the longer term, international banks always have “optionality” on where they do their business, he said referring to their ability to move operations elsewhere.

Backers of Brexit say the City of London financial sector would still be able to thrive outside the EU. But politicians, policymakers and business leaders who want Britain to stay in the EU have warned of the numerous economic risks of leaving, including potential damage to the City of London financial centre.

BoE Governor Mark Carney has come under attack from Brexit supporters, who have accused him of overstepping the mark in his warnings about the impact of leaving the bloc.

Bailey, who also heads the BoE’s Prudential Regulation Authority, said it was the Bank’s job to highlight the risks.

“We would be failing in our job if we didn’t,” he said.

CONTINGENCY PLANS Bailey said he was having “daily” conversations with Britain’s banks on how they would cope with the immediate fallout from a Brexit.

Analysts expect a lot of volatility across financial markets, including the potential for sterling to lose up to a fifth of its value.

“All the banks are looking at this very actively,” said Bailey, who will take up a new job as chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority in July.

The Bank of England is paying special attention to the banks’ funding needs to ensure money keeps flowing to the economy and to avoid a repeat of the damaging credit crunch seen in the 2007-09 financial crisis.

“We have not seen any evidence of sterling

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funding issues at all. Generally the challenge for banks these days is to get a return on funding rather than finding funding,” Bailey said.

The BoE has already said it would open its taps around the time of the referendum to reassure markets that there is no issue with liquidity.

“We are open for business for banks that want to take up those operations.”

Bailey said foreign currency funding needs also remained sizeable in Britain and were an Achilles heel for some banks during the financial crisis.

Banks do not rely on foreign currency funding as they did during the crisis, but if needed the Bank could source foreign currency liquidity from other central banks.

“We have been quite clear what contingencies we have in place. Clearly, our arrangements with other central banks,” Bailey said.

“We are not complacent, but it is a different starting point from the one we had in the past.”

He believes that Britain’s banks are far more resilient to major shocks than during the crisis and could continue to provide money to the economy even under quite severe stress.

“We do start in a different place in terms of resilience of balance sheets,” Bailey said, referring to discussions with banks about contingency plans for a potential Brexit.

“There are a lot of conversations, but they are not the sort of conversations we were having in the height of the crisis which was ‘how are we going to get through this’,” Bailey said.

He checks on banks’ funding each week and this could be done daily if need be.

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Bank of England should ready FX swap lines for Brexit tension

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HE Bank of England may need to call on other central banks for foreign currency if Britain’s referendum on European Union membership hits the world’s biggest currency trading centre, the International Monetary Fund revealed.

The IMF’s call for the BoE to be ready to activate swap facilities suggested preparations for intervening, if necessary, to prevent excessive volatility in sterling after the vote on June 23, senior banking industry figures told Reuters.

They said banks in London were discussing with the BoE how to deal with the consequences of the referendum. Some analysts have warned the vote could lead to gyrations by the pound similar to moves by the Swiss franc in January 2015.

PROMISE The IMF, which has just published its annual report on Britain’s economy, welcomed a promise by the BoE to provide more sterling funds if needed, and warned that the referendum could lead to currency market tension.

“The Bank of England has appropriately announced plans to hold additional liquidity auctions in the weeks around the referendum,” the IMF said. “There may also be a need to activate swap facilities with other major central banks in the event of a shortfall of foreign exchange liquidity.”

The BoE said that possible “heightened uncertainty” due to June’s vote may make it harder for banks to tap their usual sources of foreign currency, and that it would keep its operations, including swap lines, under review.

The BoE holds weekly auctions of U.S. dollars and has agreements with the central banks of the United States, the euro zone, China,

Japan, Canada and Switzerland to provide each other foreign currency in case of market tensions.

The foreign currency can then be lent temporarily to private financial institutions in exchange for collateral, to reduce volatile swings in sterling caused by shortages of the currency.

That differs from intervention to support sterling against other currencies over the medium term. That last occurred sterling was part of the EU’s Exchange Rate Mechanism in the early 1990s. Authorisation from Britain’s finance ministry would be required for that.

“Clearly, they need to get their market intelligence and supervision prepared for any extreme volatility,” said one senior currency industry figure with close ties to the BoE. Results of the referendum are likely to come in stages during the early hours of June 24, with the final result not necessarily being clear until later in the morning.

“Do (the BoE) therefore provide pricing overnight for a Brexit event in the middle of the night? I think they would be very reluctant,” the source said.

“The reason why they have opened those swap lines is in order to intervene, in order to supply the sterling that’s being bought by those central banks across the world,” he added.

Major currency trading banks, learning from the turmoil caused when the Swiss central bank removed its cap on the franc’s value in January 2015, would also send letters to clients warning of sharp moves in the currency, he said.

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven, the leading advanced economies, are due to meet in

Argentina finally agrees to pay up ARGENTINA has agreed to pay $217 million to two energy companies in long-standing arbitration cases stemming from its 2001/02 economic crisis, part of the centre-right government’s efforts to lure back foreign investors.The country will pay damages to Britain’s BG Group, now owned by Royal Dutch Shell and U.S. firm El Paso Energy, now owned by Kinder Morgan, the Argentine finance ministry announced in a statement.

“Both agreements put an end to the claims and level the way to re-establishing direct investments, particularly from companies coming from the associated countries (Britain and the United States) and in the energy sector,” the ministry said. The World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) had found in

favour of both companies in 2014.

Last month, Argentina returned to global debt markets and paid off ‘holdout’ creditors, 14 years after a massive sovereign debt default that triggered an exit of investors and a wave of litigation.

New business-friendly President Mauricio Macri hopes closing that painful chapter in the country’s history will bring down borrowing costs across Latin America’s thirdlargest economy and attract the investment needed to kick-start growth.

The government is keen to move towards energy self-suffiency and Macri has promised to increase investment in the oil sector, particularly in renewable energy and the sprawling Vaca Muerta shale formation in Patagonia.

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IMF managing director Christine Lagarde also commented that global economic risks from a

possible British vote to leave the EU had been high on the list of concerns among finance ministers she had met in recent months.

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EU online shoppers shy away from buying outside home country THE European Union’s borderless single market is expanding only sluggishly into cyberspace, amid consumer concerns about security and whether it’s possible to return unwanted purchases, according to a new report published.

The EU strives to create a seamless market across the bloc’s 28 countries. But while 53 percent of European citizens now shop online, only 16 percent buy goods or services from another country, the European Digital Progress Report said.

The report also showed smaller companies lagging behind their larger competitors.

Only 7.5 percent of smaller companies in the EU sell online to other countries, an increase of just 1 percentage point since 2013. Larger companies are doing better, with 38 percent now selling online, seven percentage points higher than five years ago.

According to the report, the most common reason for avoiding e-commerce was that people still want to shop in person in stores, but just over a quarter of shoppers cited payment security concerns and 19 percent fretted about getting their purchase or being able to return them.

The European Commission’s vice president for the digital single market, Andrus Ansip, said the EU’s executive arm is developing proposals to tackle the issue.

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INANCE ministers from the world’s largest developed economies met in Germany a year ago against a backdrop of faltering global growth, scant inflationary pressures and the latest chapter in the Greek debt crisis.

When they and their G7 central bank colleagues convened again in Japan on Friday the first two items remain just as problematic and potentially even trickier than a year ago.

Only unusually smooth talks between Athens and its lenders may keep Greece off the agenda this time around.

The hosts’ monetary and fiscal policy trajectory appears obvious: the Bank of Japan is coming under increasing pressure to counter a damaging rise in the value of the yen that could derail a fragile recovery for the world’s third-largest economy.

Talk of more action gathered pace after an academic seen to be close to Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the BOJ is likely to expand monetary stimulus either in June or July. The government has also said Tokyo is ready to intervene in currency markets.

Whether explicitly on the agenda or not, such interventions are certain to be brought

up by counterparts from France, Italy, Germany, Britain, Canada and the United States either side of a planned field trip to see how the north-eastern Japanese city of Sendai has recovered from the devastating 2011 earthquake.

First-quarter economic growth data should also add to the backdrop with quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) forecast to have expanded by just 0.1 percent,. “The Bank of Japan has been heavily criticised for its decision not to take further economic stimulus measures at its meeting in April,” said Commerzbank economist Bernd Weidensteiner. “Because of its refusal to bow to the market expectations of ‘more and more’, the central bank currently faces a tough task to convince the markets of its policy actions.”

FED PUZZLE Things are not so straightforward for the U.S. Federal Reserve, which is caught in a bind over when to push interest rates higher amid concerns about the health of the labour market at home and fears about the knockon effects its actions will have abroad.

There was fresh hesitation among economists following the release of the minutes from the April 26/27 Fed meeting when the central bank’s rate-setting committee acknowledged that economic growth seemed to have slowed. The Fed will likely wait until September before raising rates again, a Reuters poll found this week, stretching to nine months the time since its first hike in nearly a decade as it waits for clear signs inflation is picking up.

Latest polling on the EU membership referendum will be just as closely watched to see if the Bank of England’s warning that a Brexit would slow the economy sharply, and could even push it into recession, has had any impact on voters.

“Signs of a slowing economy and uncertainty around Britain’s EU referendum appear to have resulted in a shift in emphasis from permanent to temporary hiring among UK employers,” Markit economist Oliver Kolodseike said. “The labour market may therefore be set to cool further in coming months.”

The other big Q1 GDP releases come from Russia and Mexico while interest rate decisions include South Africa.

BREXIT COULD COST OTHER EU COUNTRIES

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HE ratings agency has already said it will review Britain’s rating currently AA+ with a stable outlook, if the “Out” campaign wins June 23’s referendum, something it stressed was not its “base case” scenario. If it does happen though, it would create widespread uncertainty for the whole European bloc as governments and businesses try to get to grips with the breakaway process. “We would not expect to take any immediate negative rating actions on other EU sovereigns if the UK left,” Fitch said in a report published last week.

“But negative actions would become more likely in the medium term if the economic impact was severe or significant political risks materialised.”

DAMAGE The economic damage caused by Brexit would be lower for the EU than for the UK, but it would still be palpable, it added.

In pure trade terms, the most exposed countries would be Ireland, Malta, Belgium, the Netherlands, Cyprus and Luxembourg, for which exports of goods and services to Britain account for at least 8 percent of GDP. Strong links between their own and the British banking systems could mean Germany, France and Spain are also hit hard.

The magnitude of the impact would depend primarily on what post-exit trading arrangements are made between Britain and the EU and on the potential political repercussions

A British exit from the European Union could hurt the credit ratings of other EU countries with close trade or financial ties to Britain, including Germany, France, Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands, says Fitch. elsewhere in the 28-country bloc.

“Brexit would create a precedent for countries leaving the EU,” Fitch said. “If the UK were to thrive outside of the EU, it might encourage other countries to follow suit.”

An “Out” vote could precipitate Scotland leaving the UK, Fitch said, which might intensify secessionist pressures in regions like Catalonia in Spain.

Fears that more countries might leave could widen bond spreads for peripheral countries, potentially increasing the average cost of debt and making it more challenging to reduce governments’ debt-to-GDP ratios, the rating agency added.

MESSY Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who heads the Eurogroup of finance minister told Reuters last week some countries might deliberately try to make Brexit negotiations messy, to make it “very, very difficult and unattractive for others to contemplate going down the same road”.

“I’m sure that there will be some that would argue that, OK, this is a matter of fact, let’s deal with it, and others that will be

very concerned about what happens in other EU countries,” Dijsselbloem, who is Dutch finance minister, said.

Fitch said that if Britain leaves the bloc it joined in 1973, political risks would increase in the EU. “It is not predictable exactly how these would play out, but tail risks could be material and potentially lead to negative rating action,” the rating agency said.

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FTER much anticipation London trained beauty therapist Sofia Saide opened Pure Skin a new ‘ethical’ boutique spa on Marbella’s Golden Mile.

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IGH-HEELED shoes are thought to characterise femininity and beauty, making the wearer feel self-assured and elegant. But they also alter alignment of the feet, legs, and back, and can have longterm effects on posture and health.

Feet suffer considerably inside high-heeled shoes. The higher the heel, the more the foot slides inside the shoe and the greater the pressure and friction under the heel, the ball of the foot, and the big toe.

Friction is damaging to the skin causing a burning sensation and blisters and, over time, it leads to the development of hard skin and corns. This stress can also cause deeper soft tissue problems in the foot, such as a neuroma (thickened nerve).

As heel height increases, body weight shifts towards the inside border of the foot and under the big toe. Over time, this increased pressure on the big toe may cause it to be forced towards the second toe.

Damage to the big toe joint in the form of bunions (hallux valgus) has been associated with prolonged wearing of high-heeled shoes. And women who frequently wear high heels commonly have a larger forefoot area and a longer big toe.

BALANCE AND POSTURE High-heeled shoes are less stable than flat shoes, and they make the whole body unstable because they raise the height of the body’s centre of mass. They make it more difficult to maintain a symmetrical posture, and this may affect balance.

In order to stand upright and walk in highheeled shoes, the ankle joint must be extended and this is the joint’s least stable position.

Wearing high heels regularly (at least three days a week) changes the normal movement of the ankle joint. The upwards and outwards movement of the foot at the ankle joint becomes restricted because the calf muscle becomes shorter and the Achilles tendon becomes broader and stiffer.

And as the stabilising muscles on the outside of the lower leg have to work harder to balance the unstable ankle, they become fatigued and the risk of ankle sprains increases.

One appeal of high-heeled shoes is that they shorten the calf muscle to make an attractive leg shape, but these changes to muscle,

How high heels harm and how to make it better tendons, and joints cause discomfort when high-heel wearers try to walk in flat shoes.

INCREASED STRESS ON MUSCLES AND JOINTS Every step we take sends a shock wave up through the feet and legs to the spine, and walking on the hard, narrow heel of a highheeled shoe increases this force.

The unnatural position of the foot in high heels means it’s less able to act as a shock absorber and the knees have to bend more to absorb the increased force. This increased stress on the knees, and overloading of the knee joints, increases the risk of joint degeneration and arthritis.

And the increased force through the body means the lower back muscles have to work harder to protect the spine, keep it upright, and maintain balance.

High-heeled shoes tip the body forwards and interfere with normal coordination of muscles that stabilise the lower spine (abdominal muscles, erector spinae, and gluteus maximus). This change in the pattern of muscle activation can lead to muscle overuse and repetitive strain injuries.

In younger women, high heels tilt the pelvis forwards and this increases curvature of the lower spine (lumbar lordosis). Excessive curvature (hyperlordosis) may cause longterm lower back problems.

In middle-aged and older women, the lower back is less mobile and high heels tend to make the spine flatten.

As the normal curves of the spine are altered by high-heeled shoes and the body is bent forward, more energy and muscle activity is required to maintain balance. This additional strain on the back can lead to overload of the spine; a survey of 200 young women found that 58% of those who wore high heels regularly experienced low back pain while wearing these shoes.

High-heeled shoes, also affect muscles higher up the spine in the neck. The higher the heel, the more these small neck muscles are activated and this can lead to muscle fatigue, cervical spine problems, and pain.

MITIGATING HARM Women who love high-heeled shoes are unlikely to stop wearing them, even if they become aware of the problems they may cause.

So here are some suggestions to reduce the harmful effects of high heels: • choose a shoe with moderate heel height, no higher than five centimetres, and a fastening over the instep; • wear high heels for short periods of time, and take a pair of flat shoes or runners

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to change into if you have to walk a long distance during the day; choose a shoe with a wide heel base, or a wedge heel, to reduce the load under the front of your foot; avoid running in high-heeled shoes as pressure under the foot increases considerably when running, even at low speed; use a shoe insert to reduce pressure on the forefoot and heel; and do calf muscle stretching exercises every day to maintain ankle flexibility.

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THE TOP 4 AVOCADO SKIN BENEFITS Avocados are rich in fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants that can improve your skin from the inside. Here are four of the best avocado benefits for your skin and some great recipes for facemasks.

Antioxidant Carotenoids

Avocados are a great source of antioxidant carotenoids like alpha carotene, beta carotene, beta cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin and lutein. These free radical quenching compounds provide significant protection for your skin from the environmental damage that leads to fine lines, wrinkles and other visible signs of aging.

High amounts of carotenoids in your diet have been shown in scientific studies to improve your skin’s density, thickness, tone and general appearance.

Vitamin C

Avocado contains both vitamin C and vitamin E for your skin. We should ideally have sources of vitamin C in our diet every day as it is water soluble and cannot be stored in your body.

As well as having strong antioxidant properties, vitamin C is needed for the creation of elastin and collagen, which bind your skin cells together and their maintain firmness.

A good natural moisturizer with vitamin C can help improve things from the outside as well. But it’s even more important to get plenty of vitamin C from the foods you eat if you want to see a real and long term improvement in your skin.

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is another skin antioxidant, but since it is fat soluble it is used by the body in a different way. Vitamin E assists in preventing free radical damage from oxidizing fats in your skin cells that lead to aging skin.

Research studies have also demonstrated that vitamin E can reduce the effects of UVA and UVB radiation from sun exposure on skin.

Monounsaturated Fatty Acids One of the main avocado skin benefits comes from their high oleic acid content. This monounsaturated fatty acid maintains moisture in the epidermal layer of your skin, helping to make it soft and moisturized. Oleic acid is also involved in regenerating damaged skin cells and reducing redness and irritation.

Omega 9 fatty acids are one of the building blocks of healthy skin and avocados, and even more so avocado oil, are a great source of it.

So along with all of the other health benefits of avocado, improving you skin is another good reason to have more of them. Next up is a simple way to do just that with an avocado, kiwi and spinach smoothie. www.bestnaturaltips.com

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Avocado Face Mask with Yogurt and Green Tea Hydrates and keeps the balance between the fatty acids and the water in the skin.

Avocado Face Mask with Banana, Olive Oil and Orange Juice Smoothies and moisturizes the skin, exfoliates dead skin cells, fights wrinkles.

Ingredients: 2 tbsp. mashed avocado 1 tsp. yogurt 1/2 tsp. blanched green tea trims Preparation: Mash the avocado and add the green tea (grate the dried green tea until it becomes a powder, put it in a fine strainer and scald it with hot water), then add the yogurt.

How to use it: Apply to face carefully avoiding the eye area and leave it on for 15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Use this avocado mask once a week.

Avocado Face Mask with Carrot and Olive Oil Cleanses and moisturizes the skin.

Ingredients: 2 tbsp. avocado 2 tbsp. boiled carrot 1 tbsp. olive oil Preparation: Mash the avocado and the carrot, then add in the olive oil and mix until they form a smooth paste.

How to use it: Apply to face carefully avoiding the eye area and leave it on for 15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Use this avocado mask once a week.

Ingredients: 1 tbsp. mashed avocado 1 tbsp. mashed banana 1 tsp. olive oil 1 tsp. fresh orange juice Preparation: Mash the avocado and add in the olive oil and the orange juice. Mix the ingredients together until they form a smooth paste.

How to use it: Apply to face carefully avoiding the eye area and leave it on for 15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Use this avocado mask once a week.

Avocado Face Mask with Honey and Almond Oil Helps your skin retain moisture thus reducing dry and rough skin, protects the skin from free radicals, refines the pores, tightens the skin, reduces wrinkles and age spots.

Ingredients: 2 tbsp. mashed avocado 1 tsp. honey 1 tsp. almond oil 2 drops rose essential oil (optional) Preparation: Mash the avocado pulp in a bowl and add the honey and the almond oil. Mix the ingredients together until they form a smooth paste.

How to use it: Apply to face carefully avoiding the eye area and leave it on for 15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

Use this mask once or twice a week.

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Winter, Spring Summer or Autumn - within each issue we will look at what fruits and vegetables are in season

Avocadoes ripe and ready T HERE are some amazing avocado benefits for your health. If you would like to lose weight, improve your skin and lower your risk of many life-threatening diseases, here’s why it’s worth eating more of this extremely healthy fruit.

Though avocados are known best as the creamy main ingredient in guacamole, they are high in healthy monounsaturated fats and a good source of fibre, vitamins, and minerals. Sample our 5 ways to bite, nibble, and spoon up this fantastic fruit.

Zucchini and Avocado Soup with Cucumber Salsa

Grilled Chicken Salad With Avocado and Mango Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons mango chutney 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce 3/4 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger 4 (4-ounce) skinless, boneless chickenbreast halves Cooking spray 8 cups mixed salad greens 1 cup diced peeled mango 3/4 cup diced peeled avocado Preparation: 1. Prepare grill.

2. Combine oil, juice, chutney, soy sauce, and ginger in a small bowl. Place chicken on large plate; spoon 2 tablespoons oil mixture over chicken, reserving the rest for the salad. Turn chicken to coat, and let stand 5 minutes.

3. Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 4 minutes on each side or until chicken is done, brushing with oil mixture from plate before turning. Slice chicken crosswise into strips.

4. Arrange greens, mango, and avocado on 4 serving plates. Arrange chicken over greens.

Drizzle reserved dressing over salads.

Ingredients: 3 cups chopped zucchini (about 2 medium) 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions, divided 1 (14-ounce) can vegetable broth 1 1/4 cups diced seeded peeled cucumber (about 1 large) 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided 3/4 cup diced peeled avocado (1 medium) 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin Preparation: 1. Combine zucchini, 1/4 cup green onions, and broth in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 to 7 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Remove from heat; cool 30 minutes.

2. While zucchini mixture cools, combine remaining 1/4 cup green onions, cucumber, cilantro, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small bowl; toss well.

Cover and chill.

3. Place remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, zucchini mixture, avocado, buttermilk, and cumin in a blender, and process until mixture is smooth.

4. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Pour soup into bowls, and top with cucumber salsa.

Serve chilled.

Avocado Fries Avocado and Shrimp Sushi Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked short-grain white rice 1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar 1 tablespoon wasabi (Japanese horseradish) 1 avocado, peeled and mashed 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro 24 large shrimp, cooked, peeled, and halved crosswise (about 8 ounces) 6 nori (seaweed) sheets 12 chives 12 (7-inch-long) julienne-cut seeded peeled cucumber strips Preparation: 1. Prepare rice according to package directions. Stir in vinegar; cover and cool to room temperature.

2. Combine wasabi and avocado in a small bowl, and set aside. Combine cilantro and shrimp in another small bowl; toss well.

3. Cut off top quarter of nori sheets along short end. Place 1 nori sheet, shiny side down, on a sushi mat covered with plastic wrap, with long end toward you. Pat 3/4 cup rice mixture evenly over nori with moist hands, leaving a 1-inch border on one long end of nori. Spread 1 tablespoon avocado mixture over rice.

4. Arrange 8 shrimp pieces, 2 chives, and 2 cucumber strips along bottom third of ricecovered nori.

Lift edge of nori closest to you; fold over filling. Lift bottom edge of sushi mat; roll toward top edge, pressing firmly on sushi roll. Continue rolling to top edge; press mat to seal sushi roll. Let rest, seam side down, for 5 minutes. Slice crosswise into 8 pieces.

Repeat procedure with remaining nori, rice mixture, avocado mixture, shrimp mixture, chives, and cucumber.

Ingredients: Canola oil for frying 1/4 cup flour About 1/4 tsp. kosher salt 2 large eggs, beaten to blend 1 1/4 cups panko (Japanese bread crumbs) 2 firm-ripe medium avocados, pitted, peeled, and sliced into 1/2-in. wedges Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 200°. In a medium saucepan, heat 1 1/2 in. oil until it registers 375° on a deep-fry thermometer.

2. Meanwhile, mix flour with 1/4 tsp. salt in a shallow plate. Put eggs and panko in separate shallow plates. Dip avocado in flour, shaking off excess. Dip in egg, then panko to coat. Set on 2 plates in a single layer.

3. Fry a quarter of avocado slices at a time until deep golden, 30 to 60 seconds. Transfer slices to a plate lined with paper towels.

Keep warm in oven while cooking remaining avocados. Sprinkle with salt to taste.

Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.

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Charity Ball for Children with Cancer UK

GLAMOUR, beauty and elegance are words that instantly spring to mind when you think of the beautiful Villa Tiberio Restaurant, and it may seem strange to read an article about a restaurant without the typical wax lyrical about the food but Sandro Morelli (pictured) owner of this legendary restaurants wouldn’t have it any other way.

Of course, the food a delightful combination of powerful flavours is as simple and unpretentious as Italian food should be and the sheer quality of the ingredients shine through in every mouthful but much more goes into making Villa Tiberio one of the most popular and exclusive dining destinations frequented by celebrities, diplomats and visiting royals.

What makes Villa Tiberio so special is Sandro’s dedication and passion to charity especially children’s’ charities. “Being a father & grandfather and enjoying having my grandchildren play around me are some of my fondest memories and this is why I have devoted my time to raising money for children.

Here in Marbella we are sheltered because of the glamour and wealth around us but it breaks my heart that there are

so many children in the world less fortunate than others, children dying because of lack or food and clean water which is a basic human necessity and also because of illness and disease, this is why I have devoted so much of my life to raising money for charity and am very proud that over the years I have helped raise a considerable amount of money through hosting events at Villa Tiberio” So with this in mind this June Villa Tiberio will again play host to its Annual “The Spring into Summer Party in aid of CHIILDREN with CANCER UK” which is affiliated to Great Ormand Street Hospital. The evening begins at 7.30pm, with reception drinks followed by al -fresco dining, a three course dinner, dancing and an auction It’s an event not be missed so whatever you do make sure 12th June is firmly marked in your diaries!

Tickets cost €75.00. For more information or to make a reservation visit www.villatiberio.com or for further information email events@childrenwithcancer.org.uk

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About Children with Cancer

EVERY year in the UK 1500 children are diagnosed with cancer. This is a staggering figure.

So imagine the stress of a parent being told their child has cancer. Eddie and Marion O’Gorman suffered this fate not once, but twice. In November 1986 their son Paul was diagnosed with leukaemia.

He died just nine weeks later, aged fourteen.

As a result of their experience, Eddie and Marion vowed to help other children to fight leukaemia by raising funds for children with this dreadful disease, and sadly less than a year after losing Paul, the couple lost their daughter Jean, also to cancer.

The story of the O’Gorman family’s double tragedy quickly spread and Diana, The Princess of Wales was so deeply moved that she kindly inaugurated the charity continuing to support it until her own untimely death.

Eddie, Marion along with other family and friends have worked tirelessly and today, what started as a memorial charity has become CHILDREN with CANCER UK. A charity which raises funds for vital medical equipment, research development, welfare and more importantly support for families at hospitals and hospices throughout the UK and overseas.

For more information visit: www.childrenwithcaancer.org

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Above: Renee Conrad. Right: From left to right Sabine Conrad, Renee Conrad and restaurant manager Malgorzata Zacharewicz Below: The delightful terrace

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ONRAD’S IL Ristorante byline is ‘The Different Italian Place’ as I was to discover when I dined there for lunch with two dear friends of mine Lorraine and Sam. I was simply thrilled to patronise their new restaurant Conrad’s IL Ristorante, having been a devoted client of their first restaurant IL Ristorante in La Campana which they had for seven years.

Conrad’s IL Ristorante is owned by Michelin Starred chef Renee Conrad with his wife Sabine. The restaurant was established in June two years ago. Their menu is a combination of Italian Mediterranean cuisine.

“After 20 years of hard work our vision for the future has become a reality in the present…..CONRAD’S IL Ristorante said Renee and Sabine.

MULTIPLE AWARDS Renee continues, “It has always been my desire to create an authentic Italian kitchen, as small bijou Italian kitchens around the world have the ability to surprise and excite their clients with modern Italian cuisine.

After many years of experience and multiple Awards, I never lost my initial vision of a true Italian kitchen with authentic Italian cuisine.

I never planned to travel the world as a Michelin Star Chef, as Michelin Star food does not appeal to the everyday palate.

The knowledge I have gained and my long years of experience in different cooking styles, has enabled me to create and improve traditional Italian dishes, using the abilities and knowledge accumulated throughout my career”.

On arrival at what can only be described as a magnificent establishment with a glorious terrace and the interior reflecting what many would describe as cosy and relaxing.

We were warmly greeted by Sabine and swiftly shown to our table when it was time for the glorious feast to begin.

CONRAD’S IL RISTORANTE a gourmet jewel in the crown in the heart of Nueva Andalucía Firstly we ordered a bottle of their Verdejo white wine very reasonably priced at 10 Euros a bottle as we perused the menus and daily specials. Sam and I chose as a starter a favourite of mine the marinated salmon with mustard honey sauce. It positively melted and the sauce, rather than the usual dill sauce, perfectly complimented the starter. Lorraine opted for the marinated finely sliced roast beef.

Conrad’s IL Ristorante, since its inception has certainly become the talk of the town amongst residents and visitors thus attracting a continuous stream of long term and loyal clientele. Their restaurant boasts 90 covers including the outside terrace. They also have ample car parking for 30 cars, however should the car park be full there is ample parking outside along the stretch of Avenida del Prado, where Conrad’s is located.

With Renee toiling away in the kitchen; the restaurant was fully booked including a birthday party of thirty women, I was eager to glean before my main course arrived, the history of this now iconic gastronomic establishment from Sabine.

PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR ORIGINAL CONCEPT? “Our concept is just to make our place welcoming and accommodating to all our customers offering the best value dishes to suit all budgets. We have a daily set 3 course lunch menu for 15 euros per head which includes a selection of 9 starters (the only additional cost being the terrine of Foie Gras – apple-brioche which is an extra cost of 5 Euros), 8 main courses including four pastas, risotto, a fish of the day, Wiener schnitzel and calf’s liver and of course our pudding menu”.

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Their reputation has certainly preceded this statement as for many months a large group of the principal real estate agents and professional business men make it their chosen restaurant week in, week out for their Friday traditional boy’s lunch where Conrad’s IL Ristorante has now become one of their favoured lunchtime destinations. Having spoken to them, their choices for starters are calamares or beef carpaccio, for the main courses calf’s liver with apple and mashed potatoe which they say is ‘quite simply superb’, their fish of the day and for dessert Crème de Mascarpone and Crème Brulee and their preferred red wines Tempranillo or Cabernet Sauvignon.

Sabine continues, “We use only fresh produce from and all breads, pastas and desserts are made on the premises”.

Their extensive and impressive A La Carte menu has over 30 choices reflecting their Italian Mediterranean eclectic menu. These include their pasta dishes and risotto, a selection of fish all served with fresh vegetables, meat including Wiener Schnitzel and Ossobuco and their selection of desserts - all at refreshingly affordable prices.

Now to their background, “We are both German. Before we came to Spain in 2005 we spent 10 years in Berlin but we were originally from near Cologne. We met in Wuppertal that is famous for the steep slopes, its woods and parks, and its suspension railway, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. My husband was then awarded the Michelin Star at two Berlin restaurants firstly the FACIL ( Hotel Madison at the Potsdamer Platz, now the Mandala Hotel) and secondly at VIVO (Grand Hotel Esplanade). That is why he has a passion for the kitchen and using different produce”.

MENU OPTIONS In the evening, continuing their mission for superb cuisine at unrivaled value they not only have have their A La Carte menu but also offer three different set dinner menus at either 25, 35 or 42 Euros for three courses.

Their wine list is extensive. “The majority, of course, are Spanish wines because of the price and value for money combined with Italian and French wines. Our list includes Verdejo Blanco, Chardonnay, Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cornell, Rioja and Tinto”, said Sabine.

I then returned to the table to relish my main course. Having heard so much about the calf’s liver, Lorraine and myself decided that had to be our choice. It was as the boys said ‘quite simply superb’ and Sam had the Wiener Schnitzel. Her comment; “the best I have ever had”. To finish off, we could not resist sharing a selection of their desserts including the delicious cheese cake topped with crusty caramel with fresh raspberry sorbet and the Mousse au chocolat. To say they were simply mouth-watering would be an understatement.

Before departing I managed to catch up with Sabine and discover what their plans were for the summer. “Our clients will change a little bit as there will be more tourists and children so we will be catering for their needs as well as maintaining the requirements of our existing clientele. I know although we are not on the beach with of our reputation for providing our customers with both high quality well priced food and wine with excellent service, we will still be wonderfully busy for lunch and dinner”.

On a final note, their mission statement is “We do not want people to focus on our Michelin status but just want to make people happy. We are the best Italian Mediterranean place on the whole of the Costa del Sol.” Having spent a quite heavenly afternoon there, with sumptuous food, superb service (quite literally second to none) we would certainly endorse their statement of being, without a shadow of a doubt, the ultimate best Italian Mediterranean restaurant on the coast. A visit to Conrad’s IL Ristorante is a must.

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Conrads IL Ristorante, Avda de Prado s.n, Edificio Sport Café 29660, Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, Malaga. Tel: +34 951 319 554 Mob: +34 628 593 409 email: info@conrads-ristorante.com or log on to www.conrads-ristorante.com. Kitchen Opening times: Tuesday – Friday 2-4pm & 8-11pm, Saturday 8-11pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.

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Does this really look appetizing?

HONOURING the new Angry Birds movie release in China, McDonald’s have released some very strange coloured burgers; The “Naughty Green Pork Burger” and the “Super Red Burger.” The “Naughty Green Pork Burger” comes with egg, lettuce and a mystery jalapeño sauce and looks slightly nuclear in its appearance a burger “The Hulk” would be more familiar in eating! The “Super Red Burger” comes with breaded chicken and lettuce.

Of course these coloured burger buns are simply food colouring in action but they certainly don’t look that appetizing to me. What do you think?

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OLLOWING its refurbishment Casino Marbella Restaurant promises to offer a “new concept in dining” this season. Agustin Roman, the young and talented chef was on hand at the grand opening of the casino restaurant to present his summer menu, and it didn’t disappoint!

As you enter the Casino restaurant, the brown mashrabiya screens add a touch of the exotic. Juxtaposed against the oversized white chandeliers and table linens the look is classic yet contemporary but still manages to maintain a sense of tranquillity.

The new menu has been crafted with harmony, the dishes are sublime and authentically Andulcian. Flavour plays an enormous role dishes like the avocado cream with prawn Carpaccio and citrus foam reveals just how much attention to detail has gone onto the creation of this menu. For dessert lovers, the fluid chocolate sponge cake with yogurt cream and Baileys ice cream, served as a spoon with a touch of delicate yogurt cream, is simply heaven on a plate.

The flexibility and layout of Casino Marbella’s restaurant makes it ideal for small groups and large parties alike and it is a great venue to celebrate any occasion from an intimate dinner to a big birthday party. (Private dining is also available). Open daily from 8:30 pm until 2 am it is safe to say that dining at Casino Marbella is definitely a safe bet!

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entertained thеm fоr ѕеvеrаl hours, forgetting аbоut hіѕ camel tied outside.

Nearing thе night, Urjaram remembered hе hаd left hіѕ camel оutѕіdе іn thе blistering heat fоr thе best part оf thе day. Hе wеnt оutѕіdе tо free thе animal but tо hіѕ sur-

prise, thе camel wasn’t vеrу pleased tо ѕее him. Thе camel bit Urjaram оn hіѕ head аnd hoisted hіm оff thе ground аnd thеn threw hіm bасk dоwn. Thе camel thеn gnawed аt hіѕ neck severing hіѕ head frоm hіѕ body, killing hіm instantly.

CODEWORD

ITALY

Codewords are like crossword puzzles - but have no clues! Instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number! To start you off, we reveal the codes for two or three letters.

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Words must contain the middle letter, and there is at least one nine-letter word.

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stress. Thе so-called “therapy unicorns” hаvе bееn supplied bу thе Sеvеn Oaks Miniature Therapy Horses programme іn nearby Ohio.

“Animals hеlр reduce stress аnd anxiety levels аnd put smiles оn people’s faces,” Mindy Kershner, аn airport spokeswoman, told NBC news. “Unlike service animals, whо аrе working аnd ѕhоuld nоt bе touched, therapy animals саn bе patted аnd hugged.”

Thе camel violent раѕt hаѕ bееn noted аѕ villagers lаtеr revealed thаt іt wasn’t thе оnlу time thе camel hаd attacked Urjaram, reported bу Thе Times Of India. Hіѕ guests аnd оthеr villagers саmе оut tо try and the rampage. It tооk 25 villagers 6 hours tо calm thе animal down.

USA

Amіd mounting chaos іn US terminals, airport chiefs hаvе recruited entertainers – including clowns – tо lighten thе mood.

Circus performers hаvе bееn brought іn tо cheer uр delayed passengers аt San Diego International Airport, whеrе travellers аrе missing flights bесаuѕе thе Transportation Security Administration (TSA) іѕ failing tо gеt people thrоugh security quick enough.

It mіght ѕееm lіkе а joke, but thе airport hаѕ enlisted Fern Street Circus tо entertain delayed travellers.

Travelers have bееn expressing thеіr frustrations оn Twitter uѕіng thе hashtag #iHateTheWait. San Diego isn’t thе оnlу airport gripped bу TSA chaos – queues аrе winding аrоund terminals асrоѕѕ thе country аѕ thе busy summer season begins.

Nеіthеr іѕ іt thе оnlу airport tо hire entertainment – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport hаѕ bееn trуіng tо stabilise thе situation wіth miniature horses.

Aѕ passengers face nightmare waits, airport chiefs hаvе recruited thе animals tо rein іn

A group оf 100 Italian chefs іn thе city оf Naples cooked uр а 6,082-foot-long pizza tо break а Guinness World Record.

Thе chefs turned mоrе thаn 44,000 pounds оf flour, 3,500 pounds оf tomatoes, 44,000 pounds оf cheese аnd 53 gallons оf olive oil tо cook uр thе 1.15-mile-long Neapolitan pizza.

Thе long pizza required 11 hours оf cooking іn fіvе specially designed wood fire ovens.

Guinness World Records adjudicator Lucia Sinigagliesi confirmed thе record wаѕ broken bу thе attempt, whісh wаѕ organized bу company Oramata.

Thе record-setting pizza wаѕ served tо onlookers bеfоrе thе rest wаѕ donated tо local charities. Thе previous Guinness record fоr longest pizza, whісh wаѕ аlѕо cooked іn Italy, measured 5,234 feet, 4.8 inches.

Solution to Wordblock puzzzle from issue 19 punchline - penuchi - lichen - chile - chine lunch - niche - pilch - pinch - punch - chin chip - help - inch - lech Solution to CODEWORD from issue 19

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ETS can be great sources of companionship and comfort, and the health benefits of keeping a pet are well documented. Pet owners often experience increased self-esteem and reduced feelings of loneliness, and they may even gain physical health benefits such as lowered heart rate and blood pressure.

But maybe you aren’t up to the challenge and responsibility involved in owning a dog or cat. If that’s the case, don’t overlook the benefits of small pets! From pet birds and rabbits to ferrets and pet rodents, these guidelines can help you choose the best small pet based on personality and the level of care needed to safeguard its pet health.

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IS A RABBIT RIGHT FOR YOU? PROS: • Rabbits are social and friendly animals, and adapt very well to human companionship.

• They have one of the longer life spans of small pets, living between 7 to 10 years.

• Their floppy ears, soft fur, and wriggly noses make them popular with kids.

CONS: • Guinea pigs have long hair that will require grooming.

• They are herd animals - you should get at least two guinea pigs so they will have companionship.

• You will need to clean your guinea pig’s pen regularly.

• Like hamsters, guinea pigs carry salmonella and other diseases.

CHOOSE A CHINCHILLA PROS: • Chinchillas are adorable pet rodents with soft fur, large ears, and bushy tails.

• Chinchillas live between 5 to 10 years.

• Chinchillas tend to be solitary and do not need a companion.

• They are usually clean and odorless, and friendly to humans.

CONS: • Chinchillas can be easily startled and should be handled carefully. Also, patches of fur can come loose and slip off with rough handling.

• Chinchillas require dust baths once or twice weekly to maintain pet health. The dust - usually powdered volcanic ash must be provided deep enough so your chinchilla can roll around in it.

• Chinchillas can be large and hard to handle.

CONS: • Companionship rabbits should be kept in the home, rather than in an outside cage or in a basement or garage. You will need room for a fairly large cage.

• Rabbits need daily handling and care to become socialized. You need to pet your rabbit regularly and let it out of its cage for at least an hour each day.

• Rabbits have a delicate digestive system and need a varied diet that includes fresh vegetables.

• Rabbits and small children do not go well together. Rabbits are skittish animals that need a quiet environment, and the quick movements of excited children could startle and stress them.

CONS: • Many wild birds, such as toucans and parrots, belong in the wild and will not enjoy domestic life. They can be loud and destructive.

• Most birds are flock animals, so when purchasing certain species you really should get two in order for them to lead a happy life.

• A bird’s cage should be big enough for it to spread its wings fully and fly from one side to the other. Keep in mind that the cage will need to be cleaned regularly.

LET A BIRD BRIGHTEN YOUR LIFE

KEEP A HAMSTER’S SCHEDULE IN MIND

PROS: • Pet birds are colorful additions to any home, and you may find their tweeting and chirping to be charming.

• Pet birds can be kept in a cage in one area of your home, eliminating the potential for mess elsewhere.

• Many types of birds have been selectively bred for human ownership and adapt well to domestic life. These include finches, cockatiels, canaries, parakeets, and lovebirds.

PROS: • Hamsters are a cuddly, friendly, and inquisitive type of pet rodent.

• Hamsters are relatively independent and self-entertaining and therefore don’t require the amount of attention that other small pets do. However, you will need to provide them with a variety of toys to enjoy.

• Hamsters are solitary creatures, so you only need to buy one.

CONS: • Hamsters are nocturnal and won’t be awake for much of the time you are. They may also make some noise rattling around at night while you sleep.

• Hamsters must be handled gently or they could bite. Children under 8 might not possess the motor skills needed to handle a hamster correctly.

• Hamsters carry diseases like salmonella, so you should be sure to wash your hands after handling them.

• Hamsters only live 2.5 to 3 years, so be prepared to explain death if you purchase one as a pet for a young child.

TAKE A GANDER AT GUINEA PIGS PROS: • Guinea pigs are considered the sweetest and most social of the pet rodents.

• Guinea pigs live 5 to 7 years, longer than hamsters.

• Guinea pigs can be kept in an open-topped pen rather than a cage, as there’s less chance they will try to climb out and escape.

GET ACQUAINTED WITH GERBILS PROS: • Gerbils tend to be very clean pet rodents.

• Gerbils are independent and can keep themselves entertained for extended periods.

• Unlike hamsters, gerbils are not nocturnal.

They will be up when you’re up.

CONS: • Gerbils are smaller and can slip out of wire cages. You’ll need to purchase an aquarium in which to keep them.

• As with other pet rodents, gerbils must be treated gently or they can bite.

• You will need to clean your gerbil’s aquarium regularly. As desert animals, they tend to pass highly concentrated urine that can have a strong odor.

• Gerbils live for 3 to 4 years, so you may have to explain death if you have a young child.

• There are plenty of pet alternatives to choose from, especially if you are more comfortable welcoming a small pet into your home. www.everydayhealth.com

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All Exciting changes for sports fans in Fuengirola SPORTS Golfers Corner

UNDER new management All Sports will continue to evolve into one of the leading sports bars in the Costa Del Sol. Here we will be increasing the sports coverage of all major sports events and will cover the Rugby league and Union, the Cricket season and football in all European countries.

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MAX VERSTAPPEN MAKES F1 HISTORY

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Verstappen, only 18 and making his debut for the former world champions after being promoted from junior team Toro Rosso a week earlier, beat Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen at 36 twice his age by 0.616 seconds. Verstappen was also the youngest driver to stand on the podium and the first Dutch race winner since the championship started in 1950.

His proud father Jos, who was twice on the podium with Benetton as Michael Schumacher’s teammate in 1994 and raced against Raikkonen later in his career, declared it the best day of his life. “This is really something unbelievably special,” he told reporters while others acclaimed an exceptional talent.

Four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel, the previous youngest race winner thanks to his astonishing 2008 Italian Grand Prix victory for Toro Rosso at the age of 21, was third for Ferrari.

Rosberg had his lead trimmed to 39 points, with Raikkonen moving up to second ahead of Hamilton. The German’s dream of an eighth successive win, and fifth of the season, had disappeared in the gravel on the opening lap as he and reigning champion Hamilton crashed out while battling for the lead. That looked like being the talking point of the day at a circuit that has seen processional races in the past, until Verstappen rewrote the script.

His was a remarkably assured performance for a youngster who could not drive on public

Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg (R) of Germany and his team mate Lewis Hamilton of Britain drive during Spanish Grand Prix. REUTERS/Albert Gea

roads until last year and whose precocious entry into the sport was questioned by many.

“I was targeting a podium but to win straight away is an amazing feeling,” said Verstappen, who had qualified fourth with Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo third.Ricciardo might have joined him on the podium but a late puncture left him fourth.

UNBELIEVABLE JOB “I can’t ever remember seeing a debut performance like that,” gushed Red Bull team principal Christian Horners, with the energy drink brand’s billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz also in attendance.

“The kid’s just done an unbelievable job. Max hasn’t put a wheel wrong all weekend. To win the race, I don’t think anyone can have dreamed of that.”

Verstappen soaked up the moment, lingering on the podium after the Ferrari drivers had gone and holding the winner’s trophy aloft.

While Red Bull celebrated, and Ferrari rescued a race that had looked like being one to forget

after Raikkonen and Vettel qualified fifth and sixth, dominant champions Mercedes were licking their self-inflicted wounds.

Triple world champion Hamilton had started on pole position, with Rosberg alongside, but their race imploded after three corners.

The German passed Hamilton around the outside of turn one and the Briton was then squeezed on to the grass as he tried to regain the lead.

His car skewed sideways and smashed into Rosberg’s, with both drivers ending up in the gravel and the safety car deployed.

“It is stupid, we could have won this race,” Mercedes’ non-executive chairman Niki Lauda told the BBC. “Lewis is too aggressive. I need to talk to them and hear their explanation and then we will see what happens.”

Mercedes motorsport director Toto Wolff refused to apportion blame, however.

“From a team’s perspective we’ve looked at the pictures and the data and it’s not clear cut.

Nico had a really good turn one and turn two, Lewis tried to dive in, Nico closed the door.

Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen of The Netherlands holds trophy after winning Spanish Grand Prix. REUTERS/Albert Gea

“I’d say let’s wait and see what the stewards say. It’s not a situation where you can attribute 100 percent of the blame.”

The collision ended Mercedes hopes of extending the team’s winning run to 11 races and equalling McLaren’s 1988 record streak of success.

Finland’s Valtteri Bottas was fifth for Williams with Spaniard Carlos Sainz sixth for Toro Rosso. Mexican Sergio Perez was seventh for Force India and Brazilian Felipe Massa eighth for Williams.

Britain’s Jenson Button scored for McLaren in ninth with Russian Daniil Kvyat, the man who had to cede his Red Bull place to Verstappen, 10th for Toro Rosso.

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Turkey to host ATP grasscourt tournament in 2017 ATP chief Chris Kermode

ANOTHER grass court tournament will be added to the calendar next year after the ATP announced that a World Tour 250 event would be staged in Antalya, Turkey in June.

The tournament will take place from June 25-July 1 and give players another event at which to prepare for Wimbledon.

Next month the WTA will hold a brand new grass court event in Mallorca.

“The addition of Antalya in the ATP World Tour calendar from 2017 represents the latest enhancement to the grass court swing

following the introduction of the three-week gap between Roland Garros and Wimbledon last year,” ATP chief Chris Kermode said.

“We look forward to expanding our presence in an important market such as Turkey where the demand for world class tennis continues to grow, while at the same time giving our players additional grass-court playing opportunities ahead of Wimbledon.”

The tournament, one of seven grasscourt tournaments on the ATP Tour next year, will be staged at the Kaya Palazzo Belek resort where seven grasscourts will be laid.

IT’S ALL IN THE GENES!

FRANKEL’S first foal, Cunco, has met all expectations placed upon him by winning his debut race the six-furlong Starlight Raceday Maiden Stakes by a length.

Cunco who was the first born of the legendary Frankel who won each of his 14 career starts for the late Sir Henry Cecil, is also believed to have been born on January 11, the birthday of his fathers late trainer.

The John Gosden-trained colt initially appeared apprehensive and “coltish’ going into his first race playing up in the parade ring but as the race progressed the youngster showed he had indeed inherited the ability of his sire with a great turn of foot to run down Isomer and sprint to victory.

With a look and running style similar to that of Frankel, he even wears the sale cross-noseband it seems this colt has all the potential to be a superstar, and with Ascot just around the corner it seems we wont have long to wait to see if indeed this charismatic colt can indeed emulate his father.

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For generations of United supporters brought up to expect high octane attacking football against teams who went to Old Trafford merely to survive, Van Gaal’s stultifying approach was hard to swallow - particularly when it did not work very well and having spent almost 300 million pounds on players.

This season’s dire statistics, beyond the key one of fifth place, are a damning indictment of the Dutchman’s tactics.

United scored 49 goals in 38 games, in contrast to their previous Premier League average of over 76 and fourth-placed Manchester City’s 71. They finished with the most 1-0 wins and the joint highest number of goalless draws in the division.

It was not just the supporters who were disgruntled either.

A story in Monday’s Guardian newspaper said squad members had talked among themselves about openly defying the Dutchman’s rigid tactical directions, which allegedly included instructions to players not to take first-time shots.

It also reported that the two most senior players, Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick, had raised concerns with Van Gaal about his post-match “evaluation sessions” in which he publicly criticised players in front of their teammates.

After replacing David Moyes two years ago, Van Gaal got the team into the Champions League in his first season.

However, United’s inability to produce the free-flowing football that characterised Alex Ferguson’s trophy-laden reign eventually caused a rift throughout the club and in the stands.

WIDESPREAD DISSATISFACTION With such widespread dissatisfaction it easy to forget that the 64-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Netherlands coach was seen as the safe option when he was hired by United in May 2014 following Moyes’s sacking.

He got the club back in the Champions League with a fourth-place finish but, despite heavy spending on the likes of Memphis Depay, Anthony Martial and Bastian Schweinsteiger, United stagnated after topping the table at the end of September.

French striker Martial apart, the new players struggled to justify their fees, and Van Gaal increasingly turned to talented youngsters such as Marcus Rashford, who has rapidly emerged from United’s youth team to earn a place in the England squad.

By mid-December United were out of the top four after successive defeats by promoted clubs Bournemouth and Norwich City and they exited the Champions League after finishing third in a modest group behind VfL Wolfsburg and PSV Eindhoven.

At home to Southampton United were booed off the pitch and in Denmark the supporters, already frustrated by finding their team playing in the Europa League, chanted obscenities about how bad Van Gaal’s side were in a 2-1 loss to FC Midjytlland.

Despite recovering with a 5-1 win in the second leg, United then lost to Liverpool in the round of 16.

A late challenge for fourth place, the Cup run and the fan-pleasing introduction of the youngsters, bought Van Gaal time but in the bigger picture it was not enough to change the mood.

Hovering in the background since his sacking in December has been Mourinho, once the scourge of Old Trafford for Porto and Chelsea but now seemingly about to be welcomed with open arms.

The Portuguese is hardly a graduate of the swashbuckling school of soccer himself but his remarkable record of success across Europe, combined with a largerthan-life personality, mean that, if he is appointed, United fans will at least be able to look forward to next season rather than dreading it.

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Why Spanish clubs are ruling Europe yet again

P Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Leicester 38 23 12 3 68 36 32 81 2 Arsenal 38 20 11 7 65 36 29 71 3 Tottenham 38 19 13 6 69 35 34 70 4 Man City 38 19 9 10 71 41 30 66 5 Man Utd 38 19 9 10 49 35 14 66 6 Southampton 38 18 9 11 59 41 18 63 7 West Ham 38 16 14 8 65 51 14 62 8 Liverpool 38 16 12 10 63 50 13 60 9 Stoke 38 14 9 15 41 55 -14 51 10 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 59 53 6 50 11 Everton 38 11 14 13 59 55 4 47 12 Swansea 38 12 11 15 42 52 -10 47 13 Watford 38 12 9 17 40 50 -10 45 14 West Brom 38 10 13 15 34 48 -14 43 15 Crystal Palace 38 11 9 18 39 51 -12 42 16 Bournemouth 38 11 9 18 45 67 -22 42 17 Sunderland 38 9 12 17 48 62 -14 39 18 Newcastle 38 9 10 19 44 65 -21 37 19 Norwich 38 9 7 22 39 67 -28 34 20 Aston Villa 38 3 8 27 27 76 -49 17

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“Spain is pulling further away from the rest of the pack all the time,” added Alfredo Relano, writing in the AS newspaper.

BEST INFLUENCES “La Liga has been embracing the best influences from South America and Europe for a long time and possesses topquality managers.”

Spain’s consistency in Europe is a consequence of their astonishing record in knockout rounds, having won 47 of their last 50 ties against non-Spanish sides.

Liverpool’s triumph over Villarreal on Thursday was the second time a Spanish team had lost a tie to English opposition in 18 meetings since 2009, the other being when Chelsea beat Barcelona in the 2012 Champions League semi-finals.

Spain’s dominance over England is despite the huge gap in earnings in terms of television income and average attendances.

La Liga signed its most lucrative deal ever in December and will earn 2.65 billion euros ($2.68 billion) over the next three years.

That pales in comparison to the 5.1 billion pounds ($7.4 billion) three-year deal penned by the Premier League in 2015.

“I’ve always said the best league in the world is the Premier League, for various reasons: the fans, the organisation, but the best football is played in Spain,” said Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini this week.

La Liga president Javier Tebas responded by stressing the importance of Spain’s successes in Europe.

“If he’s saying the Premier League is the most powerful because it earns the most then he’s correct, it’s a mathematic number, but I don’t think it’s the best,” said Tebas.

“You have to balance economic and sporting results and if we do that then the Spanish league is the best in the world.”

Spanish BBVA La Liga Table P Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Barcelona 38 29 4 5 112 29 83 91 2 Real Madrid 38 28 6 4 110 34 76 90 3 Atl Madrid 38 28 4 6 63 18 45 88 4 Villarreal 38 18 10 10 44 35 9 64 5 Ath Bilbao 38 18 8 12 58 45 13 62 6 Celta de Vigo 38 17 9 12 51 59 -8 60 7 Sevilla 38 14 10 14 51 50 1 52 8 Málaga 38 12 12 14 38 35 3 48 9 Real Sociedad 38 13 9 16 45 48 -3 48 10 Real Betis 38 11 12 15 34 52 -18 45 11 Las Palmas 38 12 8 18 45 53 -8 44 12 Valencia 38 11 11 16 46 48 -2 44 13 Espanyol 38 12 7 19 40 74 -34 43 14 Eibar 38 11 10 17 49 61 -12 43 15 Dep. Coruña 38 8 18 12 45 61 -16 42 16 Granada CF 38 10 9 19 46 69 -23 39 17 Sp. de Gijón 38 10 9 19 40 62 -22 39 18 Rayo Vallecano 38 9 11 18 52 73 -21 38 19 Getafe 38 9 9 20 37 67 -30 36 20 Levante 38 8 8 22 37 70 -33 32

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EAL Madrid and Atletico Madrid’s passage to the Champions League final and Sevilla winning the Europa League has underlined Spain’s dominance of European football.

The nation’s hegemony can be put down to a blend of the financial muscle of Real and Barcelona, ranked the two richest clubs in the world according to the Deloitte Money League, and top-quality coaching from grassroots level to the elite.

Since 2000 there have been 12 Spanish finalists in the Champions League, more than any other European league, and the final in Milan on May 28 guarantees an eighth winner from the country during that spell.

Barcelona, who have won the Champions League four times in the past decade, have produced an array of skilful players from their academy who grew up playing possession-based football that the first team still practices.

The club have supplemented home-grown talents such as captain Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Gerard Pique by buying world-class individuals like Luis Suarez, Neymar and Ivan Rakitic.

Atletico’s 2014-15 earnings of 187 million euros ($210.68 million) are well below the colossal incomes of Real (557 million euros) and Barcelona (560 million), and their success has hinged on Argentine coach Diego Simeone who has turned the club’s fortunes around since taking charge in 2012.

“An interesting aspect of Spanish football is its diversity, fomented by a new generation of coaches,” wrote journalist Santiago Segurola in the Marca newspaper. “La Liga is a kaleidoscope of styles, something unusual in the rest of Europe. The sensation is that Spanish football, with all its organisational deficits, has transformed into an ideal laboratory for teams in European competition.”

The success of Sevilla, who beat Liverpool in the Europa League final in Basle on May 18, can also be put down to coach Unai Emery who has been at the helm since 2013.

P Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Burnley 46 26 15 5 72 35 37 93 2 Middlesbrgh. 46 26 11 9 63 31 32 89 3 Brighton 46 24 17 5 72 42 30 89 4 Hull 46 24 11 11 69 35 34 83 5 Derby 46 21 15 10 66 43 23 78 6 Sheff Wed 46 19 17 10 66 45 21 74 7 Ipswich 46 18 15 13 53 51 2 69 8 Cardiff 46 17 17 12 56 51 5 68 9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 5 65 10 Birmingham 46 16 15 15 53 49 4 63 11 Preston 46 15 17 14 45 45 0 62 12 QPR 46 14 18 14 54 54 0 60 13 Leeds 46 14 17 15 50 58 -8 59 14 Wolves 46 14 16 16 53 58 -5 58 15 Blackburn 46 13 16 17 46 46 0 55 16 Nottm Forest 46 13 16 17 43 47 -4 55 17 Reading 46 13 13 20 52 59 -7 52 18 Bristol City 46 13 13 20 54 71 -17 52 19 Huddersfield 46 13 12 21 59 70 -11 51 20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 66 79 -13 51 21 Rotherham 46 13 10 23 53 71 -18 49 22 Charlton 46 9 13 24 40 80 -40 40 23 MK Dons 46 9 12 25 39 69 -30 39 24 Bolton 46 5 15 26 41 81 -40 30

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Spanish league to fine clubs if empty seats shown on TV

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy plays his second shot at the 13th hole during the third round. Golf - Dubai Duty Free Irish Open - The K Club, County Kildare. Action Images via REUTERS / Paul Childs. Livepic

McIlroy hoping Irish Open win will spur summer success WORLD number three Rory McIlroy has said he hoped his Irish Open victory would spur him to greater heights in the remaining three majors and the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, following a lacklustre start to the year.

The 27-year-old was in danger of losing a three-shot lead in the final round of the Irish Open, but a closing 69 secured a dramatic victory for the Northern Irish golfer, his first triumph since last November’s DP World Tour championship in Dubai.

“It means a lot for my summer,” McIlroy told British media.

“Maybe those last three holes is the catalyst for another big summer.”

Despite his limited success this year, the fourtime major winner brushed aside concerns of a dip in form, adding that his game was good enough to challenge for the top.

“I kept telling myself, kept telling anyone that would listen, my game was close. It was just a matter of everything clicking,” McIlroy added.

“I really feel like my game is in good enough shape to kick on from here and to challenge

in the three final majors, and obviously everything else we have to play for this year, Olympics, Ryder Cup, Race to Dubai, FedEx Cup.”

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy kisses the trophy after winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Action Images via REUTERS / Paul ChildsLivepic

31 caught in retests of 2008 Beijing Olympic samples THE IOC says 31 athletes in six sports have tested positive in reanalysis of their doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee says it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the unidentified athletes from 12 countries.

The samples had been stored at the IOC laboratory in Lausanne. They were retested using enhanced methods on athletes who were expecting to compete at the Olympics

in Rio de Janeiro in August.

The IOC says “all those athletes infringing anti-doping rules will be banned from competing” in Rio. The IOC says the results of 250 retests from the 2012 London Olympics will “come shortly.”

The committee will also undertake a “wider retesting” of medallists from Beijing and London.

THE Spanish league plans to fine clubs that allow empty seats to be shown on television next season.

Javier Tebas, president of La Liga, says new regulations require top-tier clubs to fill sections of the stadium which are shown by certain camera angles. The move is part of the league’s d on ey m o b fro t rja nd 8FM Ne M a 06.

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Tebas said teams will have to allocate fans in the right places to avoid being fined.

He said the move will also force clubs to find ways to increase attendance.

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FTER replacing David Moyes two years ago, VFor a club that in 2000 were happy to ditch their defence of the FA Cup so they could play in the World Club Championship, winning soccer’s oldest trophy was never likely to be enough to convince Manchester United to keep faith with Louis van Gaal.

Too little, too late looks to be the thinking of the board who announced early this week they had dispensed with the services of their Dutch manager two years into his three-year contract.

After a day of intense negotiations, both sides emerged to issue the usual statements of mutual appreciation.

United thanked Van Gaal for excellent work, professionalism, dignity and his legacy of giving several youngsters a chance. He in turn said it had been an honour to fulfil a long-held ambition to manage such a “magnificent club” although he was disappointed not to be able to see out his “three year plan.”

If Van Gaal had combined that record 12th FA Cup success with snatching a Champions League place he might have got the chance to do so but, with Jose Mourinho waiting in the wings, few will lament his departure after one of the most dispiriting seasons United fans have had to endure for decades.

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IS GIGGS SET TO BE EVERTON’S NEW MANAGER?

HE is an Old Trafford legend but time may finally have been called on the “Welsh Wizards” presence at Manchester United. One of the only remaining links to the glory days, Ryan Giggs has found himself at the heart of a backroom reshuffle following the impending arrival of Jose Mourinho and doubts have been raised regarding Ryan Giggs as reports suggest the role offered to him is not as prominent or hands-on as his current role as assistant coach resulting in Giggs considering his options.

Word on the street however, is that he is also being considered as the new Everton Manager with odds dramatically reduced with bookmarkers following a flurry of bets over the last 48hrs. Everton has recently parted company with Roberto Martinez so the door is open it just remains unclear if Everton are prepared to take an unseasoned manger to steer them next season.